skoonj wrot
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> What often happens is the express cashier has no customers for a couple of
> minutes, while non-express lines are long. A customer with a several items
> too many makes a move toward the express lane, and the cahiser, thinking
> she's being nice, waves her in. Then, immediately, 2 or 3 legitimate express
> customers show up at once, and the cashier is caught. She can't tell the
> first lady to leave.
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> -T


Bingo! This happens to me frequently when things are slow at
the store. I've shopped at the same Albertson's for 20 years
since moving here and most of the cashiers know me.

I shop often so rarely have many items in the cart.
I usually think that if all my groceries fit in the child-seat
part of the cart, chances are I don't have more than the limit
of 14 items anyway.

Whenever I have more than one or two items if there's someone
behind me with fewer I always ask if they want to go ahead.
It's no big deal, I rarely grocery shop when I'm in a hurry.

gloria p