Depends on the checker. And the quantity. I've certainly seen it go both ways.
That.
If the four cans of tuna are shrink-wrapped, obviously that's one item. Four loose cans? FOUR ITEMS.
Lorne: Snakes? Uh-huh. And they came out of your what? Okay. Okay, well, did they get up there themselves or is this part of a, you know, a thing? No, I'm not judging...Do we fight snakes? Angel: Only if they're giant. Or demons. Or giant demons. Are they giant demon snakes? Lorne: Well, unless this guy's 30 feet tall, I'm thinking they're of the garden variety.
'Lineage'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jun 28, 2005 11:40:46 am PDT #5186 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Jun 28, 2005 11:41:33 am PDT #5187 of 10001
they always ring my multiple items up as the number of items times the price, and just scan the one.
Oh, you have competent cashiers, do you?!
Around here, the better the economy, the suckier the service. Incompetent cashiers, all 2 of them with 40 million people in line, empty shelves, certain staple items bruised..... and that's at the NICE stores.
Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:41:41 am PDT #5188 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
FTR - I'm not such a schmuck that I try to take like eleventy billion items in the express lane and then have coupons and write a check.
But what about fruit? That's totally one item since it's all in one bag and weighed together right?
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:42:21 am PDT #5189 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who here finds it possible to stand in the express lane and not count the items of the shopper in front of you?
Who here has ever apologised to the checker, other shoppers, or both for being over the limit?
Jesse - Jun 28, 2005 11:42:29 am PDT #5190 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
FTR - I'm not such a schmuck that I try to take like eleventy billion items in the express lane and then have coupons and write a check.
That's what you say now.
One bag = one item.
Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:42:50 am PDT #5191 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I find it impossible and frequently do the other.
Kathy A - Jun 28, 2005 11:43:12 am PDT #5192 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I only count multiple items of the same thing as one if I'm just 2 or 3 items over the 10 or 15 limit. If I've got 20 things all told, I'll go to the other register, like a good girl.
Scrappy - Jun 28, 2005 11:43:21 am PDT #5193 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I never get in the express lane if I'm over. I put something back if I'm in a hurry.
I totally count, though.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:43:45 am PDT #5194 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
One bag = one item.
Even if they're sold by the unit (like lemons)? Or if you're me and put limes and lemons in the same bag?
Jessica - Jun 28, 2005 11:43:57 am PDT #5195 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I order my groceries online and ever have to stand in any lines at all.