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Janet B

On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 16:39:19 -0000, Janet > wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>>
>> 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
>
> Do that and you will activate the firing mechanism on our poison-tip
>hatpins. There is no antidote. Then we quaver in a trembly old lady
>voice "I was a nurse, stand back" so we can pretend to be giving the
>******* CPR while skilfully slipping his wallet, watch, carkeys and
>phone into our reticules.
>
> Janet UK
LOL that's perfect!
Janet US