Idiots at the till
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Why are there so many of them nowadays? why are they incapable of just buying something without a life changing drama?
Mostly it happens in petrol stations, but the disease seems to be spreading to everywhere now. I (used to) use Toolstation all the while but have had to stop going in because of the dicks that waltz up to the counter and want to see every item on the shelves before they commit to spend their 50p. For the uninitiated its like Argos, you look through a catalogue, write the number down and give the sheet to the bod behind the till who goes and gets it.
I have just stopped off for a couple of pints and the t
t in front at the bar wanted something to eat, the menu lists everything they microwave so it should be simple, but oh no, he wanted 2 curries but half and half of something or other. Just why, the barmaid had to leave what she was doing and go and ask the "chef". FFS why does everyone have to make everything so complicated.
take dinner time today for example, we parked up in a local car park today, the space was next to some yellow hatchings, now despite the car park being half empty just as we were about to reverse out some arseole in a Q7 tried to park next to us in the hatchings, the gap was obviously way too small so we had to wait until they engaged their brain.
What I'm asking is I go out of my way to try and make my life as simple as possible, why do others not want to do the same. Yes I appreciate I'm not the most patient of people and I need to chill out or I will be dead by forty etc. etc. but for fks sake is there any need to go through life being such a wker.
Mostly it happens in petrol stations, but the disease seems to be spreading to everywhere now. I (used to) use Toolstation all the while but have had to stop going in because of the dicks that waltz up to the counter and want to see every item on the shelves before they commit to spend their 50p. For the uninitiated its like Argos, you look through a catalogue, write the number down and give the sheet to the bod behind the till who goes and gets it.
I have just stopped off for a couple of pints and the t
t in front at the bar wanted something to eat, the menu lists everything they microwave so it should be simple, but oh no, he wanted 2 curries but half and half of something or other. Just why, the barmaid had to leave what she was doing and go and ask the "chef". FFS why does everyone have to make everything so complicated.take dinner time today for example, we parked up in a local car park today, the space was next to some yellow hatchings, now despite the car park being half empty just as we were about to reverse out some arseole in a Q7 tried to park next to us in the hatchings, the gap was obviously way too small so we had to wait until they engaged their brain.
What I'm asking is I go out of my way to try and make my life as simple as possible, why do others not want to do the same. Yes I appreciate I'm not the most patient of people and I need to chill out or I will be dead by forty etc. etc. but for f
ks sake is there any need to go through life being such a wker.Oakey said:
Cash machines
Just what are they doing?
Is there a hidden Snake easter egg built into them I'm unaware of?
Thats another one, is it even possible to have that many different bank accounts, every time the get one card out, check the balance, get a tenner, get a receipt. You step forward because they have obviously finished and they pull another card out, what the fJust what are they doing?
Is there a hidden Snake easter egg built into them I'm unaware of?
k, this goes on for about 10 minutes.Theres a toll bridge not far from me and its been 12 pence since the year dot, whoever is in front of me seems surprised they actually need money ready despite sat in the queue for 20 minutes watching everyone stop at the booth. They then can't get the window down so tit about with the door and seat belt whilst handing the assistant a ten pound note.
However it has just come to me my worst loathing of all. Students in pubs. Half a dozen will turn up at the bar, the first one orders 1 pint and then pays with his fking card, then all of them buy their own drinks individually the same way. The tight bds, can one of them not buy all six drinks together and give someone else a chance.
However it has just come to me my worst loathing of all. Students in pubs. Half a dozen will turn up at the bar, the first one orders 1 pint and then pays with his f
king card, then all of them buy their own drinks individually the same way. The tight bds, can one of them not buy all six drinks together and give someone else a chance.Troubleatmill said:
pork911 said:
toolstation, argos and pubs that sell food - all sounds a bit council
Almost (I don't like the council bit- it's a bit disparaging) my thoughts exactly. Shop somewhere where there is a better class of clientele.... or live with it.
kowalski655 said:
WinstonWolf said:
You can FRO, I've just turned 50 and I'm ruthlessly efficient at the checkout. Bags are pre-prepared to prevent "unexpected item in the bagging area", I've even discovered that you can scan your club card without pressing the button and you can also insert your card straight in the reader.
Bypassing these steps saves valuable microseconds on every visit
Im the same,right up until a speck of dust lands on the bags,so you get "unexpected item in bagging area"Aaaargh!Bypassing these steps saves valuable microseconds on every visit
And then not recognising very light things,like candles or needles,you end up hurling them in the bag so they register!
Pit Pony said:
Thankyou4calling said:
How can you tell that people are unemployed by looking at them in a supermarket?
They have that "look" about them. That look which says unemployable.
(I have that look myself some days, when my wife fails to inspect me before I leave the house)
Slight resurrection, its must be me that attracts them, I certainly get more than my fair share of them. Yesterday afternoon, Aldi, I am emptying the contents of the trolley onto the conveyor belt and because someone up front is titting around with cards or something the belt stops moving so I cant get the rest of my stuff on. No problem, I'll just wait for a second or two. But oh no, as soon as it starts the woman behind proceeds to put the next customer triangle thing down and start unloading her hipser tat onto the belt, a look of WTF meant nothing to her, so just where was the rest of my stuff meant to go???
Then an old duffer in the queue picks something of mine of the belt, looks at it and then puts it on a shelf above, cue the cashier stopping everything and asking him what the fk he is doing. You know the feeling when you just want to get out of somewhere.
Fast forward to tonight, this time its an idiot behind the till. The co-op and lager offers, Cobra £2.65 each or 2 for £3.50, now it cant be hard to buy 3 bottles can it. Get to the till and he says cheaper for 4 bla bla bla, but I only want 3 so it comes to £7.95, er no. 2@£3.50 and 1@2.65 = £6.15 in my book. So it got to a surreal conversation where we went in circles, me saying put 2 through as 1 transaction and him saying so you don't want this one. I take it you get the picture, its quite exasperating when you just want a drink.
Then an old duffer in the queue picks something of mine of the belt, looks at it and then puts it on a shelf above, cue the cashier stopping everything and asking him what the f
k he is doing. You know the feeling when you just want to get out of somewhere.Fast forward to tonight, this time its an idiot behind the till. The co-op and lager offers, Cobra £2.65 each or 2 for £3.50, now it cant be hard to buy 3 bottles can it. Get to the till and he says cheaper for 4 bla bla bla, but I only want 3 so it comes to £7.95, er no. 2@£3.50 and 1@2.65 = £6.15 in my book. So it got to a surreal conversation where we went in circles, me saying put 2 through as 1 transaction and him saying so you don't want this one. I take it you get the picture, its quite exasperating when you just want a drink.
steveo3002 said:
airports- most people have been standing around for ages waiting to get on the plane and sit down , so why not wait until several hundred people need to get past you and pull all your bag apart in the aisle and re arrange it
same with customs forms , youve sat on the plane board for hours on end so why not wait until youre in the line at the customs to start filling it out
Apart from Ryanair and hand luggage when its just a bag of clothes I have never taken a carry on bag onto a plane, not even long haul to America. Just what is so important in those bags that they have to spend 5 minutes rummaging round in them the second they get to their seat with their lard ass blocking the isle, I don't get it. same with customs forms , youve sat on the plane board for hours on end so why not wait until youre in the line at the customs to start filling it out
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