brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> They usually have only a couple three low quantity checkers (for people who
> want to get done quickly), but they'll have 15-20 full service checkers...
> you'd be very annoyed if you had a full cart and had to wait for 3-4 ahead
> of you to check out with only a few items each.

You must have larger grocery stores. Most of the places where I shop
have only a dozen checkout counters and rarely have them all open. At
the times when do my shopping they typically have to express and 4 or 5
regular counters. One of the grocery stores where I sometimes shop has
no express counter at all. It is a small, family run places, good prices
and is always busy.

> It's much more efficient
> for everyone (especially the store) to maintain the separate check outs.

It is not efficient for me to be standing in a long line to check out
20-30 items while people who came into the store while I am in line,
gets their one crummy item and checks out while I am still waiting in line.

I have to admit that most of the local grocery stores are much more
efficient than they used to me. At one time there was a limited number
of grocery stores in this area and one of them was notoriously slow.
There were a couple times when I was waiting in line so long that the
ice cream I was getting started to melt, I walked out and told someone
they will need to put everything back.