On Thu 13 Nov 2008 09:19:07p, Kathleen told us...

> 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.

You really nailed it on the head, Kathleen!


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Wayne Boatwright
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