TO Get Really Annoyed at Women Who DIther At Cashpoint Machines

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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.

YABU to put women in your title but yanbu to be annoyed.

It's the same at petrol pumps. They fill up, slooowly walk in to pay, slooowly walk out to their car, get in, faff about, then go.

Then there's the bus stop and people who haven't got their money out ready, then faff about on the bus getting their money out. If i am waiting for a bus and don't know how much it will be, i will always get a few quid out and keep it in my hand. Grrrr.

I've had two banking experiences involving old people that made me laugh. A lot.
In Oman, a very old woman was taking out a minute amount of money (probably less than 50p) because she couldn't write, she used her thumbprint as proof of who she was. The staff were very considerate and patient. Once she had her money, she handed it to a much younger woman who paid it back in. After I'd watched this in amazement, one of the staff told me that her husband had died and it was the highlight of her day to go out with her granddaughter to withdraw some money. I didn't begrudge her that.
When we moved to Antwerp, I was waiting at our bank which has two ATM machines. I was behind an old lady who withdrew 600 euros but 20 euros at a time. Our personal banker (another lump of lust) told me that she didn't trust banks so checked that her money was still in there. Her son paid it all back in later that day.

What Calamity Kate said sums it up for me really.
I hate the too close behind thing more though, I had to have words with someone not long ago as they were too close.

I hate people being too close to me, even people I like. This bloke was hovering over me whilst I was paying on my card in Sainsbo's. I said "Can I have my oxygen back?" and he looked sheepish and backed off.

There's a FB page called "I secretly want to punh slow walking people in the back of the head". That sums it up for me really. I agree that in a que you should be thinking ahead, not staring off into space, and get card out/bags ready to pack.

The place where it really gets me is at the station. We have new ticket machines that somehow resolutely add £10 onto every journey you want to make. When they first installed them the station master told me they had all had to go on training courses to work it and proceeded to type into it for about 10 mins. I still have no idea how he got me a simple return ticket at the right price. Personally I think they do it to con tourists as no one local ever uses them and we all que up...anyway, I digress!
My point is, why would you que up in rush hour or 5 minutes before a train leaves to ask about a trip to Edinburgh using one of five travel card options and ask for a complete breakdown of every change/platform number, cost if deciding to change route at the last minute and where the nearest M&S is on each leg? Lack of consideration.

I am a member of that group, Fab.

I am always pretty prompt at cash points and when paying at supermarkets etc etc. I always have card in hand, know what transaction I want to perform and am bloody quick about it.
.... Unless there is someone behind me standing really close, rolling their eyes and in a hurry to have their go.
Then I check my balance, request a mini-statement, top up my emergency phone..get out my other account card, check that balance, take a bit of cash out, count the money, realise I need some more....

Peoples faces can go a really really reddy purple colour...

It is quite fun when I am so minded.

My DH is a ditherer. It drives me MENTAL. if you think waiting at ATM's is painful, try waiting for him to tie his shoelaces, pick up his keys, put his coat on, look at the weather, etc etc etc before leaving the house. Frankly, it astounds me that I have never once stabbed him in the 12 years of living together. I should be given some sort of sainthood for it.

And another thing: if people are walking "too slowly" and blocking the pavement, then how about just politely saying "excuse me, can I just squeeze past"? Surely better than pushing them? I've never had anyone object to my asking this, and I would be more than happy to move to one side to let folk passed me.
Admittedly, have never tried asking someone to hurry up at an ATM, I think that would possibly be a little rude..... :)

Drivers pointlessly overtaking and not getting anywhere is fun. I drive a small, unassuming car that does not give any hint of the fact that I am so fast off the traffic lights that I could probbly give The Stig a run for his money. So I have great fun sitting gazing into space, smiling vacantly, perhaps inspecting my nails while the bloke person of either sex in the car next to me rocks on the accelerator getting closer and closer to the line and then.....whoosh! I'm away! Even if they catch me up 3 seconds later it is still worth doing just for the look of absolute fury on their faces.

I once beat a ferrari off the lights. That was a great day.

I don't mind dithering. I think it can be quite charming and amusing. As long as it isn't dithering in front of me! My current least favourite dithering is at the self-scan checkouts in the supermarkets - FFS its supposed to be EXPRESS, it's not difficult but if you don't know what you are f*ing doing, ask someone or bugger off!

Self-scan checkouts

I also hate when I go into the Chemists and someone is having a long long discussion with the only assistant about what shade of foundation suits her best, totally oblivious to the six people behind her who just want to pay for their toothpaste, tampax, cotton wool and GO!

Oh lord, self-service checkouts.

Place the item in the bagging area.
Unexpected item in the bagging area.
Item removed from the bagging area. Replace item in the bagging area.
Unexpected item in the bagging area.
Insert card.
Press pay with card.
Remove card.
Card removed unexpectedly.
Please wait for asistance.
[long pause]
Unexpected item in the bagging area.

AAAAAAAARGH!!!!!

Bumperella the slow walking thing is fine if you can 'overtake' but more often that not it's a long line of people stretched across the high street aimlessly wandering about like zombies. I wouldn't push past, I usually see it as a type of 90's platform game where you overtake and change gear continuously to get to the shop before it closes etc. If a zombie decides to stop dead in the middle of a pavement to gawp or fumble in a bag rather than moving to a space out of the way they are in my mind a public obstruction. It's generally a likeminded group who loiter in doorways ensuring just one of the 8 doors to a department store can be used for every customer going in or out.

Youaregoingroundthebend I actually did get there early and I politely let her go first she just took so bloody long to Faff about with her order I ended up being late mind the Batista was on a go slow day too feel grrr just thinking about it

Did you watch the recent Sherlock Holmes kungfupanda? Watson had a fight with a self-service checkout about 'unexpected item in the bagging area'.

I missed that, Trillian!

I am convinced the woman in the self-service checkout is the same cheeky cow in my sat nav who is currently obsessed with a random suburb of Bath and tries to make me drive through it on every single journey I make. And then berates me if I resist.

Turn around.
Turn around now.
Do a u-turn.
What are you doing?
Turn around.
Are you stupid?
Turn around.

Lol at some responses... dittering husband and not stabbing in the 12 years together, hilarious. It would drive me batty.

Self-checkouts do me in.

DH and I lived in London for 4 years where, for the most part, I felt moved along quite well, not encountering many ditherers. When we moved back to Victoria, BC, I thought my head was going to explode. Every person in line in front of you is a potential life story teller to the cashier with a bag that nothing can be found in. Its trying to say the least. I had to come back to this thread to tell what I encountered today. I was behind a women, whom looked very efficient, having her money ready, groceries packed well and fast and kept the conversation friendly and minimal but then she asked for the loonie (Canadian dollar coin) back cause she was sure she had the exact change in her change purse, which was somewhere at the bottom of a gigantic purse, (complete with portable curling iron) and proceeded to count out 42 pennies! I kid you not. I was waiting for someone to tell me I'd passed a test of patience. Who carries 42 pennies in there purse! Come on!!!

its not just the waiting at ATM that matters tho is it? who cares? there isnt a speed limit..its that thing of, knowing youre going to get money out then faffing about with handbag and card...like the woman I saw the other day, bag balanced on cashpoint, wide open, rummaging here and there. Youre dealing with money and in this day and age sorry, to me its not a safe or organised way to act. If using ATM is beyond you, go inside a bank branch. Stick your card in an inside coat pocket if youre so disorientated you cant even have a specific pocket in bag for your money cards! Me? If I have to check my balance then I do that, get money out and thats it. London is a mugger's paradise anyway, who wants to advertise what theyre doing and linger uneccessarily when withdrawing funds anyway? and no..Im not leaning over their shoulder, knowing the balance of Mrs Anonymous wouldnt be that interesting!

Hear hear!!! Get organized people!

brownstuff, you say:

'The other day I tried to physically push (scored out) ...bumped a ditherer that was in front of me trying to enter the main road.'

Criticized, you then claim:
'No, not mad. I tapped her by accident as I thought she was going.'

Which is it?

fgs muira stop being so bloody literal. Jesus. I couldn't give two hoots if you criticise me so wouldn't bother trying to "squirm" out of a story.

It's not just women! That reminds me, I must change my handbag because I keep losing things in it and have to turn it out regularly.

Thanks!

Agree :) That's why I gave him a biscuit

"It's not just women!"

Aren't people impatient these days! Slow down, people, it's not a race.