On Mar 26, 3:55*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> 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.

This is somewhat tangential, but here are some lyrics that mention the
grocery store express line:
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"Sometimes I wish I had Tourette's. That way anytime I wanted to I
could say, '****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****!' ****,
sometimes I wish I had Tourette's."
Smelly old man at the grocery store.
Beer's not cold at the grocery store.
No express line at the grocery store.
I can't take much more! Oh, ****.
"Sometimes I wish I had Tourette's. That way anytime I wanted to I
could say, '****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****!' ****,
sometimes I wish I had Tourette's."
Slowpoke drivers on the interstate.
They won't let me merge on the interstate.
Rubberneckin' ****ers on the interstate.
Fill my soul with hate! Aw, ****.
"Sometimes I wish I had Tourette's. That way anytime I wanted to I
could say, '****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****, ****!' ****,
sometimes I wish I had Tourette's."
--performed vocal only, Dec. 22, 2004 at the Hi-Pointe, St. Louis, MO
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--Bryan