Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I still have trouble with the idea of a store being expected to keep a
> checkout station open to accommodate the the shoppers buying the
> smallest amounts and making the customers with more purchases wait
> longer when they are making more profit from a cart full of goods than
> 12 or less.

You bring up an interesting point. Trader Joe's
doesn't have express lines, and they usually are
pretty quick to open a new checkstand if the
lines are getting long. (I wonder how many of
their customers get heart attacks when they
ring that dang bell.) However, I don't usually
notice people with very full carts shopping at
Trader Joe's.

A regular supermarket would seem to be very
unfriendly toward single people if they did not
have express lines. I shop frequently, visited
3 grocery stores just this morning, but usually
make small purchases.