To wish people would have a bit of patience in check out queues

[balletnotlacrosse]

Don't get me wrong. I have no patience myself with people who wait until all their groceries are scanned before packing them, or who spend ages rooting for their purse, or who stand gossiping with the assistant when there's a queue behind them.

But some people are ridiculous; huffing and puffing because someone isn't packing as quickly as they'd like, or coming up behind them at the self check out and putting down their basket before the person ahead of them is finished packing and collecting their change, or starting to unload their stuff onto the belt before the person ahead of them is finished.

At the supermarket this morning the woman ahead of me was having a blue fit because two of the self checkouts weren't working and the person at the third one had to wait for the assistant to come over and help her with something. She was giving out and tutting and really embarrassing the other shopper.

AIBU to think these are some rude impatient knobs who think they mustn't be held up for a nano second in their busy important lives should just stay at home and shop on line with no human beings to annoy them?

I often wonder if you asked these people why they are in such a puffing rush would they be able to give you a reason. Or are they just so used to rushing and huffing it now comes automatically to them.
They are probably the same people who steam down the overtaking lane of the motorway, blaring their lights at anyone who dares to use it for erm ... overtaking!

The other day in asda i was half way though unpacking my trolley when a guy waved a pint of milk and said mind if I go first, said ok as not even finished loading belt, so he does and then his frigging wife appeared from nowhere with an overflowing basket and started to unpack, did say hang on you said a pint of milk and he insisted he pointed at his wife, check out girl pretended not to notice and so they went first as she started to scan their stuff, was livid and now will not let anyone infront of me, arsehole!

I had some supermarket karma racently!
Queued up to pay, there's a lady with a belt full and an older man standing close behind. I naively assume they're together.
They're not.
He is holding a space in the queue for his wife, a fact I only discover when I start putting my stuff on the belt and he turns and says 'No - wife' pointing to a lady walking up slowly behind me!
Like many others, shock forced me into compliance and I moved to the next till.
Well would you know, but the lady in front of Rude Man and 'Wife' suddenly packed very slowly and then had a number of queries with the cashier. The queue I was in appeared like it should have taken longer, but the customer in front of me was a bored middle aged man, clearly desperate to get out if the shop. He chucked his stuff in his trolley and almost ran from the store.
The net result? Most of my shopping was scanned and packed before the Rude Mans was even started and I was done and walking away while they were still faffing with who had which shopping bag!!
I turned and gave him a bright smile on my way out, sadly he blanked me.

I think the weirdest one that I came across, was a woman infront of with her basket on the conveyer belt, loads of empty space infront of her but she stood at the end so I couldn't use the conveyer as it lengthened. On the other till there was a man and his 2 sons stood blocking the conveyer belt it was almost totally empty. It was an extremely busy time so there were a few people behind me and the man on the other till. Lots of confused faced behind him too.
In the end I said excuse me lent infront of her got the divider and started unloading my trolley maybe elbowing her as she was still stood at the end she started slamming her stuff out of the basket onto the empty belt infront of her huffing and puffing.
When she got severd she called the man and kids over. They had nothing on there converyer she stropped at the checkout girl over a voucher then left scowling at everyone

There was a collective sigh from everyone in the near vicinity as they left

Ocado click and collect. Its free. Pick it up at tube station. Genius, sheer genius. Plus i got a free box of chocs with my 4th delivery. Thats what i call shopping. (no I dont work for them, but I bloody loathe Tesco).