Brother can you spare a dime? or The Times They Are A Changin'
After reading the deep and heavy Post below (one very worth reading, I might add) I thought it would be good to "change" the subject.
I was at the store, buying my salad for lunch, and this guy, two people ahead of me in line, was holding up the entire works digging into his pocket to find exact change. Then, he painstakingly counted out each dime, nickel and penny, reaching again into his pocket when the handful of coins he found didn't add up right. Then, the checkout girl counted each and every coin to make sure it was correct.
A 15 second transaction took 3 or 4 minutes.
Now, to those of you living in the more rural or laid back parts of the country, this might not seem such a big deal. But here in New Jersey, the guy almost got killed. The old lady behind him was snuffing loudly and the guy behind her (and front of me) was muttering, loudly and threateningly.
I almost reached into my wallet to grab a one and give it to the checkout lady just to move things along.
Almost as bad are the people with the little change purses. These things are so small they can't even get their little fingers into them to get the coin they're looking for.
Listen, give the checkout person bills and take the change. They have machines that will turn these coins into bills again so there's no need to pay with change, ever.
Or maybe, let's do away with change all together.
I was at the store, buying my salad for lunch, and this guy, two people ahead of me in line, was holding up the entire works digging into his pocket to find exact change. Then, he painstakingly counted out each dime, nickel and penny, reaching again into his pocket when the handful of coins he found didn't add up right. Then, the checkout girl counted each and every coin to make sure it was correct.
A 15 second transaction took 3 or 4 minutes.
Now, to those of you living in the more rural or laid back parts of the country, this might not seem such a big deal. But here in New Jersey, the guy almost got killed. The old lady behind him was snuffing loudly and the guy behind her (and front of me) was muttering, loudly and threateningly.
I almost reached into my wallet to grab a one and give it to the checkout lady just to move things along.
Almost as bad are the people with the little change purses. These things are so small they can't even get their little fingers into them to get the coin they're looking for.
Listen, give the checkout person bills and take the change. They have machines that will turn these coins into bills again so there's no need to pay with change, ever.
Or maybe, let's do away with change all together.
posted by Angry Democrat at 10/18/2005 02:27:00 PM
11 Comments:
This always seems to happen to you at that same store. There's always almost an altercation?
I think the place is haunted with Poltergeists that possess the folks that roam the aisles in search of groceries and they loose their minds.
The women who stand center aisle with their carts and don't move so you have to blow by and elbow them at the same time to make your point?
And wasn't there something else like this that happened at the check out with someone paying or questioning the four cents they were over charged they thought?
And weren't there numerous 'almost auto-accident' fiascoes in the parking lot?
Dude, you've got to go somewhere else for lunch, methinks?
ps. It is a full moon.
Yes, this place is a regular house of horrors for me and yet, I'm drawn to the place. Maybe all these poltergeists are calling me there, getting me back for things I've done to them in previous lives - because, if this current life is any indication - I've pissed off a lot of people over the centuries.
Warning...do not attempt to drink during the reading of this post...
Okay, it was my honeymoon and we went to a walmart to get some of our pictures developed. Wouldn't you know it there was this huge line and so we patiently (mostly my southern gentleman husband) for our turn. Out of nowhere this moron blatantly cuts in front of us!! Pretty as you please. So I rammed her ass with the friggin' cart...HARD! lol She jumped and said "I'm sorry, were you in line?" I just looked at her and said "yeah"(sarcastically). I thought my Husband was going to die lolol. Crash course in Northern behavior.
Ahhh I just heard we're getting ruder as Americans. Nice.
It is a full moon.
Oh Polisci101 my 6 year old told me how she digs your kim impossible icon.
DL, that was funny, and I'm not too proud to say, a very natural reaction up here. I don't think I've rammed anyone yet, but I've come pretty close. I know one day it will happen, most likely behind the wheel of my truck, because I suffer terribly from road rage, and get all worked up and fantasize that I just run people over.
I even imagine I have James Bond type gadgets that could come out of my truck, such as cartoon-like hammers that come out of the hood and bop other cars on their roofs, or saws that come out of my wheels and cut people's cars open like sardine cans........as Kel's daughter has figured out, I watch way too many cartoons, (BTW- thanks Kel, and your little one too)-so I'm a natural for your Eegad comic strip. I fit right in......so sad. LMAO, anyway!!
Kel, you're right, Americans are getting ruder.
I mean, imagine, the nerve of that guy to hold up the line so he can satisfy his little anal need to have everything perfect and come out right.
Oh, you meant me and the people in line behind him being rude.
I guess it depends on your point of view.
I have pushed people's shopping carts into them when they leave them in the middle of the aisle, blocking anyone's passage. I mean, it's the ultimate form of egotism to think you're the only one in the store. Look, I hate people as much as the next person haters but I understand that I exist in a society of other people and therefore must act accordingly.
And speaking of ego, let me just say this about Polisci and the Kim Possible icon.
It was my idea. Polisci came to work one day and was dressed in a manner that reminded me of Kim Possible (yes, I have been known to watch that cartoon when I'm awake or remember). So I told her so and found the picture you see.
Polisci does bear a strong resemblance to Ms. Possible, BTW.
I hate getting behind someone who is spending half of their paycheck on lottery tickets. Maybe the Lotto's should start doing payroll deductions for these people.
I wanted so bad to make polisci's character like the kim possible one, but don't want to be guilty of copyright infringement.
To stay on topic though, what about people who write checks but don't bother even getting it out until the total is annuonced?? They could have started filling it out and waited on the total for goodness sake!!
See, I'm not the only one.
I hate lottery ticket purchasers, I hate check users, I hate change counters, I hate aisle hoggers.
You know, there's so much to hate about people...
I think it's time for a poll...
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