"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I think he only shops at Walmart. My grocer only has 14, 2 of which
> are self-serve. And even the CostCo only has 14. None of sich are
> all ever in operation that I've seen.
>
>> 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.
>
> That was out Albertson's. No matter how many people were in he
> store, they only ever had no more than 2 lanes open (virtually
> nobody ever shopped there). There was consistently as many in line
> as there were in the isles.


Albertsons is the worst place ever to shop in a hurry. Every time I went
there (St Pete during lunch break) there was one retarded cashier working
and she always seemed to know everybody in line ahead of me. Can we have
the family reunion in the county jail please?

TFM®