Nancy Young said...

> Kathleen wrote:
>
>> The absolute wort place is the local Joann's fabric store. They are
>> perpetually understaffed, and the customers there are some
>> checkwritin' women.
>
> I would blow my top if I had to shop there often. It's like
> torture. All those fiddly little purchases taking forever to
> ring up and then the total is like $12 and out comes the
> checkbook! OMG. I hardly go there as I don't sew very
> often, so it's no big deal, I just chill.
>
> Don't anyone get upset, I don't begrudge the woman a job,
> I promise, but the local store's checkout woman is legally
> blind. This does not make things go any faster.
>
>> 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...
>
> Twice last week I was behind people who wrote checks at the
> supermarket. God forbid someone does something wrong, it
> takes forever to process. One transaction took so long I
> resumed shopping and made it back and she was still there!
> Glad I didn't have ice cream. Between the torturous check
> writing scenario you describe and the check verfication process,
> you wish they'd just say they don't take checks like a lot of
> stores do.
>
> I know, the horror, much screaming ensues. (laugh)
>
> nancy


nancy,

You're the proverbial anti shopper. Everything goes so horribly wrong when
you approach the checkout lane!!!

You might just as well give me your shopping list and wait in your car! I'd
be back in half the time you'd take!!!

Andy
Women!!!