On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:33:49 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>I like the way they do it at the military commissary here in the US.
>It's like a bank, there is only one line. You don't have to worry about
>which line to get in. When you get to the front of the line, you just
>go to the next free checker. If somebody has a lot of stuff, they don't
>hold up a line, they are just at the checkstand longer.

I often wish that too, but it would mean giving up precious real
estate to accommodate one long shopping line instead of letting them
extend down the aisle across from the check stand.

I remember shopping at midnight one time because I was sure the store
would be empty. LOL! Oh, man was I ever wrong. The place was
packed. Almost every check stand was open and they still had huge
lines. I had to wait 45 minutes in line that night, which is longer
than I wait during rush hour in the daytime. There were no slow
downs, hold ups etc. It was just plain busy. That experience cured
me of night shopping.


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interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

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