OT – A Question About Checkout Line Etiquette

[davelj]

I see no problem with this

[Hobie]

[quote=abell]Compared to one person paying with WIC (aka food stamps), I would gladly be behind that father and son. People paying with WIC take forever (I think they have to do separate transactions for lots of different things) and there is no way to know that person in front of you is paying with WIC (it would be nice if they turned around and mentioned their transaction will take a while, but they never do).[/quote]

or, dump a container of change and begin counting. or, get the checkbook out after waiting in line and could have started filling it in, or, using a checkbook anyway! Card, baby,use the card!

[Hobie]

[quote=abell]Compared to one person paying with WIC (aka food stamps), I would gladly be behind that father and son. People paying with WIC take forever (I think they have to do separate transactions for lots of different things) and there is no way to know that person in front of you is paying with WIC (it would be nice if they turned around and mentioned their transaction will take a while, but they never do).[/quote]

or, dump a container of change and begin counting. or, get the checkbook out after waiting in line and could have started filling it in, or, using a checkbook anyway! Card, baby,use the card!

[Hobie]

[quote=abell]Compared to one person paying with WIC (aka food stamps), I would gladly be behind that father and son. People paying with WIC take forever (I think they have to do separate transactions for lots of different things) and there is no way to know that person in front of you is paying with WIC (it would be nice if they turned around and mentioned their transaction will take a while, but they never do).[/quote]

or, dump a container of change and begin counting. or, get the checkbook out after waiting in line and could have started filling it in, or, using a checkbook anyway! Card, baby,use the card!

[Hobie]

[quote=abell]Compared to one person paying with WIC (aka food stamps), I would gladly be behind that father and son. People paying with WIC take forever (I think they have to do separate transactions for lots of different things) and there is no way to know that person in front of you is paying with WIC (it would be nice if they turned around and mentioned their transaction will take a while, but they never do).[/quote]

or, dump a container of change and begin counting. or, get the checkbook out after waiting in line and could have started filling it in, or, using a checkbook anyway! Card, baby,use the card!

[Hobie]

[quote=abell]Compared to one person paying with WIC (aka food stamps), I would gladly be behind that father and son. People paying with WIC take forever (I think they have to do separate transactions for lots of different things) and there is no way to know that person in front of you is paying with WIC (it would be nice if they turned around and mentioned their transaction will take a while, but they never do).[/quote]

or, dump a container of change and begin counting. or, get the checkbook out after waiting in line and could have started filling it in, or, using a checkbook anyway! Card, baby,use the card!

[cdesilva44]

When I say I would have lost it I just mean I would have been really irritated. I wouldn’t have said anything, but I might have looked around for a shoter line to get into.

I can’t stand being behind anyone who pays with a check, especially when they wait until the last minute to start filling the check out.

I always use the self checkout specifically to avoid people paying with checks or food stamps.

[cdesilva44]

When I say I would have lost it I just mean I would have been really irritated. I wouldn’t have said anything, but I might have looked around for a shoter line to get into.

I can’t stand being behind anyone who pays with a check, especially when they wait until the last minute to start filling the check out.

I always use the self checkout specifically to avoid people paying with checks or food stamps.

[cdesilva44]

When I say I would have lost it I just mean I would have been really irritated. I wouldn’t have said anything, but I might have looked around for a shoter line to get into.

I can’t stand being behind anyone who pays with a check, especially when they wait until the last minute to start filling the check out.

I always use the self checkout specifically to avoid people paying with checks or food stamps.

[cdesilva44]

When I say I would have lost it I just mean I would have been really irritated. I wouldn’t have said anything, but I might have looked around for a shoter line to get into.

I can’t stand being behind anyone who pays with a check, especially when they wait until the last minute to start filling the check out.

I always use the self checkout specifically to avoid people paying with checks or food stamps.

[cdesilva44]

When I say I would have lost it I just mean I would have been really irritated. I wouldn’t have said anything, but I might have looked around for a shoter line to get into.

I can’t stand being behind anyone who pays with a check, especially when they wait until the last minute to start filling the check out.

I always use the self checkout specifically to avoid people paying with checks or food stamps.

[ucodegen]

I vote #2. It was ‘impolite’ on the part of the teenage son.

1) What if it wasn’t the teenage son of the person checking out at the grocery store? What if it was a friend/associate of the person at the checkout? Would that change your assessment?
2) What if the teenage son or associate brought a whole basket back to checkout as separate? Would that change your assessment? – we do check line length to see which one to wait in @ checkout (unless you are trying to scope someone out…)

Considering some of the wierdo’s out there, I don’t have too much of a problem with a son/daughter piggy-backing on the parent’s checkout, it may be safer for them depending upon their age. That said, if the parent told them to go to the end of the line, it would have taught the son/daughter some important lessons;
1) Be considerate of those waiting in line.
2) Don’t make last minute decisions (or decisions in general) and expect everyone else to compensate for it.

[ucodegen]

I vote #2. It was ‘impolite’ on the part of the teenage son.

1) What if it wasn’t the teenage son of the person checking out at the grocery store? What if it was a friend/associate of the person at the checkout? Would that change your assessment?
2) What if the teenage son or associate brought a whole basket back to checkout as separate? Would that change your assessment? – we do check line length to see which one to wait in @ checkout (unless you are trying to scope someone out…)

Considering some of the wierdo’s out there, I don’t have too much of a problem with a son/daughter piggy-backing on the parent’s checkout, it may be safer for them depending upon their age. That said, if the parent told them to go to the end of the line, it would have taught the son/daughter some important lessons;
1) Be considerate of those waiting in line.
2) Don’t make last minute decisions (or decisions in general) and expect everyone else to compensate for it.

[ucodegen]

I vote #2. It was ‘impolite’ on the part of the teenage son.

1) What if it wasn’t the teenage son of the person checking out at the grocery store? What if it was a friend/associate of the person at the checkout? Would that change your assessment?
2) What if the teenage son or associate brought a whole basket back to checkout as separate? Would that change your assessment? – we do check line length to see which one to wait in @ checkout (unless you are trying to scope someone out…)

Considering some of the wierdo’s out there, I don’t have too much of a problem with a son/daughter piggy-backing on the parent’s checkout, it may be safer for them depending upon their age. That said, if the parent told them to go to the end of the line, it would have taught the son/daughter some important lessons;
1) Be considerate of those waiting in line.
2) Don’t make last minute decisions (or decisions in general) and expect everyone else to compensate for it.

[ucodegen]

I vote #2. It was ‘impolite’ on the part of the teenage son.

1) What if it wasn’t the teenage son of the person checking out at the grocery store? What if it was a friend/associate of the person at the checkout? Would that change your assessment?
2) What if the teenage son or associate brought a whole basket back to checkout as separate? Would that change your assessment? – we do check line length to see which one to wait in @ checkout (unless you are trying to scope someone out…)

Considering some of the wierdo’s out there, I don’t have too much of a problem with a son/daughter piggy-backing on the parent’s checkout, it may be safer for them depending upon their age. That said, if the parent told them to go to the end of the line, it would have taught the son/daughter some important lessons;
1) Be considerate of those waiting in line.
2) Don’t make last minute decisions (or decisions in general) and expect everyone else to compensate for it.

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