Got behind a lady yesterday at the grocery, because all the self-checkouts were down. They've got 2 lanes open and both lines are a mile long. I've got maybe 10 items. I stand there for 20 minutes listening to the woman in front of me talking to her friend ON SPEAKER PHONE. And they're both Italian and from NY, which means people in the parking lot could hear the conversation. I'm on the phone too, but it's with the post office. I'm having my mail forwarded to checkout lane 2.
So finally the woman in front of me ends her call because she's next to check out. She gets about half the items in her cart scanned, and she says, "Oh my God... I forgot the eggs! I need the eggs to make the ricotta for the lasagna." She doesn't even look back. She tells the checkout clerk to hold on a sec and then disappears.
And what's the deal with eggs? It's always the eggs. Eggs aren't a surprise ingredient. They're a common everyday staple. And they're not hiding in a secret aisle... they've been in the same spot since the dawn of refrigeration. Anyway, off she goes on an egg hunt. Four minutes later she comes back. Not only does she have the eggs, but she has a box of Cheez-Its, peanut butter, and a 2 liter of soda. WTF.
And guess what! She's getting ready to pay and realizes she forgot something else! But then she says, "Ya know what, never mind. I can get that later. I'm in a hurry." YGTBFKM
Every grocery store in America should have this rule: ONCE YOUR SHIT IS BEING SCANNED - YOU ARE DONE SHOPPING!
I can't take much more of this.
