Common courtesy in check-out lines

[rodriguezpoultry]

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I'm ridiculously tall...I try to help all of the people I can reach the items on higher shelves. I just wish the shorter people would help me out with the lower items!

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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We can't see up that far to ask you...

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

smarty pants....LOL That's ok...I can bend down far enough to hear you!

You may have to tap my knee so I'll notice though...

 

[DuckLady]

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ZING!

RoPo1
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[maplesky7]

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We can't see up that far to ask you...

he he he.... I just climb the shelves if I don't see any tall people around.

 

[maplesky7]

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For one if I am not in a hurry, my kids are being well behaved, and it hasn't been a loooong day.... if I notice the person behind me with a couple of items I tend to let them in front of me.

If I am in a hurry, or my kids are "done", and it's been a loooong day... I'm getting my groceries and that's that. There are other tellers... go pick another line if you can't wait.


If you are old.... it does not give you the right to budge in front of lines because you are so... give some respect... just because I'm in my 30's and maybe "look" healthy.... doesn't mean that's the case.

Story behind that: Had an old lady budge in front of me while I was in the MIDDLE of my transaction--- the store clerk had to verify a sale item... it did not ring up on sale but was on sale and I was going to pay the sale price--end of story....but when the clerk told her she was in the middle of my transaction she gave me the most disrespectful look that I was taking so long... mind you there are at least 5 or more cashiers open---- now, I'm struggling with heart issues and did not know at that time I had pneumonia and was feeling very winded and walking all around that blasted store to get what I needed had made me feel very faint and my youngest was sooooo done and all I wanted to do was to pay for my things and go home and rest.

Case in point: If you're old enough to budge and be feisty enough to make a scene.... you're well enough to stand in line.... if you don't like the rate of speed the line is moving at... move on to another..... walker or not... get steppin.

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I've helped healthy people by holding doors because of what (or who) they were carrying or if they had to use a walker and the doors weren't automatic. Maybe that looks funny now, because I usually use a cane. Well, I wear a smaller purse that slings across my body, so I have a free hand. People have always seemed relieved. If I'm not sure if someone needs help with something, I just ask, "Would you like some help with that?" Usually, they'll either say, "Yes! Thank you!" or "No, I've got it, thanks." I've never noticed anyone being offended by my asking. Sometimes I'm not doing very well and I need help, too. Other times I am doing fine. I give the same types of answers.

Maybe if you're older, grew up in the mid-west and/or not in a big city, it's more likely that you were brought up to think it was common courtesy to help with some types of things. I was. A person didn't need to be disabled to need a bit of help. It didn't make you less of a person to accept a bit of help.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

The thing I miss about my small town is the men holding doors open. I had knee surgery and was having difficulties opening this door while trying to stay upright. This guy cuts in front of me, makes a "humph" sound and lets the door hit me.

The next person held the door open after seeing me getting hit in the back and legs. I hobbled up to that guy and gave him a HUGE piece of my mind. I'll be surprised if he ever does that to another person again. I didn't realize how rude society has become. In my hometown, I get a huge culture shock when I go back and have someone hold open the door for me.