Things that annoy me..,,

[DubCoffman62]

Exactly! I park close to the corral so it's easy to put it away when I'm done. My wife laughs at me because I'll spend a couple of minutes organizing the entire corral before going into the store. It's pouring rain, and I'm out there organizing the carts.
My workspace in my office is a mess.
My workspace at home is a mess.
My closet is a mess.
My garage is a mess.
But god damn it - keep the carts organized.

same here, I don't want to be "that guy" that doesn't put his cart in the corral but I don't want to walk across the fucking parking lot either

 

[buckeyebri]

Annoys me.. keeping shit we will NEVER use ever... who the f needs 'pretty bags'.. I know it was your Dad's but we'll never use it.. our kids will never take it when we're gone... and we have no more room for this shit

Ha, my wife and I have this deal where if you haven’t used it in 6 months you don’t need it. We just moved and down sized and wow it’s amazing what you can be willing to depart with.

Cleaning out a parent’s house can also be a driver here.

 

[Jake]

I haven't seen it yet in 2024 but I saw it as recently as last year. A woman waits until her entire order is rung up and bagged then she pulls out a checkbook. I say woman because I have never witnessed a man pay for groceries that way.

First off, this isn't 1980. Who carries around a checkbook these days? Second, you can have everything on the check made out except the amount beforehand. If you're still paying by check I'm guessing this isn't your first rodeo - be prepared.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I haven't seen it yet in 2024 but I saw it as recently as last year. A woman waits until her entire order is rung up and bagged then she pulls out a checkbook. I say woman because I have never witnessed a man pay for groceries that way.

First off, this isn't 1980. Who carries around a checkbook these days? Second, you can have everything on the check made out except the amount beforehand. If you're still paying by check I'm guessing this isn't your first rodeo - be prepared.

Years ago when I was a teen I got a part time job where I had to cashier. My people skills weren't great at the time. There was this dude that used to come in every day and when you'd charge he'd always wait for you to tell him his total before he even got his wallet out. He always paid cash and seemed to always have to count out a few dollars in change. He kind of reminded me of the old Tim Conway skit on Carol Burnett where he'd be a slow service worker and Harvey Korman was always the customer. One day I snapped at him to try to speed it up. I was reprimanded. I almost felt like the dude was trolling me. Yes, he was older.

 

[Jake]

Years ago when I was a teen I got a part time job where I had to cashier. My people skills weren't great at the time. There was this dude that used to come in every day and when you'd charge he'd always wait for you to tell him his total before he even got his wallet out. He always paid cash and seemed to always have to count out a few dollars in change. He kind of reminded me of the old Tim Conway skit on Carol Burnett where he'd be a slow service worker and Harvey Korman was always the customer. One day I snapped at him to try to speed it up. I was reprimanded. I almost felt like the dude was trolling me. Yes, he was older.

I had a job driving a delivery car for a pharmacy in high school, but sometimes I had to fill in at the register. It was mostly cash, but occasionally had to break out the manual credit card reader with the carbon forms - sounds like the fucking stone age now.

Anyway, one time I was at the register and a buddy comes in the store. He sees me, gives me a nod, then starts pacing like he's unsure of what to do next. After what seemed like a couple of minutes he finally walks towards me and says "You're gonna lose it" as he selects two items from a nearby shelf - tampons and maxi pads. Pretty sure he was expecting the normal cashier (older woman) but he got me instead.

Nothing annoying about it. Your story just reminded me of that day at that job.

 

[DubCoffman62]

I had a job driving a delivery car for a pharmacy in high school, but sometimes I had to fill in at the register. It was mostly cash, but occasionally had to break out the manual credit card reader with the carbon forms - sounds like the fucking stone age now.

Anyway, one time I was at the register and a buddy comes in the store. He sees me, gives me a nod, then starts pacing like he's unsure of what to do next. After what seemed like a couple of minutes he finally walks towards me and says "You're gonna lose it" as he selects two items from a nearby shelf - tampons and maxi pads. Pretty sure he was expecting the normal cashier (older woman) but he got me instead.

Nothing annoying about it. Your story just reminded me of that day at that job.

And that reminds me of another story. My best buddy in high school used to like to smoke the occasional joint. He was a good, clean cut guy, did well in school, was on the football team and was going with a nice girl from a nice family. He mostly keep his occasional indulgence to himself, no one really knew. One day he goes to score and as he was going in his girlfriend's dad was coming out of the house.

 

[DubCoffman62]

Went to Aldi today and as I rolled up to get my cart, quarter in hand a woman was struggling to retrieve her own quarter. She didn't seem to know that you simple insert the chain and your quarter pops out. She was trying to pull it out with her fingers. I told her why don't you give me the cart and I'll give you my quarter? She looks at me as says "dis is my quarter!". I watched her struggle for a few more seconds then offered my help, I inserted the chain into the basket and behold, the quarter popped out. I made the mistake of trying to be a gentleman and removing it for her and as I reached down her fake nails scratched into the skin of my hand as she took her quarter. No excuse me, thank you, nothing. very hostile too.

 

[heisman]

Complainers.

 

[Thump]

Went to Aldi today and as I rolled up to get my cart, quarter in hand a woman was struggling to retrieve her own quarter. She didn't seem to know that you simple insert the chain and your quarter pops out. She was trying to pull it out with her fingers. I told her why don't you give me the cart and I'll give you my quarter? She looks at me as says "dis is my quarter!". I watched her struggle for a few more seconds then offered my help, I inserted the chain into the basket and behold, the quarter popped out. I made the mistake of trying to be a gentleman and removing it for her and as I reached down her fake nails scratched into the skin of my hand as she took her quarter. No excuse me, thank you, nothing. very hostile too.

White broad huh?

 

[Jake]

Went to Aldi today and as I rolled up to get my cart, quarter in hand a woman was struggling to retrieve her own quarter. She didn't seem to know that you simple insert the chain and your quarter pops out. She was trying to pull it out with her fingers. I told her why don't you give me the cart and I'll give you my quarter? She looks at me as says "dis is my quarter!". I watched her struggle for a few more seconds then offered my help, I inserted the chain into the basket and behold, the quarter popped out. I made the mistake of trying to be a gentleman and removing it for her and as I reached down her fake nails scratched into the skin of my hand as she took her quarter. No excuse me, thank you, nothing. very hostile too.

I'd be unprepared because I never have quarters on me. My Giant Eagle still has free-roaming carts and plastic bags. They love those plastic bags. You can buy a dozen items and end up with 8 of them. They have the reusable bags but they want you to buy them while the unlimited plastic bags are free. We've got a sort of upside down environmentalism movement going on in NE Ohio.

What annoys me about that? Assholes who don't push their carts back to the station, just leaving them wherever and clogging up the lot.

 

[DubCoffman62]

Saw another person trying to pull a quarter out of the shopping basket with his fingers at Aldi today. This time it was an old white boomer.

 

[Zurp]

Saw another person trying to pull a quarter out of the shopping basket with his fingers at Aldi today. This time it was an old white boomer.

The couple of times I have been to Aldi, it was for 2-3 items and I didn't get a cart. I can't say that I'd know how to work the carts. Now I'm afraid someone will make fun of me on TikTok or Facebook or whatever else you kids stream nowadays.

 

[Steve19]

I haven't seen it yet in 2024 but I saw it as recently as last year. A woman waits until her entire order is rung up and bagged then she pulls out a checkbook. I say woman because I have never witnessed a man pay for groceries that way.

First off, this isn't 1980. Who carries around a checkbook these days? Second, you can have everything on the check made out except the amount beforehand. If you're still paying by check I'm guessing this isn't your first rodeo - be prepared.

Do they still have checks in the USA. They were discontinued here a couple of years ago.

 

[Zurp]

Do they still have checks in the USA. They were discontinued here a couple of years ago.

Yes. I had to write 2 checks in the same day in December - it was weird. I had almost forgotten how to do it.

 

[Steve19]

Yes. I had to write 2 checks in the same day in December - it was weird. I had almost forgotten how to do it.

Illegal in South Africa now