The Airing of Grievances

[MrMastodonFarm]

Mind you, I say this with a stanch record of heterosexuality... I enjoy grocery shopping.

[pope04]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

We have self checkout lanes in California Safeways and Walmart.....as well as a couple of other stores. Makes the whole thing faster sometimes, but sometimes it takes longer if the morons in front of you dont know how to use the keypad thing to make their purchase:S

Ahem.......

And what's with people that call Safeway "Safeways".

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[Dion]

Originally Posted by OilersBaby

We have self checkout lanes in California Safeways and Walmart.....as well as a couple of other stores. Makes the whole thing faster sometimes, but sometimes it takes longer if the morons in front of you dont know how to use the keypad thing to make their purchase:S

We got them here too. Was in Wallyworld the other day and stood in line as the morons tried to figure out how to use the keypad etc. Got ****ed off and left my purchases in the basket and walked out.

[Looger]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Mind you, I say this with a stanch record of heterosexuality... I enjoy grocery shopping.

you know, i do too.

i enjoy finding deals, it feels good to save a few bucks.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Dion

Was in Wallyworld the other day and stood in line as the morons tried to figure out how to use the keypad etc. Got ****ed off and left my purchases in the basket and walked out.

OK- another one for me.

People who use the self checkout who either:

- don't have any idea what a bar code is, where to find it, or have taken notice in the last 20 years of how cashiers use one.

- people who think it's really cute to let their 3 year old kid play "grocery store" and let the kid attempt to scan everything. Especially when there's a long line.

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by pope04

Ahem.......

And what's with people that call Safeway "Safeways".

Anonymous CP poster

Haha is it actually wrong to say "Safeways". How do you say Safeway plural?

That reminds me of a question I used to have when I was a kid:
If "goose" plural is geese, why isn't "moose" plural "meese"

[V]

Yeah, those self check-out machines are bad news during the busy hours. Too many people are just really stupid when it comes to these machines.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by ken0042

OK- another one for me.

People who use the self checkout who either:

- don't have any idea what a bar code is, where to find it, or have taken notice in the last 20 years of how cashiers use one.

- people who think it's really cute to let their 3 year old kid play "grocery store" and let the kid attempt to scan everything. Especially when there's a long line.

It's real funny watching the clerks explain to these morons how to do it. lol the clerks are rolling their eyes in disbelief and if one could read lips......

[OilersBaby]

Originally Posted by Dion

We got them here too. Was in Wallyworld the other day and stood in line as the morons tried to figure out how to use the keypad etc. Got ****ed off and left my purchases in the basket and walked out.

Yeah it drives me bonkers...the worst is when they have 1000000000000 things they need to checkout and they get stuck on an item (like a fruit or vegetable) and cant find it on the menu thing. Im like jeez, all I wanted was this laundry detergent..cant I just go ahead of you?

And especially since here people speak a million languages and it doesnt even feel like you're in the US (San Jose has a population where 65% of the people dont have English as their 1st language)....its even harder when people dont understand what the machine is asking of them.

[Looger]

self checkout lanes are the traffic circles of the grocery world...

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Dominicwasalreadytaken

I don't know, with some of the people working the tills these days, I'd be terrified of giving over a fiver to pay for my $3.17 purchase. Sure, the machine tells them how much change to give out, but can they count it correctly?

Maybe they can't count it correctly I'm sure you can. I'd rather give them 5 bucks than trust them with my credit card receipt.

New Grievance! People working the till who happen to have multiple body piercings that they refuse to look after correctly. I don't really have a problem with piercings but damn, I was in a liquor store the other day and the tillster dame was sporting a semi-circle of studs embedded in her chest just under her collarbones. That's kind of creepy to begin with, but the redness and swelling going on around them was enough to drive me to drink. Good thing I was in the right place.

[Looger]

Originally Posted by fotze

And Looger, some of those Safeway deals are bullcrap. Sorry the bagh of shrimp was never $24.99 making it now half price. *******s and their sneaky ways. Cheese is ridiculously expensive at Safeway too.

absolutely.

why does everyone think i'm plugging safeway?

wow, you'd think i hadn't said nine times that it's more expensive than anywhere else!

well whatever gets up peoples skirts i guess...

[Looger]

i've got a grievance, when i say that one or two items here or there are cheaper at safeway (and yes folks that actually does happen), suddenly i'm buying overpriced bags of shrimp there!

holy taking the ball and running with it batman!

<rant over>

[Looger]

you were just the straw that broke the camel's back fotze!

one more grievance:

television. boy does it suck these days. if not for hockey games and deadwood i would simply buy season dvds.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Grievance: people who whine about a movie being over the top pro-american because one flag is waved in it.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

I hate it

when people

while talking on MSN

Type like this

Between messages!!!

Ferchrissakes, get it all out at once!

Aaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!! My brother does that! Drives me NUTS! I put as many smileys in my replies as I can because I know it ****es him off!

I can just see him there in South Korea, fuming away at me, eating his Sushi and trying to make his lesson plan all at the same time! Haha!

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by Looger

i watch the prices everywhere.

i love it when people say 'safeway has the highest prices anywhere, if you shop there you're an idiot LOL'

funny stuff.

there's people that shop at places for bragging rights, and there's people that actually shop and clip coupons (mostly cards nowadays) and get deals here and deals there.

costco is tough to beat on many things but to think they're automatically the cheapest is like thinking safeway is automatically the most expensive.

in general, yeah. but sometimes i don't feel like tripping over 3% of calgary for a loaf of bread, the thrift police are probably already on their way.

One way to almost guarantee a much much lower price than anywhere on earth is to buy the Kirkland brand name from Costco. Its their own brand and all of the products (garbage bags, body wash, gatorade-type drink) are rated incredibly high in Consumer Reports. I am a bit of a Costco nut though.

[habernac]

another grocery related one. Jerks who go to the 15 items or less line with about 50 items.

And the people who park in the fire lane in front of the store because they're too lazy to walk that extra 20 yards to the store from an actual parking space.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by habernac

another grocery related one. Jerks who go to the 15 items or less line with about 50 items.

And the people who park in the fire lane in front of the store because they're too lazy to walk that extra 20 yards to the store from an actual parking space.

Honestly who doesn't sit there counting the person's items in front of you. And if it is more then the designated speed lane limit, you are automatically ****ed off. It is human nature. You can't even control it.

Seems to be a lot of whining about grocery stores. My grievance is people who bitch and moan over every little thing.

It's life! Get over it!

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by habernac

another grocery related one. Jerks who go to the 15 items or less line with about 50 items.

And the people who park in the fire lane in front of the store because they're too lazy to walk that extra 20 yards to the store from an actual parking space.

Both of these are dead-on. Sends me into fits of rage, especially when its busy. Funny story; I went to Home Depot with my dad because we ran out of nails while building my shed this summer. Get into the parking lot and it is NUTS. Really busy. There is an ass-hat parked in the fire lane like you said and my dad drives up right behind him and slams on the brakes. He then proceeded to sit there laying on the horn, half an inch from buddies rear bumper with the big V8 in his F250 just ROARING. I was in tears I was laughing so hard. The guy peeled out of there like he was the fugitive.

I should add, the reason he did this is because buddy was forcing two-way traffic down to one lane, and like I said, it was just stupidly busy.