Originally posted by: dennilfloss
I particularly dislike people using said cards at the express line and slowing things down for others.
They have nothing on the biddies who pay by check. Said geriatrics know they are going to use a check, yet wait until all the groceries have been rung up, and only them begin rummaging in their purses for their checkbook.
When they find it, they then begin the even longer search for their glasses.
When they find them, they still can't see what the total is. And it takes the clerk four patient tries to successfully tell them the total!
Only then do they begin the long, laborious process of filling out the check, complete with pauses so long you'd swear they'd forgot the name of supermarket or, perhaps, their name.
Did I mention that they usually pause during the check writing process to engage the clerk in a detailed discussion of their recent physical woes, and/or, the weather?
Of course, during this part, their pen malfunctions.
What was that total again? Flirty collars? WHAT?
The last seven-eight minutes of this ordeal are consumed as they attempt to employ their palsied claws to return their checkbook to their purse, and maybe root aroung therein for a mint or two.
"Now where DID I put my keys?" Followed by, "The doctor says I shouldn't be driving at all."
Oh, look, my single quart of ice cream has mysteriously begun to melt! :shocked: