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12 items or less lane how do they work?!!?
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I was at the store today, getting two 2 liter bottles of Fresca. So I see a Express Lane, like most people with hardly any items at least you would think, I go to the lane only to be stuck behind like 3 people with a quite a bit more then 12 items. Then some lady comes behind me and slapped all her items on the belt, takes like half of the belt and the mass of items is like half a foot tall. Whats the point of having an express lane is nobody even uses it as one. It's not that hard of a concept to grasp.
Anybody have similar experiences? It's not like you can say anything cause then you end up looking like an asshole, is there anyway you can seem polite and still tell someone "oh this is a 12 item express lane, can't you read"?
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was this really thread worthy?
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Usually the cashiers don't really care, considering most of them just have that job as a last resort job kinda thing. And like you said no one really wants to speak up and call them out and act rude.
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Self checkout FTW.....................
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i work at a grocery store and the manager actually gets pretty mad if you turn someone down. only when someone comes up with a full cart is it kinda necessary
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12 items or fewer, not 12 items or less. And yes, please call out the people who bring a cart full of groceries there because they think their time is worth more than yours.
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Are the internets in short supply again? Damn him for wasting one!
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Really? My supermaket's "12 items or less". But the manager of the store cracks it at people if they have even one extra item and kicks them out of the line.
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i'm a cashier and i dont really give a fuck, so people just stop caring when no one is telling them otherwise
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no way dude fresca is legit
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Just tell them, I have never been in trouble because of it. I worked at walmart and would kick people out of my line if they had more than 15-20 items. When they complained to a manger he would just say they I have the authority to do that in an express line during a busy time.
Long story short, just ask if you can go ahead since you only have 2 items and wont be more than a minute. if they raise a problem you can ask why they are in an express lane with all those items.
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ahha, fucking magnets.
and i know, i went and bought a sandwich and an arizona... took me 10 mins.
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its like the left lane. everyone thinks they get to use it
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i'm a cashier and we honestly don't give a fuck unless you load all of your items on the cart, are a complete bitch about it and talk on your cellphone the entire time, seriously though don't talk on your cellphone in the line
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Yeah that's the number one thing that gets to me
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Agreed. Blue tooth is the worst though :/
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bluetooth, making crazy people sane since 1998.
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what about his 12?
unless you meant you're
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In Quebec you can get surcharged for every item. But then, the store fucks up and adds all your items in there and surcharges it all!
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12 items or fewer, not 12 items or less. Learn to grammar.
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just saying what the lane had written on it.
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/5000th post. A quality one, too.
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This, unless you have more than like 15 items. I hate watching someone with like a full cart unloading to the self checkout.
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I take my cart full of shit there when there is no good looking cashiers. a distinct difference.
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