I got nothing against friendly cashiers.  I think cashiers should be friendly; it makes the whole commerce thing a nicer  experience. 

What I AM against is cashiers who are so busy yucking it up with whoever they're ringing up at the moment that they ignore the nine people waiting in line.

Go ahead and talk.  Go ahead and laugh.  But why does this prevent you from sweeping the merchandise over the scanner and filling up the cart?  WHY?  DON'T YOU SEE ALL OF US WAITING IN LINE?  WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU??!!!

That's what happened to me and a half a dozen other people today.  I was in a warehouse, I only needed raisins and chocolate chips.  Usually there's not much of a line at that time of day, but today there were only three registers open and honest to gawd everyone in the place decided to check out at the same time.  There were six to nine people in all three lines.  So I got in the one being served by Chatty Charlie.  After five minutes and not a single person checked out, I had to do a cost/benefit analysis.  Were the prices here worth forty minutes of my time, on a perfectly gorgeous morning in May?  I decided I wasn't having a chocolate chip emergency after all, I mean I did have brownie mix at home.  I also knew that if I stayed, by the time I got up to the register I'd be so enraged that the chances of me beating that idiot senseless with a five pound bag of nestle semi sweet morsels was really good.  Much better to just quietly drop the bag of chips and back away.

Just back away.

It just goes to show you; that ordinary looking middle aged, mild mannered house wife driving the mini van next to you just might be a ticking time bomb of insanity.

But really, what is wrong with people?

 

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