I was explicitly taught as a child (like, we had actual discussions about this in school) that, if you're buying something or conducting some other business that requires waiting on a line, and there are people on line behind you, then it's rude to take any more time than just the amount you need to get done whatever you need to do. Standing around chatting with the cashier while there are people behind me waiting to buy things just feels so wrong.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Hil R. - Jun 15, 2010 9:58:59 am PDT #22573 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Miracleman - Jun 15, 2010 9:59:44 am PDT #22574 of 30000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Self check-out:
"Lady, just scan the UPC. The UPC. The fucking...THE BARCODE! No, see, you're just showing the bread to the glass and there's not, like, a camera or a guy in there, it's...there's these lasers and they scan the barco--DON'T STICK YOUR FACE ON THE--! Oh, great. Great, now she's blind. I'm never fucking getting out of here. Where's the express lane?"
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 15, 2010 10:02:56 am PDT #22575 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Hil: And that's why I loved New York. People say what they mean and get on with things. It's like a more fun, less passive-aggressive London.
DCJensen - Jun 15, 2010 10:03:08 am PDT #22576 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
The express lane? That's the one with four people lined up with full grocery carts.
Cass - Jun 15, 2010 10:03:08 am PDT #22577 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
"Lady, just scan the UPC. The UPC. The fucking...THE BARCODE! No, see, you're just showing the bread to the glass and there's not, like, a camera or a guy in there, it's...there's these lasers and they scan the barco--DON'T STICK YOUR FACE ON THE--! Oh, great. Great, now she's blind. I'm never fucking getting out of here. Where's the express lane?"
So much so.
And then there are places like IKEA which are all self-check now with, like, ONE register with a human. Normally that'd be fine with me but 1. people are often stupid. and 2. those stupid machines are so slow. I just want to beep things through, pay and get OUUUUUUUT! I swear the machine wants to just hang out and chat for a while instead. It's busy narrating what I did two minutes ago and I look insane because I am starting to get shirty with a machine.
It occurs to me that I might need an ice cream and a timeout today.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 15, 2010 10:03:43 am PDT #22578 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Ugh. I hate Ikea, in any country. I suspect even Sweden.
smonster - Jun 15, 2010 10:05:42 am PDT #22579 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Standing around chatting with the cashier while there are people behind me waiting to buy things just feels so wrong.
I mean, there's a whole spectrum, right? Don't go on five minutes after the order's done if there are ten people behind you. That is rude, not Southern, IMHO.
Cass - Jun 15, 2010 10:05:50 am PDT #22580 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I hate Ikea, in any country.
They sell me 100 tealights for less than $4. I can walk out with 1,000 tealights for less than $40. And have. So I kinda love them a lot.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jun 15, 2010 10:07:18 am PDT #22581 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
They're handy, it's true, but The Girl and I have more than once considered calling off the civil partnership while there. Stressful place.
Toddson - Jun 15, 2010 10:07:39 am PDT #22582 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I frequently get stuck in the Metro behind a group of tourists trying to figure out the fare card machines. It's maddening. But I am one of those people who chronically has problems with the self-checkout at the grocery (the ones in my local Safeway won't let you put a bag - an empty bag - on the "bagging platform" so you can scan groceries and put them right in the bag. I always have to scan everything, pay, and then put everything in the bag).