Sunday, June 07, 2009

Ughhh last week I was standing in line at a drugstore that shall remain nameless with ONE item in my hand. I stood in line behind 4 people however noticed only one woman in the other line and moved over behind her.....big mistake!!!

First of all she had a cart with about 10 items in it which really wasn't a huge deal but then she pulled out a bloody lottery ticket. The cashier had to go halfway across the store to check it and let the woman know that she had won so much money. The woman then starts to ponder hmmmm I should buy more numbers....which numbers should I buy......should I get a quick pick....... (this went on forever). The cashier had to go halfway across the store to deal with the lottery ticket again! At this point I see the fourth man from the other line leaving the store and this woman hasn't even cashed out her purchases yet.

Finally the cashier returns and begins to cash her out. "Are those on sale, I thought they were on sale?" You've got to be fucking kidding me!!! Now she doesn't know if the items she's purchasing are on sale. Thankfully she doesn't care and buys everything in her cart regardless. Then comes the money exchange.....cashier "that will be $74.56" woman starts digging through her change purse to get the exact change "here you go $74.79" cashier "no 56" woman "ohhhh" starts recounting the change.

I wanted to kill myself.

Sidenote: This happened AGAIN today with 2 assholes in front of me trying to figure out the amount of points on their cards. The cashier took a few minutes to explain the points process to this woman and then had to find the amount on two of her cards. The the next customer (who had a cart full of shit) went through the exact same process and actually stood there and said "oh so I have to buy $30 more in order to redeem all of the points hmmmmm can you hold my purchases?"The two people behind me were about to lose their shit as we had all been waiting a good 10 minutes to pay for a few items.

I only go to this particular drugstore as it's right beside my gym and therefore convenient but as you can see it's really not convenient at all. I'll have to find another place to go as I've already wasted a good hour standing in line at this drugstore in the last few weeks. I can't possibly imagine getting behind another such person as I've reached my breaking point for stupidity at this place, it wouldn't be a good scene.

*If I see someone in line with one or two items and I have a cart full then I ask if they would like to go ahead of me.

*The amount of points is written right on the receipt. I make my purchase, check it out and think oh goodie I can redeem 15,000 points next purchase and get $10 off.

*The balance of points can be checked online.....perhaps these mofos could have done that previous to their shopping excursion ( of course I'm being an elitist and assume that they have a computer).

9 comments:

Christielli said...

People who are tools in lines should wear clear signs on their backs so the rest of us know *not* to get in line behind them.

yrautca said...

It is pretty annoying. I think they have to have a term for grocery store checkout line anger. Too many dumb people in line these days. I usually can do self checkout or I go to the express one.

Having said that, you need to take a deep breath and let it go. Practice yoga.

Wiwille said...

It's justifiable homicide.

rawbean said...

You're hilarious!

I hate it when this happens. I was at a fabric store not too long ago and I wanted them to cut one bit of fabric for me. There was a sale on so all of the tables were really full. I finally was next up at this one table where a couple was humming and hawing over the ugliest black fabric they were buying to recover some UGLY chairs. The sales girl kept recalculating for them and apologizing to me. You think they would have just said "oh let this girl go ahead of us while we decide" but no they just stood there and debated how much fabric to buy.

I finally put my fabric back and left the store. I was really pissed off.

Some people!

Miss Ash said...

Christielli, Ha! That reminds me of that comic (I think it's Jeff Foxworthy)who does the "here's your sign" bit.

Yrautca, I'm going to start buying all of my stuff online to avoid the painful lineups. PS I've taken Yoga classes and I really am not fond of the practice.

Wiwille, you crack me up. I wouldn't go that far but I might tell someone what a rude asshole I think they are.

Rawbean, good for you!! I felt like leaving but then thought it would take more of my time to drive across town to another place to stand in another line.

wigsf said...

I don't know if they still do this, but I remember back in the day, if there was a line at the drugstore, I would pay at the makeup counter. The makeup counter always moved faster. But I don't think they have a cashier there anymore. I guess women have to buy that makeup as fast as possible so they don't miss one minute of covering up their natural unhotness.
Face facts, some women NEED makeup.
I used to work with this women. Nice to look at, pretty face. She was jailbait so I kept my distance, but she was a looker. One day she showed up for work and I didn't recognize her. I actually said "Hi, how can I help you?" when she walked in. She wasn't wearing makeup and she looked like a completely different person. Just wow. Not pretty at all. It was all the magic of the makeup.

2 Dollar Productions said...

There is no way to solve this line dilemna as it extends to so many places where I'm always in the slowest line with the worst people ahead of me. Selah. But it still gets me worked up every single time. Ha.

JLee said...

How irritating!! You just want to say "for crying out loud!!" at the top of your lungs. haha

Miss Ash said...

WIGSF, I'll try the make up counter next time, I never thought of that.

2DP, I never had this problem in the past but it seems to be non stop lately. It's very annoying.

JLee, I will probably do that one of these time unfortunately it's hard for me to hold my tongue sometimes.