Does it take longer to get served in a shop these days?

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-06-2011 12:11PM #1

Or am i just unlucky,i could be buying a newspaper,and usually held up by some old biddy buying scratch cards out of the amount she won,or then asking for 40 cigs,then asking for something else...

Susie_Q · 15-06-2011 12:13PM

Is this you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOmwZUsgBBE

Cocaine · 15-06-2011 12:13PM

Old People truly are the scum of the earth. I agree OP

orourkeda · 15-06-2011 12:14PM

Brynlee Spoiled Earth wrote: »

Or am i just unlucky,i could be buying a newspaper,and usually held up by some old biddy buying scratch cards out of the amount she won,or then asking for 40 cigs,then asking for something else...

Old people are stupid and have no idea whats going around them sometimes.

blodvyn · 15-06-2011 12:15PM

Yes, yes and yes.

On a side not do you ever have one item in your hand, say a bottle of water only for the person ahead of you to have a HUGE basket / trolley worth of food and not even let you go ahead.

I always let people with 1-2 items ahead of me in a supermarket.

orourkeda · 15-06-2011 12:19PM

blodvyn wrote: »

Yes, yes and yes.

On a side not do you ever have one item in your hand, say a bottle of water only for the person ahead of you to have a HUGE basket / trolley worth of food and not even let you go ahead.

I always let people with 1-2 items ahead of me in a supermarket.

Hold on, You dont expect people to do the sensible thing do you?

grumula · 15-06-2011 12:19PM

being on the other side of the till is just as frustrating,
there could be a queue 10 deep and the guy in front still thinks it's ok to break into his little freeform jazz songs!

"give me ahhhhhhhm, ahhhhm, dum de dum dum, ahhhhm,
skibbydeedooop, give meeeeeeeee, bum bum buuuuuuum , aaaahhhhhhm"

YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ME IMPATIENTLY WHILE I WAS AWAY FROM THE REGISTER WHY?

JohnMarston · 15-06-2011 12:20PM

You'll be old one day doing the same thing, and some young pup will be on boards or the future equivalent b*tching about you.

I can bide my time at checkouts for elderly folk, but what gets me is people with credits cards, no fcekin cash, taking 5 minutes to complete their transaction! :mad:

Frank Black · 15-06-2011 12:21PM

It’s not just the oldies – was waiting to pay for my sandwich in the Spar this morning and woman in front (mid to late 20’s) after she paid for her stuff and got her change stood blocking the till while she arranged her change back into her purse and her purse and purchases into her handbag. Must have taken over 20 seconds while a queue of people waited.
Would have loved to administer a solid kick to the arse and a “get the feck out of everyone’s way you selfish bint” – but society frowns on such behavior.

15-06-2011 12:21PM

blodvyn wrote: »

Yes, yes and yes.

On a side not do you ever have one item in your hand, say a bottle of water only for the person ahead of you to have a HUGE basket / trolley worth of food and not even let you go ahead.

I always let people with 1-2 items ahead of me in a supermarket.

So do I, but the thing that is really annoying, are those who go to the express checkout with more than 10 items or whatever! :mad:

I'd like it if there was a "service charge" for all items over the limit, that'll learn 'em.

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-06-2011 12:21PM

grumula wrote: »

being on the other side of the till is just as frustrating

know how you feel,"yes can i have"

Handing over the item,just before the money is handed over,customers mobile would ring,full convo begins while you wait for the money...

Alter-Ego · 15-06-2011 12:21PM

Ageism FTW!

Guill · 15-06-2011 12:21PM

grumula wrote: »

YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING AT ME IMPATIENTLY WHILE I WAS AWAY FROM THE REGISTER WHY?

I was only checkin you out!

superfish · 15-06-2011 12:22PM

I find they are even worse in the post office, 6 mile que of old bags all buying a single stamp and telling their life storys in detail

TheZohanS · 15-06-2011 12:24PM

Awe look at all the Benjamin Buttons slagging off old people...

JerryHandbag · 15-06-2011 12:25PM

JohnMarston wrote: »

I can bide my time at checkouts for elderly folk, but what gets me is people with credits cards, no fcekin cash, taking 5 minutes to complete their transaction! :mad:

People who use credit cards to pay for something that could be paid for with a few coins from their pockets....especially when the card reader thing is faulty...and I'm in a rush. :mad:

*rage slowly rising*

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-06-2011 12:26PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Awe look at all the Benjamin Buttons slagging off old people...

not just the old,people who decide to arrange their bags on counter after being served or waiting for their kids to make up their minds!.

Skerries · 15-06-2011 12:26PM

and people playing Space Invaders at the ATM
what the hell are you pressing!? just take the money nearest to what you need and go!

Skid · 15-06-2011 12:26PM

Choose sweets, change sweets, chat to cashier about weather, looks in purse for lotto tickets, gives lotto tickets to cashier to check, usual joke about maybe next week, remember she needs scratch card, fumbles for laser card, gets pin wrong, tries again ...

PAY AND GET OUT, I'LL HAVE A HEART ATTACK BEFORE YOU FINISH :mad::mad::mad:

superfish · 15-06-2011 12:28PM

TheZohan wrote: »

Awe look at all the Benjamin Buttons slagging off old people...

we are of a different era and therefore know what not to do when im their age I personally will be locking myself indoors once I hit 60 as its unfair to be such a burden on society

15-06-2011 12:30PM

Skerries wrote: »

and people playing Space Invaders at the ATM
what the hell are you pressing!? just take the money nearest to what you need and go!

The more buttons you press the harder it is for the scammers to read your pin while shoulder surfing. :pac:

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 15-06-2011 12:30PM

*hold up the queue to ask for directions...

grumula · 15-06-2011 12:33PM

Skerries wrote: »

and people playing Space Invaders at the ATM
what the hell are you pressing!? just take the money nearest to what you need and go!

or them eejits who take 20 minutes to make a transaction, only to put their money away, put the card back in, and start again.:mad:

ejmaztec · 15-06-2011 12:34PM

Brynlee Spoiled Earth wrote: »

*hold up the queue to ask for directions...

You'll just have to get to the shop earlier, or shove the old fogies out the way (a flying rugby tackle usually does the trick).

kfallon · 15-06-2011 12:36PM

The credit/laser card business is really annoying but does anything beat this:

Standing at the bus stop, bird in front of you in the queue. Waiting 5 minutes for the bus to arrive. Bus doors open, she gets on and only then does she get her purse from her bag and start looking for change for the fare! "You've been standing at the stop for 5 minutes, why didn't you get your change ready then you dizzy cuntbox!!!" :mad:

Oh it does my nut....every time!!! :rolleyes:

SEPT 23 1989 · 15-06-2011 12:36PM

Aul ones who Q up KNOWING they will need to get their money out to pay for the goods and then wait till the shop assistant has scanned everything,and then decide to go looking for their purse:mad:

JohnMarston · 15-06-2011 12:38PM

Worked in retail (checkouts and floor) while in college, lemme give you a hint: Don't bother making idle small talk with checkout people. They appreciate you wanna be nice but they're almost always not interested.
Especially if there are people behind you, you're not helping.

Mint Sauce · 15-06-2011 12:40PM

No. People just expect things to be quicker nowadays.

chloek · 15-06-2011 12:43PM

No. people just have no patience any more.

stovelid · 15-06-2011 12:46PM

No - you're just rationalizing your extreme impatience by means of specious era metaphors.

Frank Black · 15-06-2011 12:48PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Aul ones who Q up KNOWING they will need to get their money out to pay for the goods and then wait till the shop assistant has scanned everything,and then decide to go looking for their purse:mad:

I gotta admit this drives me mental - especially when they stare blankly into space when the shopping is being checked through and don't even bother starting to bag it up, oh no, they wait until cashier tells them how much it is - cue 30 second fumble for money/card, then pay for item, get change and then start (slowly) putting stuff into thier bags. Meanwhile, cashier has started checking your stuff through so it starts getting mixed up with dizzy bint's stuff.
Jesus give me patience!:mad:

Does it take longer to get served in a shop these days?

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