OT – A Question About Checkout Line Etiquette

[UCGal]

[quote=jpinpb]I had seen a situation that was interesting.

Three people at a restaurant waiting for a table outside. The average wait was like 20/30 minutes. A couple sitting at a table for four were waiting for their check. Three people next on the list were anxious to be seated. The couple paid their check and continued to sit at the table and chat. Something like 10 minutes go by and another couple walk by the restaurant and see the couple sitting down. They all know each other. The couple that paid their check invites the couple passing by to sit down at their table. Then a few minutes later, the couple that paid their bill then leave and the couple that had been walking by are still sitting at the table and place their food order.

The three people waiting for the table are pissed.[/quote]

That would piss me off. And I’ve seen this happen at Osteria Romantica near La Jolla Shores. I complained, when finally seated, and they comped me a glass of red wine. That made up for it.

[KSMountain]

[quote=jpinpb]I had seen a situation that was interesting.

Three people at a restaurant waiting for a table outside. The average wait was like 20/30 minutes. A couple sitting at a table for four were waiting for their check. Three people next on the list were anxious to be seated. The couple paid their check and continued to sit at the table and chat. Something like 10 minutes go by and another couple walk by the restaurant and see the couple sitting down. They all know each other. The couple that paid their check invites the couple passing by to sit down at their table. Then a few minutes later, the couple that paid their bill then leave and the couple that had been walking by are still sitting at the table and place their food order.

The three people waiting for the table are pissed.[/quote]
That one is way worse than the original scenario, imo.

[KSMountain]

[quote=jpinpb]I had seen a situation that was interesting.

Three people at a restaurant waiting for a table outside. The average wait was like 20/30 minutes. A couple sitting at a table for four were waiting for their check. Three people next on the list were anxious to be seated. The couple paid their check and continued to sit at the table and chat. Something like 10 minutes go by and another couple walk by the restaurant and see the couple sitting down. They all know each other. The couple that paid their check invites the couple passing by to sit down at their table. Then a few minutes later, the couple that paid their bill then leave and the couple that had been walking by are still sitting at the table and place their food order.

The three people waiting for the table are pissed.[/quote]
That one is way worse than the original scenario, imo.

[KSMountain]

[quote=jpinpb]I had seen a situation that was interesting.

Three people at a restaurant waiting for a table outside. The average wait was like 20/30 minutes. A couple sitting at a table for four were waiting for their check. Three people next on the list were anxious to be seated. The couple paid their check and continued to sit at the table and chat. Something like 10 minutes go by and another couple walk by the restaurant and see the couple sitting down. They all know each other. The couple that paid their check invites the couple passing by to sit down at their table. Then a few minutes later, the couple that paid their bill then leave and the couple that had been walking by are still sitting at the table and place their food order.

The three people waiting for the table are pissed.[/quote]
That one is way worse than the original scenario, imo.

[KSMountain]

[quote=jpinpb]I had seen a situation that was interesting.

Three people at a restaurant waiting for a table outside. The average wait was like 20/30 minutes. A couple sitting at a table for four were waiting for their check. Three people next on the list were anxious to be seated. The couple paid their check and continued to sit at the table and chat. Something like 10 minutes go by and another couple walk by the restaurant and see the couple sitting down. They all know each other. The couple that paid their check invites the couple passing by to sit down at their table. Then a few minutes later, the couple that paid their bill then leave and the couple that had been walking by are still sitting at the table and place their food order.

The three people waiting for the table are pissed.[/quote]
That one is way worse than the original scenario, imo.

[KSMountain]

[quote=jpinpb]I had seen a situation that was interesting.

Three people at a restaurant waiting for a table outside. The average wait was like 20/30 minutes. A couple sitting at a table for four were waiting for their check. Three people next on the list were anxious to be seated. The couple paid their check and continued to sit at the table and chat. Something like 10 minutes go by and another couple walk by the restaurant and see the couple sitting down. They all know each other. The couple that paid their check invites the couple passing by to sit down at their table. Then a few minutes later, the couple that paid their bill then leave and the couple that had been walking by are still sitting at the table and place their food order.

The three people waiting for the table are pissed.[/quote]
That one is way worse than the original scenario, imo.

[stockstradr]

I think the original header post is a no-brainer, meaning the situation is so clearly NOT an etiquette faux pas.

Now I give you what I think is a good checkout line manners discussion piece. This has happened to me twice in the last six months.

You are standing in the grocery checkout line, holding a basket with roughly five items. There are only one or two people in line ahead of you before the cashier, so it is a relatively short checkout line.

The person behind you has one item. You haven’t even noticed that, until…that person taps you on the shoulder puts that one item into your face and says:

“If you don’t mind I’m going to step in front of you because I only have ONE item. You don’t mind do you?”

Oh, and that person is no different from you, having no old age, or handicapped, or whatever special skip-ahead pass.

So would you say this person is deviating from what we normally consider good manners?

I think so!

[stockstradr]

I think the original header post is a no-brainer, meaning the situation is so clearly NOT an etiquette faux pas.

Now I give you what I think is a good checkout line manners discussion piece. This has happened to me twice in the last six months.

You are standing in the grocery checkout line, holding a basket with roughly five items. There are only one or two people in line ahead of you before the cashier, so it is a relatively short checkout line.

The person behind you has one item. You haven’t even noticed that, until…that person taps you on the shoulder puts that one item into your face and says:

“If you don’t mind I’m going to step in front of you because I only have ONE item. You don’t mind do you?”

Oh, and that person is no different from you, having no old age, or handicapped, or whatever special skip-ahead pass.

So would you say this person is deviating from what we normally consider good manners?

I think so!

[stockstradr]

I think the original header post is a no-brainer, meaning the situation is so clearly NOT an etiquette faux pas.

Now I give you what I think is a good checkout line manners discussion piece. This has happened to me twice in the last six months.

You are standing in the grocery checkout line, holding a basket with roughly five items. There are only one or two people in line ahead of you before the cashier, so it is a relatively short checkout line.

The person behind you has one item. You haven’t even noticed that, until…that person taps you on the shoulder puts that one item into your face and says:

“If you don’t mind I’m going to step in front of you because I only have ONE item. You don’t mind do you?”

Oh, and that person is no different from you, having no old age, or handicapped, or whatever special skip-ahead pass.

So would you say this person is deviating from what we normally consider good manners?

I think so!

[stockstradr]

I think the original header post is a no-brainer, meaning the situation is so clearly NOT an etiquette faux pas.

Now I give you what I think is a good checkout line manners discussion piece. This has happened to me twice in the last six months.

You are standing in the grocery checkout line, holding a basket with roughly five items. There are only one or two people in line ahead of you before the cashier, so it is a relatively short checkout line.

The person behind you has one item. You haven’t even noticed that, until…that person taps you on the shoulder puts that one item into your face and says:

“If you don’t mind I’m going to step in front of you because I only have ONE item. You don’t mind do you?”

Oh, and that person is no different from you, having no old age, or handicapped, or whatever special skip-ahead pass.

So would you say this person is deviating from what we normally consider good manners?

I think so!

[stockstradr]

I think the original header post is a no-brainer, meaning the situation is so clearly NOT an etiquette faux pas.

Now I give you what I think is a good checkout line manners discussion piece. This has happened to me twice in the last six months.

You are standing in the grocery checkout line, holding a basket with roughly five items. There are only one or two people in line ahead of you before the cashier, so it is a relatively short checkout line.

The person behind you has one item. You haven’t even noticed that, until…that person taps you on the shoulder puts that one item into your face and says:

“If you don’t mind I’m going to step in front of you because I only have ONE item. You don’t mind do you?”

Oh, and that person is no different from you, having no old age, or handicapped, or whatever special skip-ahead pass.

So would you say this person is deviating from what we normally consider good manners?

I think so!

[scaredyclassic]

do you mind if i get in front of you. i have nothing.

the zen shopper.

the empty cart

[scaredyclassic]

do you mind if i get in front of you. i have nothing.

the zen shopper.

the empty cart

[scaredyclassic]

do you mind if i get in front of you. i have nothing.

the zen shopper.

the empty cart

[scaredyclassic]

do you mind if i get in front of you. i have nothing.

the zen shopper.

the empty cart

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