Rabbit wrote:

> "Being an idiot" means that you stand there, looking blankly out in space
> for several minutes while the cashier rings in your order, and only after
> being told that you owe money do you start the long, drawn-out process of
> hauling up your purse, putting it on the counter, opening it up, fishing for
> the wallet, taking it out, putting the purse down, opening the wallet, and
> searching for the money.

I had the ultimate experience with that one day last year. I went to a Tim
Hortons coffee shop on my break. I was driving a large van, found three empty
spaces in a row, pulled up and started to back in (making for a safe and easy
exit). I was part way into the space when a young lady pulled around me so fast
I barely saw her, and sure didn't expect someone to go drive behind a backing
vehicle. She and I are headed to the door at the same time. Some hold guy holds
the door open for his aged wife. The young lady pushed her way through. Now she
is at the front of the line. She orders two dozen donuts, picking them out one
at a time with long moments of indecision before each selection. The lady on
the counter rang up the sale, and then customer decided she also wanted a half
dozen muffins, once again unable to make up her mind which kinds to get. The
counter lady rings up the total and tells her. The customer has a stunned look
on her face, as if surprised that she was expected to pay. I don't know what
she had in that purse, but it took a lot of fumbling to get the wallet out. Not
enough money there, so then she has to get out her change purse, count out her
change. There's not enough. So now she has to decide what to give back. I ended
up feeling sorry for her. I didn't know that people that stupid were allowed out
on their own.