On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 14:28:09 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-04-13 10:46 a.m., Thomas wrote:
>>
>> I had the same happen. I asked the cashier if we were on Candid
>> Camera. I had half a cart still to empty and he was unloading willy
>> nilly. I moved his paper plates and dishsoap into my pile and bought
>> them. The cashier was smiling beyond belief. The divider thing did
>> not matter because I had a way to go. Belt totally full of his stuff
>> and I was just handing items to the cashier from my cart.
>>
>I don't know whether or not I should be happy that I was not the only
>one. It is a pretty sad state of affairs when we have to share our
>space with people who are so ignorant that they would be putting their
>stuff on a moving conveyor while the person ahead is still emptying
>their card. It's hard to imagine that they can be so out of touch with
>the world around them that they would not see that you had not finished.

You should be happy you're not the only one. There might be therapy
groups. They start with everybody introducing themselves:

"My name is Dave Smith.
I'm a Supermarket Survivor."