I know ! Do hate it big time when someone pushes in, does seem a fair few people still dont know what queues are.
In a supermarket if i'm unloading tons of stuff and see some granny with one can behind me i always let them go ahead of me, but if its some tree hugging student or someone i dont like the look of i often let them wait ;)
In a supermarket if i'm unloading tons of stuff and see some granny with one can behind me i always let them go ahead of me, but if its some tree hugging student or someone i dont like the look of i often let them wait ;)
when that happens to me, i tell them to go to the ten item or less aisle, if you have ten items or less you have to go to that aisle, it tells you, and if you have more you go to the conveyor belt things, i hate people who take a few items to the conveyor, its the rules, i wish people would follow them.
i suppose the worst kind of queue jumping happens in a gang bang.
Often i've had a few items and the girl on the checkout says 'you can go over to the self-scan tills'. I think sod that ! You get paid to do this job, i'm not doing it ! If i use self-scan then give me a discount !
Its like when hotels say 'try to use the towels again, think of the environment', its more like 'you want more profits, you dont want to give us fresh towels everyday'.
Same with carrier bags and Tescos etc not giving them out unless you ask. Wish they would use those brown paper bags like you have in the US.
Always funny the guilty looks some woman gives when shes in the 10 items or less and has about 30 !
I don't mind the self-scan tills when I only buy a couple of items - but I only use them if there isn't a regular till available with little or no queue. Just saves time.
Used to do that online stuff, was quite cool until i realised they gave me all the stuff close to the sell by date, unless i ate about 4 meals that night it would go off !
Often i've had a few items and the girl on the checkout says 'you can go over to the self-scan tills'. I think sod that ! You get paid to do this job, i'm not doing it ! If i use self-scan then give me a discount !
In which case she's a turkey voting for Christmas - the more popular the self service tills get, the more cash register staff will be made redundant.
In which case she's a turkey voting for Christmas - the more popular the self service tills get, the more cash register staff will be made redundant.
Very true. The last year or two, live in a village, i always tend to use the local services much more now. In times like this they need all the support they can get, prices are far higher than Tescos etc but happier to give them my business.
Think also 9 months of being self employed makes me appreciate local businesses etc even more
I know ! Do hate it big time when someone pushes in, does seem a fair few people still dont know what queues are.
In a supermarket if i'm unloading tons of stuff and see some granny with one can behind me i always let them go ahead of me...
Yep, me too.
I'm usually the muggins that has someone push in front of me though. Just the other day, I was in my local corner shop, I'd been waiting about 5 minutes, one person away from the till (more people gathering in the queue behind me), and some stuck-up old bint pushed in front of me and slammed all of her stuff onto the counter. I just said "yes, you go first, love... no no, I insist...we'll all wait for you, shall we?" very loudly, she quickly paid, hung her head and trotted off out, looking a little embarrassed.
Very true. The last year or two, live in a village, i always tend to use the local services much more now. In times like this they need all the support they can get, prices are far higher than Tescos etc but happier to give them my business.
You get what you pay for. My local butcher is probably more expensive for meat than Tesco's, but only marginally so - and I think better value than Tesco's. Better value because if I have a recipe in mind, he can get the right cut of meat, and I can ask him questions about what I need. Better value because the meat comes from local farms and has been prepared properly rather than vacuum packed, and better value because the meat is not factory farmed. I can get a sirloin steak from him that's every bit as good as the ones you get in a good Texas steakhouse - which you just don't get from a supermarket.
Unfortunately in the general race to the bottom, it's quite common to think of only price but nothing about value. Places such as Wal*Mart in the US are the ultimate exemplars of the race to the bottom.
I have to admit to being unable to turn my back on the ignorant & arogant individuals seem to think that queueing is beneath them.
Almost everybody I worked with had huge issues when shopping in the Canary Wharf Tescos branch.
Literally you would be handing over the money for some item or another and some arse in a suit would literally push you out of the way and insist that the peron at the till stop serving you and serve them instead.
Sadly I never knew what to object to most the ignorant person or the halfwit staff staff members who actually attempted to serve the queue jumper.
Sigh, needless to say that I don't miss Canary Wharf whatsoever
ive seen kids run onto a bus without paying, but ive never seen anyone actually push in front in a shop or anything. maybe yorkshire people are less willing to part with money.
i think if someone blatently pushed in front of me, id spit on them or something.
I do not talk to people in supermarket queues or catch their eye in any way, I'm too busy trying to think of smalltalk when the cashier makes an effort to engage me in conversation like they have been told to by the management. Look, just sell me my food and shut up and I'll go.
I do not talk to people in supermarket queues or catch their eye in any way, I'm too busy trying to think of smalltalk when the cashier makes an effort to engage me in conversation like they have been told to by the management. Look, just sell me my food and shut up and I'll go.
i hate that, cos you reply to them and they just aren't interested in your answer.
i hate that, cos you reply to them and they just aren't interested in your answer.
I think they have a script prepared for talking to customers. Every time i go into Asda it's 'how are you today?' etc etc but you answer and they usually don't answer back. Just because they're on minimum wage!
I think they have a script prepared for talking to customers. Every time i go into Asda it's 'how are you today?' etc etc but you answer and they usually don't answer back. Just because they're on minimum wage!
yeah it took me a while to work out. id rather have them not talk. my fave was a girl who told me i smelled nice. she asked what scent i was wearing so i said 'nothing' it's just all me. he he.
There is one girl i like who works in Asda at the checkouts called Karen, a lovely redhead. I do like talking to her. If i can i try and go to her checkout. I'd ask her out but, with a queue of people behind me - not a good idea!
There is one girl i like who works in Asda at the checkouts called Karen, a lovely redhead. I do like talking to her. If i can i try and go to her checkout. I'd ask her out but, with a queue of people behind me - not a good idea!
ah, checkout flirting. what you need to do, is to buy a load of booze and crisps, and nothing else, then if she asks if you are having a party, you say yes and ask if she'd like to go. you will get her number that way. make sure she is at the checkout that day or it will cost you a fortune. you dont have to have a party, just say it got cancled, so you have her number anyway.
Good luck with that zx1 ! Does she have a decent chat with you or is it the usual friendly banter with a customer as shes bored out of her head kinda thing ? Dont make yourself look bad listening to that 1% of your brain saying 'nah nah she likes you, honest, she wants you, ask her out....' when the other 99% is saying 'come on be real, shes being friendly' !
On the other hand i'm a great believer or just go for it, if a girl likes you you could stick your tongue out and shout 'wibble wibble' and she'll say yes if you ask her out. If she doesnt like you it doesnt matter what you say or do, forget it.
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In a supermarket if i'm unloading tons of stuff and see some granny with one can behind me i always let them go ahead of me, but if its some tree hugging student or someone i dont like the look of i often let them wait ;)
when that happens to me, i tell them to go to the ten item or less aisle, if you have ten items or less you have to go to that aisle, it tells you, and if you have more you go to the conveyor belt things, i hate people who take a few items to the conveyor, its the rules, i wish people would follow them.
i suppose the worst kind of queue jumping happens in a gang bang.
Its like when hotels say 'try to use the towels again, think of the environment', its more like 'you want more profits, you dont want to give us fresh towels everyday'.
Same with carrier bags and Tescos etc not giving them out unless you ask. Wish they would use those brown paper bags like you have in the US.
Always funny the guilty looks some woman gives when shes in the 10 items or less and has about 30 !
I'm not usually in a rush anyway, and will join what looks to be the most entertaining queue.
i.e a drunk/nutter in the queue, combined with a new Saturday person on the till, can be quite fun.
I get all my veg and fruit, and eggs delivered anyway, so I don't go to supermarkets very often.
Tesco Online FTW.
In which case she's a turkey voting for Christmas - the more popular the self service tills get, the more cash register staff will be made redundant.
Very true. The last year or two, live in a village, i always tend to use the local services much more now. In times like this they need all the support they can get, prices are far higher than Tescos etc but happier to give them my business.
Think also 9 months of being self employed makes me appreciate local businesses etc even more
Yep, me too.
I'm usually the muggins that has someone push in front of me though. Just the other day, I was in my local corner shop, I'd been waiting about 5 minutes, one person away from the till (more people gathering in the queue behind me), and some stuck-up old bint pushed in front of me and slammed all of her stuff onto the counter. I just said "yes, you go first, love... no no, I insist...we'll all wait for you, shall we?" very loudly, she quickly paid, hung her head and trotted off out, looking a little embarrassed.
You get what you pay for. My local butcher is probably more expensive for meat than Tesco's, but only marginally so - and I think better value than Tesco's. Better value because if I have a recipe in mind, he can get the right cut of meat, and I can ask him questions about what I need. Better value because the meat comes from local farms and has been prepared properly rather than vacuum packed, and better value because the meat is not factory farmed. I can get a sirloin steak from him that's every bit as good as the ones you get in a good Texas steakhouse - which you just don't get from a supermarket.
Unfortunately in the general race to the bottom, it's quite common to think of only price but nothing about value. Places such as Wal*Mart in the US are the ultimate exemplars of the race to the bottom.
Almost everybody I worked with had huge issues when shopping in the Canary Wharf Tescos branch.
Literally you would be handing over the money for some item or another and some arse in a suit would literally push you out of the way and insist that the peron at the till stop serving you and serve them instead.
Sadly I never knew what to object to most the ignorant person or the halfwit staff staff members who actually attempted to serve the queue jumper.
Sigh, needless to say that I don't miss Canary Wharf whatsoever
i think if someone blatently pushed in front of me, id spit on them or something.
I don't shop at Tesco, or Sainsburys very much.
my veg is delivered by a local grower, it's organic by co-incidence, I'm not a hippy, and I have a pesticide licesnes myself. :)
You'd love the Spar on Chilli road in Newcastle then :lol:
I've actually ended up in a bit of a brawl because some drunk charva jumped a queue and I said "oi" to him.
That wasn't really much fun, but I won so I don't care :D
i hate that, cos you reply to them and they just aren't interested in your answer.
I usually say "yup off work tonight that's what the beers for, gonna get bladdered".
Usually they just smile, but with the accent they expect a brit to be a raving pisshead.
Best not to disappoint them eh? :D
I think they have a script prepared for talking to customers. Every time i go into Asda it's 'how are you today?' etc etc but you answer and they usually don't answer back. Just because they're on minimum wage!
yeah it took me a while to work out. id rather have them not talk. my fave was a girl who told me i smelled nice. she asked what scent i was wearing so i said 'nothing' it's just all me. he he.
ah, checkout flirting. what you need to do, is to buy a load of booze and crisps, and nothing else, then if she asks if you are having a party, you say yes and ask if she'd like to go. you will get her number that way. make sure she is at the checkout that day or it will cost you a fortune. you dont have to have a party, just say it got cancled, so you have her number anyway.
On the other hand i'm a great believer or just go for it, if a girl likes you you could stick your tongue out and shout 'wibble wibble' and she'll say yes if you ask her out. If she doesnt like you it doesnt matter what you say or do, forget it.
It seems people over the pond and on the pond have been cutting to the front of the line for years.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/polite-poms-had-no-chance-on-titanic/2009/01/14/1231608777963.html
Polite Poms 'had no chance on Titanic'