I was buying beer yesterday and I wondered what took the man in front of me (not elderly) so long...I was shocked that the liquor store allowed him to write a check. Often small businesses won't take a check. When I grocery shop for my mom, I have to use her checks *unless it's my treat* and then I have to sign a form for the cashier saying I got the check back. It clears immediately. But it does take too long. Then I have to write another check in the back of the store at the pharmacy when I pick up her medicine. But the good news is, I'm old and I use a credit card at the store or cash when I shop. One day my mother in law said, "did you know that your check clears immediately at Walmart?" (that's her grocery store)
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Not yet. But "old' is relative. I've seen threads where posters thought over 40 was old. So thought maybe you were one of them. I expected you to say "some 40 something" old woman...... Ha! I was ready to put you in your place.
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Not yet. But "old' is relative. I've seen threads where posters thought over 40 was old. So thought maybe you were one of them. I expected you to say "some 40 something" old woman...... Ha! I was ready to put you in your place.
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I'm still trying to decide which is worst, the old people writing a cheque or them sifting through their wallet/purse for the exact change.
I was at the corner store the other day and the old fellow was buying some scratch tickets, paying with the change he had and the cashier literally had to count it out for him because he wasn't sharp enough to do it himself. That just about sentt me off the deep end.
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I think my mom always wrote checks. But she was pretty efficient and moved quickly. I think. I hope.
I always end up behind the old ladies at CVS/Rite-Aid (drugstores) with coupons. With expired coupons or they can't find the thing they have the coupon for or they've got the wrong item ("No, ma'am, the coupon is for the 150 count, not the 50 count."). Oh my God, that makes me insane.
I think my mom always wrote checks. But she was pretty efficient and moved quickly. I think. I hope.
I always end up behind the old ladies at CVS/Rite-Aid (drugstores) with coupons. With expired coupons or they can't find the thing they have the coupon for or they've got the wrong item ("No, ma'am, the coupon is for the 150 count, not the 50 count."). Oh my God, that makes me insane.
when this happens to me
i always pull up a seat and light a joint
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
ATTENTION OLD PEOPLE,
thanks for having the patience the young have not found yet
hasn't a thing to do with patience...has to do with using antiquated forms of payment when there are clearly better, more efficient forms of payment...it's time people stop thinking there are the only ones in the world and think of their fellow man...me and the 5 people behind me shouldn't have had to wait that long when there was no need to...and it wasn't like this was some 87 year old who can barley see or anything...she was mid 60's, looked pretty healthy...no reason, other than she is stuck in her old ways, she couldn't have paid with a card
One must remember we too will be old one day. God knows what changes 20 or 30 years will bring for you when you are old and set in your ways. Old dogs should not necessarily be required to learn new tricks, they deserve a kind pat on the head whether they chose to or not.
I don't think there are any supermarkets here (UK) that still accept cheques ... we will make people advance
True. We are advanced, we are the master race.
I can't stand those that when they've paid take an eternity shoving everything back in the right pocket and eventually leaving. It's a "look at me, look at me" scenario. F**k 'em!!
ATTENTION OLD PEOPLE,
thanks for having the patience the young have not found yet
hasn't a thing to do with patience...has to do with using antiquated forms of payment when there are clearly better, more efficient forms of payment...it's time people stop thinking there are the only ones in the world and think of their fellow man...me and the 5 people behind me shouldn't have had to wait that long when there was no need to...and it wasn't like this was some 87 year old who can barley see or anything...she was mid 60's, looked pretty healthy...no reason, other than she is stuck in her old ways, she couldn't have paid with a card
You're just bitter that she spurned your advances for a night on the town, you know 4PM early bird dinner, a nice drive with the left directional on, and home by 7:30PM for a night cap of prune juice.
I always pick the self checkout line because, frankly, I hate people and I especially hate other people handling my food and then bowling it down the belt.
So recently I'm at Stop & Shop, with my earbuds in, scanning my purchases. The song was RVM from one of the boots and as it built to the insanely fast section at the end I started scanning madly, actually shaking. I think I was trying to do it in time to the music. I must have looked like a maniac.
A cashier came over and started to bag a couple of my items. I said, "I'm all set with that, thank you!" And she looked startled and backed away.
That was when I realized that I had the volume so high that I had just shouted at her.
I always pick the self checkout line because, frankly, I hate people and I especially hate other people handling my food and then bowling it down the belt.
So recently I'm at Stop & Shop, with my earbuds in, scanning my purchases. The song was RVM from one of the boots and as it built to the insanely fast section at the end I started scanning madly, actually shaking. I think I was trying to do it in time to the music. I must have looked like a maniac.
A cashier came over and started to bag a couple of my items. I said, "I'm all set with that, thank you!" And she looked startled and backed away.
That was when I realized that I had the volume so high that I had just shouted at her.
I always pick the self checkout line because, frankly, I hate people and I especially hate other people handling my food and then bowling it down the belt.
So recently I'm at Stop & Shop, with my earbuds in, scanning my purchases. The song was RVM from one of the boots and as it built to the insanely fast section at the end I started scanning madly, actually shaking. I think I was trying to do it in time to the music. I must have looked like a maniac.
A cashier came over and started to bag a couple of my items. I said, "I'm all set with that, thank you!" And she looked startled and backed away.
That was when I realized that I had the volume so high that I had just shouted at her.
I always pick the self checkout line because, frankly, I hate people and I especially hate other people handling my food and then bowling it down the belt.
So recently I'm at Stop & Shop, with my earbuds in, scanning my purchases. The song was RVM from one of the boots and as it built to the insanely fast section at the end I started scanning madly, actually shaking. I think I was trying to do it in time to the music. I must have looked like a maniac.
A cashier came over and started to bag a couple of my items. I said, "I'm all set with that, thank you!" And she looked startled and backed away.
That was when I realized that I had the volume so high that I had just shouted at her.
:oops:
you are out of control
:lolno:
Don't blame me. I'm old. Possibly even older than Norm and he's freaking ancient.
When I get to the checkout, I take no notice of how long the people infront of me take.
When your waiting in line for a vital organ transplant, then you have something to winge about.
Talking as someone who is " OLD " and pays with a cheque from thier own bank account savings........I say get F*#Ked!
Smell the roses while you are so inconvienently waiting.
** storms off muttering crap about todays youth and how they want, want, want NOW!**.............
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a shop that will take your ' promised cheque?' anymore.....
They stop taking personal cheques because not many people are left with money in the bank, therefore I am inconvenienced by THAT!
Talk about taking away your civil rights! :twisted:
( Just for that, I'm going to take twice as long going through the checkout nextime, thanks for sharing)
ATTENTION OLD PEOPLE,
thanks for having the patience the young have not found yet
hasn't a thing to do with patience...has to do with using antiquated forms of payment when there are clearly better, more efficient forms of payment...it's time people stop thinking there are the only ones in the world and think of their fellow man...me and the 5 people behind me shouldn't have had to wait that long when there was no need to...and it wasn't like this was some 87 year old who can barley see or anything...she was mid 60's, looked pretty healthy...no reason, other than she is stuck in her old ways, she couldn't have paid with a card
Sounds to me like it does have to do with patience. I mean really....why do you care if she uses the most modern way to pay for her merchandise? Is it because you are concerned for her financial well being? You care because you don't want to wait around while she pays LOL.....and I feel ya, I tend to be impatient myself sometimes but then I just remind myself that it's really just two stinking minutes out of my day and probably those two minutes aren't going to be life altering anyway.......I mean what am I doing that isn't going to be there two minutes later? If I need those two minutes that bad then I should have gotten off my ass a little sooner to go to the store so I wouldn't be in that situation.
i care because its f'in 98 degrees outside and its buy 2 get 2 free ice cream special!!! Move along q-tips!!
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and anyone else that pays for groceries with a check...a debit card works exactly like a check and takes 3/4ths of the time to checkout!!!!!!!!!!
I agree Norm.. although them smelling of piss tends to annoy me more.
also why do most old people talk really really slowly...
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
i forgot to mention that while the checker was scanning her 2 items, she was writing her check...then he asks her for her discount card...yep, she had to write another check...then came the id check blah blah blah :roll:
oh yeah i forgot...this was the express, 15 items or less line :evil:
Just Saturday I had one item, got in the express line behind a group of folks with one big buggy full of crap.
Three people, each of them got their own shit out of the buggy, paid for it (one of them by check) and finally got the hell out of the way. I was about to go ape shit up in that joint!
All I have to do is revel in the everyday....then do it again tomorrow
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See, now I think those of us who are >40 should be able to be up front even if we didn't join 10C until, say, 2008. After all, our eyesight and hearing are on the decline.
I was behind some old women in a que and she was complaining because the king size chocolate bar that was on offer was too big and she wanted the smaller one for the same price !!!!!
WTF
Just eat half now and save the rest til later, give the rest to Agatha next door, give it to the dog, throw it away WHO CARES ITS FUCKIN' CHEAPER DICKHEAD. we're talking a 17p difference or some shit :twisted: :twisted:
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An old cut me off while driving one day last week...She was on her cell phone..Cut me off and then proceeded to turn left through a red light into on coming traffic..Hopefully she was checking her bank account balance.
I'm still trying to decide which is worst, the old people writing a cheque or them sifting through their wallet/purse for the exact change.
I was at the corner store the other day and the old fellow was buying some scratch tickets, paying with the change he had and the cashier literally had to count it out for him because he wasn't sharp enough to do it himself. That just about sentt me off the deep end.
I'm still trying to decide which is worst, the old people writing a cheque or them sifting through their wallet/purse for the exact change.
I was at the corner store the other day and the old fellow was buying some scratch tickets, paying with the change he had and the cashier literally had to count it out for him because he wasn't sharp enough to do it himself. That just about sentt me off the deep end.
gf does the change. arrrrggggg.. stop it
so you date an old lady, huh? that's cool.
So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
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one day, you will be old...and it's probably soon since old men are often impatient
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10/10 - Brad in B'more
Not yet. But "old' is relative. I've seen threads where posters thought over 40 was old. So thought maybe you were one of them. I expected you to say "some 40 something" old woman...... Ha! I was ready to put you in your place.
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I was at the corner store the other day and the old fellow was buying some scratch tickets, paying with the change he had and the cashier literally had to count it out for him because he wasn't sharp enough to do it himself. That just about sentt me off the deep end.
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I always end up behind the old ladies at CVS/Rite-Aid (drugstores) with coupons. With expired coupons or they can't find the thing they have the coupon for or they've got the wrong item ("No, ma'am, the coupon is for the 150 count, not the 50 count."). Oh my God, that makes me insane.
i always pull up a seat and light a joint
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
I can't stand those that when they've paid take an eternity shoving everything back in the right pocket and eventually leaving. It's a "look at me, look at me" scenario. F**k 'em!!
So recently I'm at Stop & Shop, with my earbuds in, scanning my purchases. The song was RVM from one of the boots and as it built to the insanely fast section at the end I started scanning madly, actually shaking. I think I was trying to do it in time to the music. I must have looked like a maniac.
A cashier came over and started to bag a couple of my items. I said, "I'm all set with that, thank you!" And she looked startled and backed away.
That was when I realized that I had the volume so high that I had just shouted at her.
:oops:
:lolno:
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Don't blame me. I'm old. Possibly even older than Norm and he's freaking ancient.
When your waiting in line for a vital organ transplant, then you have something to winge about.
Talking as someone who is " OLD " and pays with a cheque from thier own bank account savings........I say get F*#Ked!
Smell the roses while you are so inconvienently waiting.
** storms off muttering crap about todays youth and how they want, want, want NOW!**.............
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find a shop that will take your ' promised cheque?' anymore.....
They stop taking personal cheques because not many people are left with money in the bank, therefore I am inconvenienced by THAT!
Talk about taking away your civil rights! :twisted:
( Just for that, I'm going to take twice as long going through the checkout nextime, thanks for sharing)
i care because its f'in 98 degrees outside and its buy 2 get 2 free ice cream special!!! Move along q-tips!!
I agree Norm.. although them smelling of piss tends to annoy me more.
also why do most old people talk really really slowly...
don't
kn...............ow.
Three people, each of them got their own shit out of the buggy, paid for it (one of them by check) and finally got the hell out of the way. I was about to go ape shit up in that joint!
They say every sin is deadly but I believe they may be wrong...I'm guilty of all seven and I don't feel too bad at all
at PJ shows. Damn seniority.
See, now I think those of us who are >40 should be able to be up front even if we didn't join 10C until, say, 2008. After all, our eyesight and hearing are on the decline.
Sweep the Leg Johnny.
i've swiped for a 50 cent newspaper.
that's every day here.
gf does the change. arrrrggggg.. stop it
so you date an old lady, huh? that's cool.
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me