On 4/18/2019 10:44 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 4/18/2019 2:20 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 4/14/2019 1:23 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2019-04-14 12:40 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> On 4/14/2019 10:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>> Maybe it is a cultural thing. There are a lot of Italians in that
>>>> city and old Italian women can be pretty pushy. We get most of our
>>>> meat from an Italian butcher these days. When we first started going
>>>> there it was pretty frustrating dealing with these little old ladies
>>>> because they would walk up to the counter ahead of me. The counter
>>>> people knew it was a problem and tried hard to deal with those who
>>>> were there first. Thank goodness they got a numbered ticket system.
>>>>
>>> Absolutely no markets like that anywhere I've ever lived.
>>
>> Weird!
>
> It's not weird.Â* It's demographics.Â* I've only ever encountered a ticket
> system like that at the DMV.Â* Definitely not when buying food, not even
> at the local meat market.
>
> Jill

I see it a lot at the deli counter. They also do it at the DMV here but
you can also make an appointment and they give you a coupon for a free
car wash.