To think you should not get in a checkout queue if you don't have have your shit together

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Massive queue in a fairly small but very rammed shop today

Woman queuing at till in front of me gets to the front and cashier calls out 'next!'

Woman realises she doesn't have her husband or small child with her or the basket with the shopping in. So she calls out to them and neither react. Small child is hanging around In the doorway getting in everyone's way. So she gets this basket off child and starts to process this. Husband then takes another 2 mins to stroll over to wife with more shopping. Woman then sends small child over to something else to pick up, which they can't see due to the MASSIVE queue of people patiently waiting so more faffing ensues while she tries to point and give directions, the child can't see it so in the end someone nice in the queue hands it to the child.

Cashier patiently stands and waits while likely dying inside at the needless arseache this is causing

Is this a new thing, joining a queue before you've actually finished the shopping and then continuing to shop while standing at the till?

Grumpy rant over

I was in a huge queue to pay for parking today, been standing for a good five minutes when the woman in front of me stepped forwards AND ONLY THEN started raking in her bag for the ticket. Why, why? What else could you be doing with the extra queue time?!

I think it is really rude and irritating to patiently wait in a queue and then decide your shopping isn't actually ready to pay for. I know why she did it - it was heaving so she thought ah I will bag a place in the queue and get DH to go round the shop for me to save time. It then backfired and she looked like a selfish knob

It is just one of those things that boils your piss

Norma so if you're not well organised, pay for your stuff, then leave the queue and go back for the extra, forgotten bits. Repeat until you have everything you need.

The queuing for parking for ages and THEN starting to root for your purse or wallet when it's your turn gives me the rage! I think half the population seem to think that they are the only people who exist in the universe.

Oh Pumper don't get me started on the people who wait in line for ages until they're right fucking there and then look astonished that they have to produce a ticket/payment/ID etc and then, and only then, start rummaging through bags, wallets, pockets to find whatever it is they need. Get it ready while you're in the queue, numbnuts! I swear they're among the first up against the wall when I become Benign (but zero tolerance for numpties) Dictator of the world.

My pet hate is when a passenger gets on the bus and looks astounded when the bus driver says £2 please and they then faff around with their purse or wallet, sorry but bus tickets are not fucking free you imbeciles

Twice in my local Asda i have been behind someone who puts through a weekly shop (at a manned till) and then says. "Oh. I just need to pop to the cashpoint".
Meanwhile idiots like me stand and wait patiently for this person to ho outside to cashpoint and return with cash!
No card issues. They just wait for the total cost and trot off to get cash! Just why?

I dont understand why they dont get cash on the way into the shop!

Try shopping in west cork.
You will be old and grey and your fruit and veg will have gone off by the time you have made it out.
The cashier knows EVERYONE and their ENTIRE family. Chats about little orlaiths communion and what presents she got and what they had to eat blah blah blah.
Swear to god on me mudders fishes eyebrows, old and grey I tell ya!

Try shopping in west cork.
You will be old and grey and your fruit and veg will have gone off by the time you have made it out.

The small town thing works the other way, too - my sister got a full week's shopping through the till then went to pay and realised she'd left her purse at home! It was lunchtime so huge queues, and just as the sweat was breaking on her brow one of her neighbours wandered by, heard what was going on and paid for her!

You are all very precious, try a little tolerance

*AlexaAmbidextra

Well that was quick. Only six messages before someone mentioned autism or dementia.*

Well I think raising awarness is good. My MIL has dementia and my son has autism. They might be the ones standing in a queue who seem disorganised and annoy other people. Not everyone acting like this is just rude.

@AlexaAmbidextra
Well that was quick. Only six messages before someone mentioned autism or dementia.

Right?

I'm actually diagnosed with high functioning autism. Agree with a PP that this is a social situation with clearly defined steps. Sometimes people are just inconsiderate assholes. It doesn't always signal autism, and GOD is it infuriating to read when people see "bad behavior" and jump immediately to "autism or other SEN".

@NormaSmuff
Or just chill about it, not everyone is well organised

With this comment, you went from disorganized to selfish and frankly people like you kind of disgust me. I am well organized. Why should I suffer in this situation when I've done everything right and people like you just don't give enough of a damn about anyone but yourselves to sort yourselves out?

@NormaSmuff
You are all very precious, try a little tolerance

There you go again. It's not precious to expect people to keep the social contract in mind when moving out in society. And why on earth should anyone "tolerate" your disorganization when they've planned and acted accordingly, and you're just a selfish piece of work swanning about holding decent folk up?

I'm dementia and special needs aware. In fact I like to think I am quite an aware person of my surroundings, other people. This person wasn't. They were idiots

I agree with social steps.

Choose items
Get into queue
Pay
Leave

Whereas this couple decided:
See Big queue
Not sure what we need to buy
One get in queue
One go round shop
Not be finished by the time other reaches the front of queue
Panic and send 3yo off to get more items
Hold everyone else up who has queued correctly

How about the people who queue to pay for petrol, get to the till and only then bother to crane their neck to find out which pump they used

I love the people who won't use pay at pump only. More for me!

You are not coming across as very decent tvh

So what?

Yanbu. Some people are just dopey as anything!

There are lots of people on here who are going to be suffering from stress-related illnesses, by the sound of it. Chill out. How can anyone get so worked up about this stuff? If I get held up in a queue, I see it as a chance for me to have a bit of a rest from rushing around!

Nobody likes to queue - Why people don't get themselves ready to pay and move is beyond me - you know those spending ages gathering their stuff - deciding NOW is the moment to sort of their purse and place each coin in individual pockets - MOVE let the next person pay and be on their way

norma just stick to online shopping...

Sounds like the people who wait until they're right in front of the barrier to start looking for their cards / Oysters.

I don't want to chill or have a bit of a test at a tube station. I just want to get where I'm going. Take all the time you need but don't take it right in front of the gate.

I had a similar situation in a shop this week. Woman dumps male partner in the queue while she goes shopping. Male panics when he gets to the front and lets next person through. Male then lets me through and starts yelling woman's name loudly (nowhere to be seen and no response).

At least he was polite enough to let people through and he did look really uncomfortable!