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.
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?
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?
I find it impossible and frequently do the other.
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.
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.
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?
I order my groceries online and ever have to stand in any lines at all.
I actually get cranky when the express lane lets you have 10 items. Ten is not that express to me! It should be more like 7. And the sign should say "7 items or fewer."
t /pedant