"George" > wrote in message
> They have regular size carts and family size carts. There was a guy in
> front of me with a basket heading for the 10 or less checkout (that has a
> 2 foot wide sign stating that) and a yuppie women with a topped off family
> size cart cut him off and got into the 10 or less checkout. The other
> checkouts only had 2 carts max in queue.
>
> The guy in front of me says to the women "you must have 150 items in that
> cart" then I also reinforce that with a similar comment. She gets really
> huffy and says "humph, I don't want to wait!" The other guy and I both
> give her a dirty look and she grabbed her kid by the collar and yanked her
> as she backed out of the lane exclaiming "we are not coming back to THIS
> store anymore"
>

One of my favorite pet peeves. If the person won't get out of line, I start
a ruckus and call the manager. The clerk should not check out the order. A
good manager will either stop the person or open another lane for the fast
checkout. If a person has say, 20 items and it is a long line, I start
counting out loud at each item is passed over the scanner to embarrass the
person. I have no problem letting the store know how I feel about it.

I got into the fast checkout line and the light was off. (busy time of day
I might add) The cashier said she was closed. I said there is no other fast
checkout open. The head cashier came over and explained that this person
was going on break. I asked where the other fast checkout was and there was
none open. I pointed out lack of planning on her part was not reason for
delay on my part. The light went back on while she got another person to
take over the station.