Last night at the grocery store, I
noticed that the sign above the speedy checkout lane that used to say, “Fifteen
items or less,” now says, “About
fifteen items.” As far as I can see, this can only mean one thing, and that thing
is that people are douchy enough to count other people’s items and yell at them
if they have sixteen items. Or seventeen.
Sometimes, twenty. Not that I haven't been tempted to comment shrilly
when someone has eighteen items, because I have. But I make an active effort to
be less of a douche than the person who has nineteen items when they should
have fifteen, in fact, that’s my goal in life.
So I don’t yell, because yelling
about it seems slightly worse. It’s possible that some of these people just can’t
count. But I love that others are not so restrained. I really do. I love that the
store had to change it to, “about,” to prevent bloodshed. Because there’s
nothing better than living amongst people that are prepared to come to blows
over that sixteenth item. I’m not judging. I’m not so entertained by this because
I would never do such a thing. I’m entertained by this because I can barely
restrain myself from doing such a thing.
We (you) have to act now. Time is running out.
Soon all the grocery stores will cave in and replace their set in stone, enforceable
checkout rules with guidelines. I’m not a lawyer, but I feel like fewer
checkout altercations would go to trial if the victim could be accused of
breaking a rule, a grocery law if you will, instead of merely having committed
a shopping faux pas. Also, there’s nothing like a good brawl in the checkout
line. So raise hell about that extra item. Be righteously indignant. Take action.
Speak up. Throw things. Throw a punch, throw an apple, throw your own sixteenth
item, (how the hell did that get in
there?) so you don’t look like a hypocrite when it’s your turn to checkout.
It makes no difference what you throw as long as you get involved.
And if someone has fifteen items
and tries to add a pack of gum at the last minute, don’t let them get away with
it. These bougie assholes need to know that the rules (or polite suggestions) apply
to them. Let them know that their aspirations to minty breath don’t make them
better than everyone else. Go forth and make your mothers proud.
That drives me crazy, too! Sitting their all smug with their 3 extra items, practically daring those in line behind them to say something. Smug bastards.
ReplyDeleteI don't think checkout clerks are allowed to turn people that have more items away, so I think they depend on the rest of us to do it for them. Or something.
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