On 2016-01-03 2:51 PM, graham wrote:

>> Just once in a while, you see that check come out. For some reason it's
>> usually when there's been some other holdup that makes you even
>> take note how someone's paying.
>>
> I've noticed that a large % of the elderly now pay by card.

A lot of people pay by debit card. The biggest slow down I see is when
the old ladies are standing there watching their groceries getting rung
up and they stand there until the cashier tells them the total. They
know they have to pay for the groceries. They know the total is about to
be rung up. Most checkouts have a running total displayed, so they know
approximately how much it is going to be. But do they get out their
wallet and their cash or card??? Nope. They wait until it is all done.
Then they open up the purse and start rifling through the big bag to
find the wallet that has the card in there..... somewhere.


We should be able to give them a whack in the back of the head to
smarten them up, or at least to express our displeasure at the stupidity
that wastes the time of the people behind them.