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[Stoney Mason]

Everytime I go to Walmart invariably it never fails. I go in and grab the handful of items I need and head to the express line only to see people with way more than 10 items. If I have 11 items I go to the normal line because those are the rules I thought. Apparently having 33 items (I counted) and in another case 60 individual ears of corn somehow doesn't shame people from heading to the express lanes or being told to find another line by the cashier.

So which of you asshats is clogging up the lanes with your inability to follow the rules in an express checkout lane?

 

[starchild excalibur]

Dude, if you have 11 items it's okay to use the express line.

30 and 60 are excessive though. Just comes down to common sense.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

So which of you asshats is clogging up the lanes with your inability to follow the rules in an express checkout lane?

The cashier's inability to say "...WTF, get out of my line lady!"

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

12 maruchan soups in a box= 1 item.

An apple, a six pack, milk jug, and a package of hot dogs = 4 items.

 

[Odysseus]

on that note, who are the jerkfaces driving at or below the posted speed limit in the left most lane on a highway?

 

[Archaix]

12 maruchan soups in a box= 1 item.

An apple, a six pack, milk jug, and a package of hot dogs = 4 items.

False. An individual package is one item. If you buy a six pack of coke bottles, that's an item. If you buy 6 two liters, that's six items. Get out of the way.


And if you write a check in the express lane, I have every right to find the heaviest object in my cart(including the cart itself, should I be buying many light and not stabby things) and beat you upon the face with it.

 

[Like the hat?]

i agree with this and the left lane thing. When I was living in missouri i worked at walmart, and there was this old lady that had a cart jammed full of stuff that came up to me while i was working the express lane and asked if it was ok for her to go through my lane. I told her no.

the express lane is for 10 items or less, the left lane of the expressway is for >=25 over the speed limit. It should be common sense.

 

[ToxicAdam]

Multiple items of one type should only count as 1. Since the cashier can scan it once and multiply it by the quantity or just take one piece and scan it in succession.


The thing that irks me is at night(after 11), Krogers only has the U-scan open (4 registers and 1 cashier to look over them). So you go in to buy a late night snack/drink and you have to wait behind the carts filled with crap as they fumble around scanning all that stuff and bagging it. Yeesh.

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I could fill an entire thread with bad Wal-mart experiences. Their customer service is the absolute pits. I think their lack of health insurance and low pay is starting to bite them in the ass. I would rather drive the extra 10 minutes it takes to goto Krogers than shop there anymore.Judging by their parking lot, a lot of people feel the same.

 

[Stoney Mason]

Multiple items of one type should only count as 1. Since the cashier can scan it once and multiply it by the quantity or just take one piece and scan it in succession.

No ****ing way. The cashier still has to count and bag all those items. In this case 60 ears of corn. It took forever.

 

[Keylime]

Multiple items of one type should only count as 1. Since the cashier can scan it once and multiply it by the quantity or just take one piece and scan it in succession.


The thing that irks me is at night(after 11), Krogers only has the U-scan open (4 registers and 1 cashier to look over them). So you go in to buy a late night snack/drink and you have to wait behind the carts filled with crap as they fumble around scanning all that stuff and bagging it. Yeesh.

You have way more faith in people than you should. I worked as a cashier, and it makes more sense to scan them individually depending on the amount.

If you have 5 things of cat food, I'm going to have to bring them from one side of the conveyor to the other...so why not swipe them across the scanner mid-ride? Makes sense.

10 items or less should be renamed "The 'if it doesn't fit in a hand basket, GTFO'...Lane"

 

[BobLoblaw]

The cashier's inability to say "...WTF, get out of my line lady!"

Bingo! It all starts and ends at the cashier. If he/she lets someone with 20 items in line, blame them. I think a lot of them are chickenshit and scared that the customer will say something to a manager (which is weird because the customer was wrong in the first place). I worked in a grocery store for 6 years PT and boy can I tell some stories.

 

[Like the hat?]

when i worked at walmart we got shit if we didn't scan every single item. Try working the express lane and have someone come by with like 50 cans of catfood that you have to scan one by one, while behind them sits like 5 people all waiting to buy one or two items.

 

[HolyStar]

You have way more faith in people than you should. I worked as a cashier, and it makes more sense to scan them individually depending on the amount.

If you have 5 things of cat food, I'm going to have to bring them from one side of the conveyor to the other...so why not swipe them across the scanner mid-ride? Makes sense.

10 items or less should be renamed "The 'if it doesn't fit in a hand basket, GTFO'...Lane"

What about 10 bags of dog food, did you ever think of that?

 

[Keylime]

What about 10 bags of dog food, did you ever think of that?

I did.

Move to another line, sir.

 

[BobJustBob]

on that note, who are the jerkfaces driving at or below the posted speed limit in the left most lane on a highway?

Driving above the speed limit is illegal. The left lane is for people driving the speed limit. The right lane is for people driving below the speed limit.

 

[Odysseus]

The thing that irks me is at night(after 11), Krogers only has the U-scan open (4 registers and 1 cashier to look over them). So you go in to buy a late night snack/drink and you have to wait behind the carts filled with crap as they fumble around scanning all that stuff and bagging it. Yeesh.

see, i simply refuse to shop somewhere that does not have self-checkout.

by my apartment, there are two grocery stores within close proximity, a lowe's and a harris teeter. this is their little social experiment that has been engineered to study human behaviour with the added benefit of pissing me off:

lowe's shuts down their self checkout in the late evening. you want to shop there, you go through that one checkout line they have open. harris teeter puts away all their hand-carts in the late evening. you want to shop there, you either get a full shopping cart or buy only what you can carry.

i guess some psychologists doing research at a local university picked my neighborhood to use as a guinea pig in their maddening quest to publish enough papers in order to earn tenure. what will people choose?

more often than not, i'll go to a different grocery store several miles away and avoid that whole rat's maze altogether. i outsmarted their test.

or did i?

 

[ToxicAdam]

No ****ing way. The cashier still has to count and bag all those items. In this case 60 ears of corn. It took forever.

Things without barcodes are kind of walking the line, but aren't ears of corn sold as "10 for xxx.xx" or "20 for xxx.xx". Shouldn't have taken that long.

 

[Odysseus]

Driving above the speed limit is illegal. The left lane is for people driving the speed limit. The right lane is for people driving below the speed limit.

be so kind as to not drive on my roads, thanks

 

[Gantz]

just get a supervisor/manager, they'll boot those jerks out of line. works every time.

 

[The Elite]

The cashier's inability to say "...WTF, get out of my line lady!"

That isn't going to happen because the customer is probably not going to leave, beach out the cashier and then want to speak to a manager while everyone has to wait. Easier just to process the transaction.

 

[Lucky Forward]

Sometimes when the regular lines are long and the express line is empty, a cashier or manager will direct someone in line with over 10 items to go over to the empty express line, often leading to OMGWTF? syndrome from the people who get in line behind them moments later.

 

[Jon_Danger]

Everytime I go to Walmart invariably it never fails. I go in and grab the handful of items I need and head to the express line only to see people with way more than 10 items. If I have 11 items I go to the normal line because those are the rules I thought. Apparently having 33 items (I counted) and in another case 60 individual ears of corn somehow doesn't shame people from heading to the express lanes or being told to find another line by the cashier.

So which of you asshats is clogging up the lanes with your inability to follow the rules in an express checkout lane?

That would be the problem

 

[worldrunover]

You should of said something. Like "don't you think you should be on another line?" or something to that effect. She probably won't move, but maybe you'll make her think about it next time.

 

[White Man]

Abuse of the express line is like reason #1 old people should not be allowed in public. They are all ****ed up, whether via I'm an Old Person self-importance or dementia. Putting the elderly to the curb in general would also go a ways towards solving some of the country's money problems.

 

[storybook77]

Something else that belongs in this thread....

People that go the wrong ****ing way in parking lots with the slanted spaces. First, the arrow should be the biggest clue that you are going the wrong way. Second, as if the first clue wasn't big enough, when all of the cars are turned towards you then you probably shouldn't be going down that way.....****ing moron.

 

[worldrunover]

Abuse of the express line is like reason #1 old people should not be allowed in public. They are all ****ed up, whether via I'm an Old Person self-importance or dementia. Putting the elderly to the curb in general would also go a ways towards solving some of the country's money problems.

I have less of a problem with the elderly and more with the 40-55 year old woman category. The kind that think every person everywhere owes them something and therefore the only people on the entire planet who matter are themselves. They are the worst people to deal with in stores, and IMO the most likely to pull the bullshit the OP was talking about.

 

[Odysseus]

Something else that belongs in this thread....

People that go the wrong ****ing way in parking lots with the slanted spaces. First, the arrow should be the biggest clue that you are going the wrong way. Second, as if the first clue wasn't big enough, when all of the cars are turned towards you then you probably shouldn't be going down that way.....****ing moron.

so easy even a caveman can do it, amirite?

 

[GitarooMan]

I have less of a problem with the elderly and more with the 40-55 year old woman category. The kind that think every person everywhere owes them something and therefore the only people on the entire planet who matter are themselves. They are the worst people to deal with in stores, and IMO the most likely to pull the bullshit the OP was talking about.

100% agree, although I'd even drop it to 35-55.

 

[storybook77]

so easy even a caveman can do it, amirite?

Damn straight. What irritates me even more about it, is that the person coming the wrong way always looks at me like I'm the one who's in the way and needs to back up.

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

On the flipside, there was this ****face of a cashier at the local supermarket who nearly refused to let us check out because we at the last minute added a chocolate bar that our kid picked out, and this item brought us one item over the 12 item limit. The dude eventually realized that he likely stood to get a black eye out of the deal, but he sighed and rolled his way all the way through the check out process.

 

[Like the hat?]

i hate when I am sitting in a turn lane, right at the white line, waiting for an arrow so I can turn left, and the person turning left from the other road onto the road I am on (but going the opposide direction I was) comes within like 6 inches of destroying the front of my car and gives ME a dirty look.

 

[storybook77]

On the flipside, there was this ****face of a cashier at the local supermarket who nearly refused to let us check out because we at the last minute added a chocolate bar that our kid picked out, and this item brought us one item over the 12 item limit. The dude eventually realized that he likely stood to get a black eye out of the deal, but he sighed and rolled his way all the way through the check out process.

Yea, if you add a candy bar and makes you one item over, that's excusable. If, however, you have 20 items in the 12 item line and then you decide to whip out a checkbook after given the total....you deserve to have serious harm done to you.

 

[White Man]

I have less of a problem with the elderly and more with the 40-55 year old woman category. The kind that think every person everywhere owes them something and therefore the only people on the entire planet who matter are themselves. They are the worst people to deal with in stores, and IMO the most likely to pull the bullshit the OP was talking about.

Good point. I personally experience it more with elderly people, but I see no reason why all women over the age of 40 should be prohibited from social situations and/or neutralized.

 

[thatbox]

 

[AltogetherAndrews]

Yea, if you add a candy bar and makes you one item over, that's excusable. If, however, you have 20 items in the 12 item line and then you decide to whip out a checkbook after given the total....you deserve to have serious harm done to you.

A surprisingly large amount of shoppers seem to believe that the item count is based on product type, as opposed to product count. So some dude has 20 separate bottles of beer, and then 10 bottles of milk and 6 packages of cajun jack hot dogs, and he counts that as, you know, 3 items.

 

[Ikuu]

The cashier's inability to say "...WTF, get out of my line lady!"

Most of them don't care, whenever I have to work as a cashier, I don't care how many items you have at the end of the day if I'm still gonna be there for an hour or whatever.

Edit: What's more annoying are people who ask ARE YOU OPENING, when you walk up to the till turn it on, move the little gate, and then sit down. No shit, I'm opening. That and people who ignore the, this till is closing, and just place all their shit down and give the whole Oh I didn't see it.

 

[JzeroT1437]

It should actually be "10 items or fewer".

You have "less" sand, because you weigh it.

You have "fewer" items because you count them.

Just thought I'd play grammar nazi.

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

11 items is acceptable in a "10 or less" line. They are generally varied around 10-15 "or less" depending on the market and the idea is that people who have small transactions don't need to wait behind huge families doing their week's shopping. It's really a suggestion - and different stores enforce it differently. 60 is overkill - honestly, I think a self bagged bag of vegetables counts as "1" item, but taking 60 ears of corn into the express line is excessive.

As for the fast lane - if you think the fast lane is for "the speed limit" you deserve the dirty looks and profanities that you inevitably get. If you want to enforce speed laws, get a badge and a squad car - otherwise, learn to properly use the lanes as they're designed. The left most lane is for passing speed, not cruising and 'traffic copping'. If you are in the left lane and people are forced to pass you on the right, then you are not only an asshole, you're making the roads unsafe by trying to nanny other drivers.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

Two things annoy me more than anything:

1) People who still write checks (use a debit card you ****s)
2) People who violate the 10 or less lane

I can honestly say that most people don't give a shit about whether they are over the limit or not. The cashiers say nothing either and I don't see supervisors and managers trying to move them away from these lanes.

In fact, the 10 or less lane is so bad that I find that other lanes are sometimes faster moving. For the express lanes, if there isn't some guy trying to put up 15 items, instead, they give a laundry list of packs of cigs they want. "Uh, I'll have Marlboro 100s soft pack deluxe" or some shit like that. Who gives a **** what kind of death stick you smoke. I digress.

So when did it stop being that? Ever since I've been shopping, so sometime before 2001.

 

[Zeed]

On the flipside, there was this ****face of a cashier at the local supermarket who nearly refused to let us check out because we at the last minute added a chocolate bar that our kid picked out, and this item brought us one item over the 12 item limit. The dude eventually realized that he likely stood to get a black eye out of the deal, but he sighed and rolled his way all the way through the check out process.

You were over the limit. GTFO. You shouldn't get special treatment just because your brat wants to pig out, and it sounds like the only reason you did was because you threatened the cashier with violence. I'm surprised they didn't throw you out of the store.

 

[teruterubozu]

You were over the limit. GTFO. You shouldn't get special treatment just because your brat wants to pig out, and it sounds like the only reason you did was because you threatened the cashier with violence. I'm surprised they didn't throw you out of the store.

It's the store's fault for having impulse-buy shit next to the register.

 

[tedtropy]

http://www.cetteboite.com/images/Ten_items_or_less_poster-1.jpg

Mmm...I love me some Paz Vega.

 

[p01ar]

No ****ing way. The cashier still has to count and bag all those items. In this case 60 ears of corn. It took forever.

Ok, then what's the difference between a pre-packages bag of apples and adding 10 apples to a bag. In terms of produce i always assume it is the same thing because it is by weight.

and as multiple people have pointed out you were shopping at Walmart.

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

You were over the limit. GTFO. You shouldn't get special treatment just because your brat wants to pig out, and it sounds like the only reason you did was because you threatened the cashier with violence. I'm surprised they didn't throw you out of the store.

:lol get the **** outta here, thrown out of the store for having 12 items in a 10 item lane?


:lol

 

[GSG Flash]

Like people said, Cashier's don't give a shit, they have to work their hours either way. You should complain to the manager because they do give a shit.

 

[starchild excalibur]

You were over the limit. GTFO. You shouldn't get special treatment just because your brat wants to pig out, and it sounds like the only reason you did was because you threatened the cashier with violence. I'm surprised they didn't throw you out of the store.

Let's hope you've never driven 36mph in a 35mph zone lest you be....what class?





A hypocrite!

 

[Christopher]

I've only been to this "walmart" twice.

I never noticed anything too horrid there.

 

[Wraith]

11 items is acceptable in a "10 or less" line. They are generally varied around 10-15 "or less" depending on the market and the idea is that people who have small transactions don't need to wait behind huge families doing their week's shopping. It's really a suggestion - and different stores enforce it differently. 60 is overkill - honestly, I think a self bagged bag of vegetables counts as "1" item, but taking 60 ears of corn into the express line is excessive.

As for the fast lane - if you think the fast lane is for "the speed limit" you deserve the dirty looks and profanities that you inevitably get. If you want to enforce speed laws, get a badge and a squad car - otherwise, learn to properly use the lanes as they're designed. The left most lane is for passing speed, not cruising and 'traffic copping'. If you are in the left lane and people are forced to pass you on the right, then you are not only an asshole, you're making the roads unsafe by trying to nanny other drivers.

Two lanes. I'm in the left doing 75 in a 65. Someone is tailing me, obviously wanting to go faster. Just ahead of me in the right lane is someone doing ~65, maybe 70. Ahead of him is another car, maybe a truck, and so on. I'm not switching lanes in this situation. If there's an opening in traffic in the right lane then sure, I'll let you over. Otherwise, forget it - You'll have to lose those extra 10 miles per hour for a few precious minutes because I'm not going to switch lanes, turn off my cruise control by braking, let you by, and then switch back.

Edit: And how in the world is me having to brake and get behind some guy in the right lane any less safe then you having to brake and get behind me in the left? Furthermore, isn't the guy going faster actually less safe overall?

 

[Gio_CoD]

For what it's worth, in Kroger the cashier is not allowed to enforce the 10 item limit policy. Maybe this has changed since I worked there 10 years ago, but back in the day I got in trouble for telling a lady who came into the express lane with a shopping cart full of shit (don't know how much, but laughably beyond 10 items) to go to a full service lane. She threw a fit, I stood my ground, she asked me to call the manager over, I did (thinking the manager would back me), the manager yells at me and gives the lady a gift card, I quit right there.

 

[X26]

If my little sister is any indication, cashiers, especially at supermarkets, have it worse than you'd think. I fear the day she'll snap and let loose on a senior citizen (pretty much all her job-related horror stories involve the elderly)