Keep It Moving!
Here’s a scenario…you’re in line at the store waiting to pay and the person ahead of you is finishing up with their transaction. Everything going along swimmingly until it’s time for them to pay. For some godforsaken reason, even though the place is packed and there is a HUGE line, this moron decides that this is the perfect time to teach their child how to pay.
OH MY GOD! This is NOT the time to teach your 5 year old how to swipe your debit card and punch in the numbers. JUST DO IT YOURSELF! I’m all for teaching children how to be self-reliant, and if the store is totally empty and there is NO ONE else behind you in line, then knock yourself out. Heck, teach them how to write out a damn check if you want. But the second someone else comes up behind you, then take over for your kid.
I’ve been on both sides of this situation as I’ve been behind these people in line and I’ve also been a cashier waiting on them to finish up as the other customers start to give them dirty looks (to which they’re ignorantly oblivious). My parents never did this kind of crap with me and guess what? I still learned how to pay for things on my own! It’s not brain surgery and your kid will figure it out just fine.
Here’s in idea…how about teaching your child to be thoughtful of others and to move quickly and efficiently through a check-out line so it doesn’t turn into one big cluster fuck? Now THAT is a useful life lesson.
Preach it, sister! I can’t freaking stand idiots like that. They’re the worst.
As if shopping at Walmart wasnt enough of a horrific experience, I got stuck behind a woman in Kewanee right after they installed those self-check lanes who was letting her 5 year old scan AN ENTIRE CART OF GROCERIES!!!!!! As you can imagine, the kid was practically moving backwards he was soooooo slow, and his mother was perfectly content to just hold up the whole line while her kid amused himself at everyone else’s expense. None of the attendants did anything to put a stop to it, so when I got home, I called the store and laid into the manager. He promised me he would instruct his people to watch for that kind of thing and keep it from happening in the future. I told him they need to make the self check lanes express only. I hate Walmart. Thank God I don’t have to deal with them in Chicago.
My favorite is when the child loudly announces to the entire line behind them their parent’s PIN number as they’re punching it in. That’s right kid, invite someone to steal your Mom’s card and all of the money in her account. Way to go!
Foxy- Word!
Kelly- That is pretty bad…why aren’t more people self-aware?
Tracy- Or the kids are pounding the signature capture so hard I’m sure they’re going to break it!
OMG- my favorite is when parents let their kids “scan” their groceries at the self checkout. Yeah, that speeds up the process! There should be a book that is given to parents when they have a child entitled “Get your kid the F*ck Away From Me: A Single Person’s Request to Parents”!
People with kids aren’t the only idiots. I was in a long line the other day behind a woman who proceeded to have a 10 minute conversation with the cashier about religion. I have come to the conclusion that most people are inconsiderate idiots. Although, this is possibly being fueled by the fact that I am 8+ months pregnant and just a little moody.
Another irritant: people who go through the express aisle and split their purchases so they have to pay twice, or do some other dumbass thing like taking 10 minutes to count out change to pay. I’d agree with Carol that most people are inconsiderate idiots…