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Ooh! Time for me to start paying by check. Maybe I'll even chat with the cashier for a moment to really P you off.
Cummon, unless you are in the 20 items or less lane, your attitudes are those of spoiled children. You spend half an hour wandering the store, pondering which peach is freshest, which whine to buy, which eggs don't have a speck of poo or an unusual color, and then you go to the chronically understaffed checkout line and take out your frustration at a minute wait on those who write checks. May I suggest that you write to the highway departments and demand that all lights in your path be green? May I suggest that you go somewhere and purchase a life?
I must be a throwback. If I'm in line and someone gets in back of me with just a couple of items, I let them go ahead of me. If someone pays by a check, I applaud them for avoiding the debit card trap. I have never had a debit card, don't want one, wouldn't use one. There is stuff called "cash" that is a lot safer. Lose your cash and you have lost a fixed amount. Lose your debit card or have it taken and you can be in a world of hurt. Plus, cash doesn't have fees, and sometimes cash can even get you a discount.
I think paying cash takes longer .... seems to take forever for cashiers to count out change. I swear some of them don't even know what those coins are worth.
At most places other than the smallest mom and pops, the cash register automatically displays the change. All the cashier has to do is look at the figure and count it out; so they are not actually making change, but just returning a given amount, say $5.32. Are you saying they have trouble getting out a quarter, a nickel and two pennies to make 32 cents? Lots of people are stupid, but that would be an extreme case.
In addition, at many places, and in almost all the large markets, a machine automatically dispenses the coins and the cashier has only to get the even dollar amounts out of the till.
I'm sure what you described must have actually happened to you, but you are describing an anomaly, not a typical occurrence.
Ooh! Time for me to start paying by check. Maybe I'll even chat with the cashier for a moment to really P you off.
Cummon, unless you are in the 20 items or less lane, your attitudes are those of spoiled children. You spend half an hour wandering the store, pondering which peach is freshest, which whine to buy, which eggs don't have a speck of poo or an unusual color, and then you go to the chronically understaffed checkout line and take out your frustration at a minute wait on those who write checks. May I suggest that you write to the highway departments and demand that all lights in your path be green? May I suggest that you go somewhere and purchase a life?
I must be a throwback. If I'm in line and someone gets in back of me with just a couple of items, I let them go ahead of me. If someone pays by a check, I applaud them for avoiding the debit card trap. I have never had a debit card, don't want one, wouldn't use one. There is stuff called "cash" that is a lot safer. Lose your cash and you have lost a fixed amount. Lose your debit card or have it taken and you can be in a world of hurt. Plus, cash doesn't have fees, and sometimes cash can even get you a discount.
i always let people go ahead of me when i have a lot of items and they have a few
its called common courtesy
the same common courtesy should be applied by people to the people behind them in line- dont hold up the line with nonsense including the inability to pay for good like a functioning adult.Other examples of this would be arguing over 4 cents or rummaging through your purse/wallet looking for exact change.Your example of having a conversation with the cashier is another good one. Talk them up on your time not everyone else.
If I spend a half an hour shopping and picking out items I want that doesnt effect any body else. if i get a movie from redbox and nobody is behind me I might read movie summaries to try and pick out a movie.If there are people behind me I wont do this. its called not being selfish and wasting other peoples time with your bull****.
i always let people go ahead of me when i have a lot of items and they have a few
its called common courtesy
the same common courtesy should be applied by people to the people behind them in line- dont hold up the line with nonsense including the inability to pay for good like a functioning adult.Other examples of this would be arguing over 4 cents or rummaging through your purse/wallet looking for exact change.Your example of having a conversation with the cashier is another good one. Talk them up on your time not everyone else.
If I spend a half an hour shopping and picking out items I want that doesnt effect any body else. if i get a movie from redbox and nobody is behind me I might read movie summaries to try and pick out a movie.If there are people behind me I wont do this. its called not being selfish and wasting other peoples time with your bull****.
Why do people get so pissed about an extra 2 minutes? How bad are people at time management (or anger management) that they need to care about 2 minutes, but not 10 minutes?
Why do people get so pissed about an extra 2 minutes? How bad are people at time management (or anger management) that they need to care about 2 minutes, but not 10 minutes?
its not just the 2 mins
like i said i have no problem letting someone skip me if i have a lot and they have a little- its about consideration
if you unnecessarily hold up a line with bull**** like paying with a check you clearly have no regard for anyone elses time
have you ever been stuck behind a car that stops to have a conversation with the person in the car next to them and you cant get by? you sit there like an ******* for a minute or 2 because these people are completely self centered with no regard for anyone else.this is a lot different than sitting at a light for a minute even though its the same amount of time.paying by check is the same thing.
Why do people get so pissed about an extra 2 minutes? How bad are people at time management (or anger management) that they need to care about 2 minutes, but not 10 minutes?
OK, I'll bite. When I've got a business to run, time is of the essence as I have to get back there to run it. As much as I allot a more than sufficient chunk of time to get necessary errands done, there are some days ...
I've already been to the bank where I had to stand in line for 20 minutes. a good portion of that delay due to someone who decides that day to cash in her $200 worth of pennies. Yes, before someone jumps on me and tells me that bank tellers put those transactions aside to be dealt with later, where I live things don't quite work that way ... The trip to the PO was similarly time consuming when one of the two clerks was in the back doing something else and the one clerk left on duty was a happy little Chatty Cathy who knew everyone and their business. You can guess the rest. By the time I got to the front of the line I knew everyone's business too.
In the supermarket I whizz around with my list and get everything on it in record time. And then as usual I pick the line which, as soon as I load everything onto the belt, is the one which gets held up. This time it's a lady who waits until the last filled bag is put into her cart by the bagger before digging into her pocketbook for her wallet. The bag is the size of a a 20lb bag of dry cat food. When she finally retrieves her wallet from the depths she discovers that she doesn't have sufficient cash in it. Another five minutes of bag-digging produces an envelope with cash in it. Not enough to cover the total in there either. She finally digs out her cheque book and laboriously writes a check - an exercise she's obviously not very familiar with. Producing the ID to go with the cheque entails another mining expedition for the wallet she put away earlier.
By the time I get back to my business I'm already way behind the 8-ball. Ready to voraciously chew up and spit out anyone who looks at me sideways, I nonetheless leave all these dark thoughts lurking menacingly behind a cheerful exterior as I greet my customers.
No, I don't mind 2 minutes but "two minutes" is a glittering generality of a euphemism for the most part ....
Why do people get so pissed about an extra 2 minutes? How bad are people at time management (or anger management) that they need to care about 2 minutes, but not 10 minutes?
It's not the time. It's the lack of planning or consideration.
Fine. Pay with a check. But at least have the freakin' checkbook out. You can even be filling it in as your stuff is run.
I have the same eye roll for the people who wait till the total comes out before they start hunting for their credit card. You know, you CAN swipe it before the order is even done, right?
OK, I'll bite. When I've got a business to run, time is of the essence as I have to get back there to run it. As much as I allot a more than sufficient chunk of time to get necessary errands done, there are some days ...
I've already been to the bank where I had to stand in line for 20 minutes. a good portion of that delay due to someone who decides that day to cash in her $200 worth of pennies. Yes, before someone jumps on me and tells me that bank tellers put those transactions aside to be dealt with later, where I live things don't quite work that way ... The trip to the PO was similarly time consuming when one of the two clerks was in the back doing something else and the one clerk left on duty was a happy little Chatty Cathy who knew everyone and their business. You can guess the rest. By the time I got to the front of the line I knew everyone's business too.
In the supermarket I whizz around with my list and get everything on it in record time. And then as usual I pick the line which, as soon as I load everything onto the belt, is the one which gets held up. This time it's a lady who waits until the last filled bag is put into her cart by the bagger before digging into her pocketbook for her wallet. The bag is the size of a a 20lb bag of dry cat food. When she finally retrieves her wallet from the depths she discovers that she doesn't have sufficient cash in it. Another five minutes of bag-digging produces an envelope with cash in it. Not enough to cover the total in there either. She finally digs out her cheque book and laboriously writes a check - an exercise she's obviously not very familiar with. Producing the ID to go with the cheque entails another mining expedition for the wallet she put away earlier.
By the time I get back to my business I'm already way behind the 8-ball. Ready to voraciously chew up and spit out anyone who looks at me sideways, I nonetheless leave all these dark thoughts lurking menacingly behind a cheerful exterior as I greet my customers.
No, I don't mind 2 minutes but "two minutes" is a glittering generality of a euphemism for the most part ....
There's an easy solution to this in which you have control though. Delegate these tasks and you'll have a lot more time on your hands. If time is so important to you, then wasting it on running errands that you can easily outsource is silly. Anybody can go to the bank or go shopping for you, but not anyone can run your business. Put your time where it's valued.
There's an easy solution to this in which you have control though. Delegate these tasks and you'll have a lot more time on your hands. If time is so important to you, then wasting it on running errands that you can easily outsource is silly. Anybody can go to the bank or go shopping for you, but not anyone can run your business. Put your time where it's valued.
Delegate to whom, sweet pea? I ran a sole proprietorship business with employees who came into work in the evening hours after I'd done all the daily legwork. Outsourcing? Delegating? And who would pay for that? Thank you for giving a lesson in Business 101 when in my latest venture I did just fine for over 15 years. ROFL for true!
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