TO Get Really Annoyed at Women Who DIther At Cashpoint Machines

[DeeCeeDee]

Why do they do it? Is there some technology overload thing going on that has stopped them from thinking straight? I cant bear having to stand behind them when they faff about..just today a woman put her whole handbag on cashpoint front, had a good old rummage thru handbag to get to her card, asked for balance, stared for couple mins at the balance slip when it came out, put her card in again, and only then took money out. It makes me want to scream, honestly. Its not just having to wait, its the thought that are they so stupid that they dont know its not very safe, is it? a mugger would have plenty of time to lurk behind and scout you out..I mean ffs these women already know they want to get money out, why cant they have card to hand/in pocket of bag before they get to cashpoint? then its just a case of get card out, take money out, and thats it.

practicallyimperfect I was just about to post the same thing! I've not noticed the women at cashpoints- the ditherers I've seen have come in all shapes and sizes, but in the Ladies loos- My goodness- what are you doing in there? It doesn't take that long to do a wee! It really irritates me. I feel like timing it to see if I'm really being unreasonable, but it takes too long...

Yanbu, but men are just as bad

I hate it too my step mum is a cashpoint ditherer she acts like it has just been invented and someone has just gave her a random card without telling her how it works. I also hate it when at a coffee shop someone orders a coffee then changes almost every ingreidient then changes their mind then changes it back especially when as the rarest of treats I have just paid fifteen pounds to see avatar in IMAX and miss the first ten minutes (wanders off to buy stun gun)

well simple answer to that one while yes the drink order is annoying i agree but may i suggest that you get yourself there a bit earlier and not leave till last minute to get your drinks and snacks

It's not just women. But ditherers drive me nuts too. I don't mind if someone is obviously just having problems remembering their pin number, or has misplaced their card or something. The thing that drives me insane is when people get to cashpoint/ checkout / ticket barrier and it seems to be a massive surprise to them that they need to pay / insert ticket.

The cashpoint is the classic one. All bags loaded neatly in trolley, conversation with checkout assistant completed, oh wait, I've forgotten something, what is it, what is it? Oh yes, I need to PAY! Now, where is my wallet? And which card shall I use? And have I brought my Nectar card?

Aaaaargh!

When my ds was four i took him to Hastings to visit family. He was getting fidgetty going into town (he was in his Major Buggy) I stopped and bought him a Millenium Flag with a wooden end. Carried on our way, we then stopped at a cash machine. I left ds's pushchair behind me. A man came to use the machine next to me and i became aware as i finished that the guy's hand had frozen over the keys. When i turned round i found out why. Ds had been leaning forward and poking the man with his flagpole end!! I made my apologies and fled with my sudomini mugger!!!

With regards to the checkout, I used to get my purse out and put it down next to the carrier bags. Then one of the checkout ladies warned me that purses had been stolen that way in the past so although I still get my purse out early I either hold it in my hand or make sure I have a hand on it, or at least keep it in sight whilst packing.

ATM ditherers irritate me to. They are the same twits that queue at passport control and THEN when at the desk look for their passport, line up at Starbucks for 20 minutes and when they get to the top stare at the menu board for another eternity, stand on the wrong side of the escalator in rush hour, stop IN THE DOORWAY of the supermarket to phone their gormless partners, generally they should all sod right off out of the way.

Maybe there's a market for a ditherers shopping mall? Where such people will be welcome and out of the way? The only problem is that it would have to be staffed by the ditherer-tolerant (ie other ditherers) so nobody would ever leave and their kids would starve to death.

YANBU! I agree! Very annoying.

god forbid you should become a ditherer in futeure.

Show some tolerance for other human beings please. You may need some shown to you at some point. If you are in such a rush, perhaps you should organise your time better?

I do organise my time. I just can't organise it around the possibility of running into people who can't decide while queuing whether they want a latte or a frappucino , or leave their passport in the bottom of an endless pit of a bag and appear surprised when they realise they are expected to show it. Why can't ditherers show tolerance for everyone else?

Well, I'll tell you the worst ones. The drivers who sit at the mini round about starung in as though they're not quite sure what to do. Or you,this morning who had nowhere to get to and sat in the side road deciding whether onot to enter main road I will be up your arse, and don't get arsey with me about it...

Katiepoes- you shd move to NY. It's the only city I've been to where I decide what I want before I go into Starbucks AND practice saying it so that I dont incur the wrath of the server by taking more than 21.5 secs to complete my transaction.

yanbu it's one of my pet hates

It's not just women, but yes I find it really annoying. Particularly if you get to the ATM a split second after someone else who then stands and roots for their card while you are standing behind them with your card in your hand.

YABU to restrict your annoyance to women (sexist) and cashpoint users. But YANBU to be irritated by ditherers. And I don't mean people who are slow because they are elderly etc and can't actually do anything very fast. I mean people who are fit and healthy, and could be efficient but don't bother.

The other one that gets me is people who walk very slowly in front of you on pavements, but take up all the space so you can't get past. I have no problem with people walking slowly because they are elderly/disabled/have toddlers walking with them etc. So long as they don't walk right in the middle of the pavement so you can't get past on either side.

Blimey, you all need to calm down a little, you'll do yourselves a mischief !

I'm not a fan of ditherers but really ? I can almost hear the blood pressure!

thebrownstuff, you'd love the drivers around here - correct etiquette at mini roundabouts seems to be accelerating across the roundabout as fast as possible while making abusive gestures at the drivers who wrongly thought that everyone gives way to the right.
No ditherers here.

YANBU - what are they doing for all that time? But it's men too

my mum is one of these people and it drives me mad if im out with her!! every shop she takes forever at the checkout!

I know it's wrong to tamper with cash machines... but I wouldn't mind if somebody rigged our local ATM to deal with anyone who requests an advice slip.
Specifically, so that the "advice" read "GET A BLOODY WRIGGLE ON"

Get over yourself. And move out of London.

*piprabbit although thath makes you sound like a ditherer good driver...

I just can't stand it. And why are we going 20mph in a 30mph zone? Huh? huh? The other day I tried to physically push bumped a ditherer that was in front of me trying to enter the main road.

She flew out of her car What were you doing? What were you doing?? LOL I said, calm down lady, there was loads of spacxe and I thought you were finally going to go Cue exchange of details etc. please. It was a gentle tap, not a scratch on either car, but whatever makes you happy lady.