On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:50:29 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>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.
>

Yes we should because the biggest offender I see like that is ... THE
MAN !