Unfortunately, there is no "jerk free" line at any store. I've seen people at 5 star restaurants eat the ENTIRE meal then complain about the food and try to get a free meal or even try to dispute the CC purchase at the restaurant. Seriously, if the food was bad, either eat it and STFU or complain to the manager BEFORE you finish the entire meal.

Grocery shops or local butcher? Same thing. All kinds of inconsiderate jerks like that. Go to McDonnalds? You have people wondering what to eat after waiting in line and when they are in front of the cashier. Gas stations? Trying to talk down the price of a bag of chips.

I am convinced that all it takes is a human being with means, motive and opportunity and they will do something stupid. bad, illegal, etc, etc.

I used to work in a seriously busy and under staffed bar. You'd get customers getting really angry and aggressive if they weren't served immediately - when it was their turn they'd often turn round to the wife and say "now what do you want dear?" => I'd move on to the next customer who could give a simple, clear and immediate order...

Did the wife ever say "I'd like the bartender."? :D

Years ago, when I worked in Best Buy, I told the customer emphatically that the card he was buying was cheaper BUT will NOT work for his application. 2 days later, there he was returning the card and blaming us for it not working. Really? You just got done reaming me out for not giving it a chance.

I know what you mean - this kind of situation had me running screaming like a mad man from my service industry jobs => but they were a great motivation to join the armed forces and learn how to shoot people!

I have found that it doesn't matter what job I do. As long as it deals with people, I will get irritated by them.

I'm sure that 99% of the problems on earth are people related but - look on the bright side - at least we're not still working in the service industry; catering, sales and IT can all go to hell in a handcart as far as I'm concerned.

She's got nothing on a Chrysler heat shield.....:eek::eek::D

um.... I looked at your sig... what does it have to do with not allowing impatience to drive your actions at the grocery store?
12 minutes is an eternity when you are next in the que, but in reality just getting to the que is a much larger investment of time....
leaving would cost far more, and engaging such douche bags would only add to the time spent...
likely I would have been unable to resist at least a parting shot at the DB....

damn these douche bags who hide behind the skirts of children....

I always check out of HD at the pro desk.
Try to never use the self checkouts, all it takes is the machine to be unable to read the code, and now you have to wait for some front end bozo to come and fix it for you... that's a good 5 minutes I'm never getting back...
I've left the product, gotten another one and headed to a real cashier.... probably still losing time, but there is some small degree of satisfaction from the moving and doing....;)

hmmmm.... "I must be Gawd" he thought, as he typed his response on a 12 year old PC laptop....:D

Generally if that happens, I stick the stuff back in the cart and go to a human, leaving the machine yapping "PLEASE WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE, ITEM REMOVED FROM BAGGING AREA" at anyone else who wants to use it till a front-end clown comes around and fixes it.

I believe this thread had an effect on me and I decided on the spur of the moment to use the self-checkout for groceries yesterday. A machine was open the the regular cashiers has three on the two lines. (two lines on a Friday afternoon...........)

After 15 minutes where the machine went into default (wait for attendant mode) three times and looking up the codes for five different fruits and vegetables, we finally got out of there.

Oh, and NEVER remove a single bag from the bagging area until AFTER you have paid. The machine knows you're stealing their product!!!:rolleyes:

Never again.

Never pick the most attractive cashier.... that's line selection 101

...............CLK smacks head in disbelief and knocks head over onto floor.............