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When you are checking out at the grocery store, why do people start unloading their stuff before you finish yours and your transaction. So irritating!!!!
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folks are really wrapped up tight with what they've gotta get done that they not too aware of what's going on around them
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I don't see what the issue is, as long as they use that bar thingy to separate their items from yours. I do this all the time. Either I have just a few items that I'm holding in my hands and want to set them down before I accidentally drop them, or I've got my cart filled and want to speed up the check-out process by getting them on the conveyor belt. I guess I could see if there wasn't that separator bar or not enough space to put the items on the counter / belt. And in those few cases, I'll patiently wait. But that is pretty rare when I feel that unloading my own items will inconvenience the person ahead of me...
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When you are checking out at the grocery store, why do people start unloading their stuff before you finish yours and your transaction. So irritating!!!!
I see no reason why this should bother you at all. ???
Can you explain why this should be a problem? :-\
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Yeah I know what you mean. Some people just don't have any manners.
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I was going to say why would it bother you, but I read it again, do you mean that while your unloading your cart, they are too? In that case yes Id be a bit miffed too.
I wait till they are going through checkout and scanning their items before I start putting my stuff on the conveyor
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I think I would unload my stuff too as long as your stuff wan on the belt and there was room.
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I'm not trying to inconvenience the person behind me by making them to wait to unload their cart until all my items have been scanned, bagged, paid for and I've left and I hope the person in front of me wouldn't do that to me.
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I start unloading my cart at the end of the checkout an will continue until all of my groceries are unload and then will wait a couple of minutes the will put the bar between me and another customer. I don't mind them loading just as long as they are not crowding me. And I will not crowd the person in front of me. I wait until there is at least a foot or 2 before putting my groceries on. Once in a while though I will have a customer that just flat starts shoving and then I draw the line and will not budge from my spot for a while. They just have to wait to unload.
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That is what the bar on the conveyor belt is for - to divide the two orders so that the cashier can begin on that one as soon as she finishes yours, to save time. Unless the person is putting their items in with yours, I don't see the problem.
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I'm not sure what the problem is either. As long as you use the divider bar, which is why it's there so you can unload when there's room on the belt, it shouldn't be a big deal. I think it would be time consuming to wait for the person to completely unload and check out before unloading your own items.
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I think they don't want to irritate the next person who lines up behind them...trying to be as fast as possible for them.
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I don't mind if your hands are full and you just want to sit them down, I do that sometimes. I mean when you are unloading your cart and the cashier is scanning the groceries and the person behind you start to unload and don't use a divider. Their groceries almost begin to mix with yours and you have to tell the cashier to stop or that's not mine after they grab someone else's stuff. I just don't understand why people can't wait until the person in front of them finish their transaction before they start unloading all their groceries it is very irritating.
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To save time. Nothing wrong with it, they keep dividers there for a reason. Sounds a little selfish if you expect people to wait until you are completely finished.
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I do not let the small things bother me in a grocery store. Everyone want to be in and out of a grocery store as quickly as possible.
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The thing to do would be, as soon as you get your cart unloaded, throw the divider down behind your groceries. Then when you move up to the cashier, the person behind you can unload without getting theirs mixed with yours. No muss, no fuss, no confusion.
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I was in a store with a long belt and no separator bar. I had alot of stuff to get out of the cart and midway through I glanced up & saw the cashier scanning an item that was NOT mine. I told her it wasn't mine and she she puts it in the bag with my stuff. I pulled it out & gave it to her and saw other things in that bag that wasn't mine either...... ???
She had to go back through all the bags, item by item to make sure I only had my items and not the stuff the woman behind me had placed on the belt. I was ticked, the cashier wasn't too happy and the person behind me just standing there with a dumb look on her face, totally clueless.
If anything like that happens again, I'm just going to pay for it and leave the store. Once items are paid for, they belong to the buyer and the clueless can just go re-shop. I can return the junk my next trip to the store. :D
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Because most people are space invaders and they are also in a hurry for no good reason. I try to wait until they have paid be fore I move up to unload but the clerks kind of hate this cause is slows up their line and some of them are timed. But yeah, I agree!
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As long as the person in front of me is done putting all their items on the belt, I don't see what the big deal is either. The conveyor belt is long enough for a lot of goods, to speed up the process. I like when the person in front puts the separator bar down when they are done so I can begin putting my stuff on the belt.
Really, it's all first world problems. So many other real issues to worry about, can't control the entire world's grocery habits. Let it go & focus on the good, at least the person in back of you didn't hit you with their cart & ram the back of your heels :)
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I don't mind people putting their stuff on the belt while the clerk is running mine through but I do get very irrated if they step up close to where you swipe your debit card. To me that is very rude. Even if I get my buggy unloaded quickly behind someone I keep my distance until they do their paying to give them as much privacy as possible.
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I don't think I've ever encountered a situation where the person behind me was loading their stuff on the belt at the same time I was still putting my items on. Everyone I've encountered followed the unspoken rule to wait for the person ahead to finish unloading, then place the dividing bar on the belt and unload behind it.
If I encountered someone who was so oblivious to the fact I was still putting my things on the belt, and mixed their items with mine, I would stop and chide that person directly telling them to stop putting their stuff on the belt and wait their turn. I wouldn't care if they thought I was some rude person because someone obviously needs to teach that person some manners.
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that is kind of the point of the conveyor belt and the bar separators. it is so the line moves more quickly and people are able to get in and out more quickly. not sure what the big deal is with this. what i hate is when they crowd you at the credit card swiper now that is annoying. the other day i had to ask a guy to please back up himself his cart and his three children so i could even get to the machine to pay for my items so rude.
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I actually don't see the issue! If I was behind you in line I would be an offender as well. Happy Holidays!
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I just put the bar across and start placing my stuff, what's wrong with that? that's what the purpose of the bar is. lighten up there kiddo
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I don't mind if your hands are full and you just want to sit them down, I do that sometimes. I mean when you are unloading your cart and the cashier is scanning the groceries and the person behind you start to unload and don't use a divider. Their groceries almost begin to mix with yours and you have to tell the cashier to stop or that's not mine after they grab someone else's stuff. I just don't understand why people can't wait until the person in front of them finish their transaction before they start unloading all their groceries it is very irritating.
Given that the person behind didn't bother with using the dividing bar (or in a few cases where there was no dividing bar), yes I too would get upset.... If the bar was available but the person just didn't bother to use it, I'd separate our groceries with the bar myself and would probably comment on how rude it is to not use that bar. If the bar was not available, I'd chide the person behind me for crowding our groceries together, the cashier for not having a bar at their station, and might even go to customer service or if identifiable the checkout manager and mention that they didn't have something so trivial available at every checkout station. And if this is a common occurrence at a particular store, perhaps even write a letter to the store manager / director telling them that their incompetence with such a common curtsey makes me wonder about the rest of their store, and that I therefore refuse to shop there anymore; if this is a chain, I'd also cc it to someone in the corporate office.
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TheY just want to get their stuff in.
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As long as they're using the separator it's fine with me. It's convenient in many ways to utilize that time to unload and sort your groceries for the cashier.
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If I do go to the regular cashier I always put up the the bar after my stuff is all out of my cart ... I don't mind if the person behind me starts to put their stuff up. Usually, I go to the self check out as I don't always have a lot of groceries and like to bag myself.
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Not everyone but people in general are a bit on the rude side these days. They're in such a hurry to do everything that they don't care who they push out of the way. It is very rude indeed.
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I don't care if they put their stuff on the belt, but I really get irritated when they crowd you as your are trying to pay. Give me space there.
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no hype here
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it depends how much stuff I have....if it's not a lot, I don't mind, but if it's a lot, it can be a bit annoying...it's not the fact that the bar is there to divide items, it's the fact that people don't give you space and make you feel rushed....that and people who really lollygag through the whole process...I don't mind people taking your time, but acting like no one else needs the machines is rude...
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Grocery stores can be quite nerve racking especially "Wal-mart Super Stores" as they get so crowded and sometimes there are not enough checkers, or customer issues, slow checkers, etc., etc. My wife and I normally go shopping together and she can get quite irritated and I don't do well in crowds. We however have never had crowding issues. but many nightmarish customer issues. There was once a food stamp lady with kids that purchased about her whole monthly allotment Just under $300 worth with a long list of coupons and price matches as they will match prices of other stores in order to offer the same or lower price. Evidently not all items even food items can be purchased with food stamps and after scanning all the items came to find out that she owed $12 cash and only had $4. They had to go through the items one by one to figure out what food stamps did not cover. It was a nightmare! I would have paid the $8 buck difference but I didn't have my wallet as my wife just picked me up from the hospital so she had the cash & credit but was not about to pay! They had so much food that I asked if they were having a large party or just stocking up! I guess that was just how they bought groceries "each month". Needless to say we just got in a new line. They must have taken an hour to figure it out! We had gone through another line and were out the door. I felt bad but it was their fault and you can't always get something for nothing. Some of these coupon shoppers can really be irritating. We don't coupon shop but I am sure one can save a lot of money and food is so spendy nowadays.
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I think using the dividers takes care of the problem. What irritates me are other things...like not paying any attention that a person is taking up an entire aisle between where they are parking their cart and their own position, or people that strike up a conversation with the cashier and neither appear aware that there is a line of people waiting to get out of the store. Both of these things happen way too much...at least to me.
Oh, and people rarely apologize when they are blocking the way. More frequently, I get a somewhat nasty look and an attitude of..."I'm the important one here and it is my right." I think many of us need to be much more civil nowadays. I also hate to say it (because I am no "Spring Chicken" as they say), but it is often some sour-pussed older person (50 and above).
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I did this to someone at the store the other day. The lady was literally just talking to the cashier so i thought she was done, i put up the divider thing and started unloading my stuff. Well this lady looked at me and totally snapped that she wasnt done, i looked at her and nicely said oh i am so sorry i didnt see the rest of the stuff in your cart and she rolled her eyes, the cashier rolled her eyes and i stopped unloading. it took all of me not to say well... stop talking and finish unloading!
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That would depend on if I still have lots of stuff on the counter. If they put that bar that separates the food then I am okay with it.
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I appreciate a good rant. However, I don't think this is a worthy rant. Throw the divider up and relax. Take a moment and engage in conversation with your fellow man. Give someone a compliment. Discuss the weather. Stop and smell the roses.
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Different people have different pet peeves. People are in a hurry and they need to get everything done and be everywhere NOW. I've unloaded my things, as a way of keeping everything flowing. There are no rules about doing this or not doing this.
I have a pet peeve about clerks or cashiers trying to make small talk with me when I want to focus on the transaction. I don't like being distracted and I don't need them to pretend to be my best friend.
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When you are checking out at the grocery store, why do people start unloading their stuff before you finish yours and your transaction. So irritating!!!!
Places like Walmart have the divider to put up so you can go ahead and put your stuff up there. I never wait until the person in front of me is completely finished with their transaction. And at the grocery store the cashier gets the stuff out of the buggy not me.
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Well I think it makes sense that you start to unload your groceries onto the conveyor belt so that as soon as the person in front of you has checked out and paid, the Associate can start to scan your items. That way, the Associate (and you) don't have to wait longer than is necessary to load items. Having said that, there has been numerous occasions when, whilst in the process of loading my groceries into my cart, the customer behind me has stood in front of the card swiper so that I cannot get back to it to pay. I usually politely say 'excuse me' and not only they reverse up but so does everyone behind them.
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the only time I can see this as an issue is when there is no room on the check-out counter - other than that not a problem.
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I can only speak for me... I wait until the person before me has all their items on the belt, add the bar, then unload mine. I use my own bags and coupons so if I'm not fast enough the clerk will start filling plastic bags miss the coupons or a price match... I will sort of make an exception if I'm carrying something heavy and/or frozen; then I'll rest it on the metal end behind the belt. I've never had anyone start unloading before I've gotten all my items on the belt.
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Maybe things are done differently in different parts of the country but I am truly confused here. I have no idea why it would bother you and I would find it extremely weird if they did wait until I was done.