Ever do this???

You will do it competely without realising it and yet, never admit to it. You have a basket of groceries in the supermarket and have 7 items in yours. You stand in the queue for the "10 Items or less" and start looking at things in other peoples basket... then you start counting their items. next time you are in that position - from now on you will start counting the other person's groceries... I know I do but would never dare say anything if they had 11!!!!
K

Yup, I always count other people's groceries if I'm in a specific "this many items or less" line. And if they do have more than they're supposed to I would never tell them, but I'll mumble and complain to whoever I'm shopping with.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who does the first part!

I thought everyone did that! I always do it, I'm not ashamed to admit it! But you're right--I never say anything when someone has more than 10. Well, once I did, but the woman had, like, a whole cart full of stuff and you could tell without even counting she was over the limit.

makes me wonder if you lot are as bad as me.... when you have a trolley full of stuff and are just about to start the unloading - when someone comes up behind you with just a pint of milk. I always ask them if thats all they have got ? and they always nodd or say yes expecting me to allow them to jump the queue - then I tell them that I would goto another checkout as I am gonna be ages....Tesco operators know me in Leeds !!!!! Goto the 10 items or less.....

Originally Posted by mamacat

But you're right--I never say anything when someone has more than 10. Well, once I did, but the woman had, like, a whole cart full of stuff and you could tell without even counting she was over the limit.

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What happened when you said something... did she go somewhere else? Did she ignore you?

Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226

What happened when you said something... did she go somewhere else? Did she ignore you?

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I was very polite about it, and she was actually very nice. It was at the supermarket in my old neighborhood, and they had two lines that were "10 items or less" and we were on the second one, and she didn't realize it was an express line too. She just apologized and went to a different line.

Originally Posted by kev

makes me wonder if you lot are as bad as me.... when you have a trolley full of stuff and are just about to start the unloading - when someone comes up behind you with just a pint of milk. I always ask them if thats all they have got ? and they always nodd or say yes expecting me to allow them to jump the queue - then I tell them that I would goto another checkout as I am gonna be ages....Tesco operators know me in Leeds !!!!! Goto the 10 items or less.....

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Uh no, I don't do that. I rarely have a lot of stuff, but if I do, I will ask the one item person if they want to go in front of me. The thing I don't like is when a person with one item will see all your stuff and actually ASK to get in front of you. Then I'll usually tell them to go to the express line.

Originally Posted by mamacat

I was very polite about it, and she was actually very nice. It was at the supermarket in my old neighborhood, and they had two lines that were "10 items or less" and we were on the second one, and she didn't realize it was an express line too. She just apologized and went to a different line.

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Ah. So it was an accident. If she had been doing it on purpose maybe it would've been more interesting.

Beh If I ever say anything around here to the person about it (And let me tell you, there are some times when I've got to go potty and I'm waiting in the express lane, that I will tell them about themselves) But they always say "what's it to you, and so on, rather than anything nice like "I'm sorry, but I'm already almost done, if you'll wait a moment" or something. If they were nice about it, i wouldn't half care.

I always count
Only one time I had to say something, there was a lady in front of me with a FULL cart and I politely told her that we were in an express line. She told me to mind my own f-ing business.
I stood there shocked, but when she fianlly got to the cashier, the cashier told her that she needed to go to another line (which all had at least 10 people with full carts) as she was well over the limit. I literally stood there laughing my @$$ off!!!!

Originally Posted by ash_bct

I always count

Only one time I had to say something, there was a lady in front of me with a FULL cart and I politely told her that we were in an express line. She told me to mind my own f-ing business.

I stood there shocked, but when she fianlly got to the cashier, the cashier told her that she needed to go to another line (which all had at least 10 people with full carts) as she was well over the limit. I literally stood there laughing my @$$ off!!!!

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Oh how I love instant karma! It so rarely happens, but is so, so satisfying when it does! Like a speeder cutting you off on the highway, and then seeing them pulled over later. A wonderful scenario that I actually got to experience once! No, I was not the speeder .

And, yup, I count! Now I've relieved myself of that aggravation, and use the self-checkout. I don't know if it saves me any time, but I love the control!

This thread made me laugh and think of a time once that the woman ahead of me had I don't know how many cans of soda. When I pointed out to her that it was an "Express Lane" she responded with "I only have one item". I never responded back to her, but, thought, "Yeah, 50 cans of one item".

Originally Posted by ccoccocats

This thread made me laugh and think of a time once that the woman ahead of me had I don't know how many cans of soda. When I pointed out to her that it was an "Express Lane" she responded with "I only have one item". I never responded back to her, but, thought, "Yeah, 50 cans of one item".

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OMG, I once saw someone do something like that--she actually argued with the cashier about it! "But I only have one item..."

Oh, I count all the time. I don't usually say something directly to the person, but I do casually mention out loud the item limit. 9 times out of 10 the people count their items and leave (but it makes me wonder why some people even try to get in that lane, I've been asked to come to that lane by the checker when they had no one, but otherwise I don't even consider it). When I have a lot of stuff and I'm not in a hurry (and DH isn't with me) I'll let others go in front of me. I like it when people do it for me, so I try to do it for others. I've even come up with spare change for people who need it if I have the money. It's no skin off my nose and makes things go faster in the long run.

Originally Posted by ccoccocats

This thread made me laugh and think of a time once that the woman ahead of me had I don't know how many cans of soda. When I pointed out to her that it was an "Express Lane" she responded with "I only have one item". I never responded back to her, but, thought, "Yeah, 50 cans of one item".

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I've been told by the cashiers in my store that this IS considered 1 item by their management since they don't have to swipe EACH and EVERY can. They can just tell the computer to ring 50 of this barcode.

Originally Posted by Sweets

I've been told by the cashiers in my store that this IS considered 1 item by their management since they don't have to swipe EACH and EVERY can. They can just tell the computer to ring 50 of this barcode.

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The funny thing is they had the plastic holding 6 cans and it filled her basket. So actually there were about 20 of those 6 can thingamajigs.

In our stores here they consider each unit an individual sale. Even if you have 50 of the same they have to swipe each unit.

yes, i count too - mine & other peoples! but i don't say anything - it usually just makes the person mad, then they're nasty to me, which makes me mad, & so on, & so on, & so on, & so on, ...it's just easier to think tacky things!

yes!! once when i was in wal-mart, it is 20 or less.. and this lady, had like 40 items...
small items at that... and... she kept dropping them... then would say, "ohh hold on, i forgot something"
i got soo frustrated!

I have a bad habbit of blurting things out... One time I made the comment "At least you can count to 10" to my hubby, when the girl infront of us had a cart FULL of stuff, well over 30 items, some large, some small. I wasn't even counting the duplicated items, such as koolaid... She glared at me, then read the 10 items or less sign, then quietly made her way out of the line... UGH!! I knew her from school, and she was always one of those 'better then thou, I shop in BILLINGS, and buy name brand' kind of girls. Now she's got a few kids, and no hubby. Perhaps she's nicer NOW, then she was in school.

I try really hard NOT to speak my mind most of the time though