On 4/18/2019 11:25 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> 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.Â* 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.

I don't shop for meats or cooked food at the deli counter at the
supermarket. I don't have to go back to the DMV until 2020.

Jill