Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>
> You’re doing it right. It’s the people (usually women) who haven’t even
> bothered to take the checkbook out of their purse and are usually yammering
> on their cell phone paying no attention to the cashier or what progress her
> order is in.

The absolute wort place is the local Joann's fabric store. They are
perpetually understaffed, and the customers there are some checkwritin'
women.

It wouldn't be so bad if they would at least get the damned checkbook
out and fill out everything but the amount. It's not like there's
anything better to do while you're standing in line to pay. But no.
Who knows, maybe this time the cashier won't expect them to pay... And
most of these broads aren't even on the phone. They're just standing
there, staring vacantly into space.

And then the checkbook has to exhumed from its super secret location
within the megapurse. And then there's the search for something to
write with. And producing the ID and the credit card (if you've got a
credit or debit card, for god's sake, why not use it?). And the filling
out of the check register - they don't hold with those newfangled carbon
copy checks...

These women are also the cause of major backups at the cutting table.
Quilters and crafters. Buying dinky pieces of 15 different fabrics,
then having to run back for just one more bolt because they've changed
their mind. Again.

If you ever hear of an incident in a St. Louis area fabric store
involving a quilter with a "fat quarter" stuffed up her butt, you'll
know I finally snapped.