And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.

Buffy ,'Sleeper'


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.


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.


Jesse - Jun 28, 2005 11:43:58 am PDT #5196 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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


Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:44:22 am PDT #5197 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

That's what you say now.

Of course. I'm not wasting my social capital on freaking expess lane etiquette. I'ma use it up on something good like telling someone to get bent for no apparent reason!


§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:44:25 am PDT #5198 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I never get in the express lane if I'm over.

Last time it happened to me, it was a new supermarket and I didn't notice the signage. The checker was way amused.


Jesse - Jun 28, 2005 11:45:01 am PDT #5199 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Or if you're me and put limes and lemons in the same bag?

And then they have to take them out of the bag to charge you?

You're banned from the express lane for life, sorry. Well, only if you're in line in front of me.


§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:45:11 am PDT #5200 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I order my groceries online and ever have to stand in any lines at all.

Do you have to be home to receive delivery?


Aims - Jun 28, 2005 11:45:33 am PDT #5201 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

For Vons, you do. Not sure about others.


-t - Jun 28, 2005 11:45:40 am PDT #5202 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

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?

Yeah, I've done both. (Wait, read that wrong, can't do teh first thing) Sometimes I count wrong or don't see something in my cart until I'm unloading. But that hasn't happened in a long time.

Recently, the only time I'm in the Express Lane is when I'm doing the check yourself out thing at Sav-a-Center. Which I love.


Scrappy - Jun 28, 2005 11:45:41 am PDT #5203 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I will sneak into a second movie in a multiplex with no problem, but I won't go over in a checkout line. It makes ethical sense IN MY HEAD.


§ ita § - Jun 28, 2005 11:45:42 am PDT #5204 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

And then they have to take them out of the bag to charge you?

Nah, they just count through the bag.

I'm saving plastic! The environment!