You know what? If you're going to the ATM to

[cboy4]

deposit a fricken check.......NONE OF US wants to wait on your ass to sign the check(s)....fill out the information on the envelope, and then insert your ATM card 12 different times to figure out which way it goes!!!

Day'mm, You know?!?!?!?

----Either:

(A) Have a stash of envelopes in your car like I do, and get everything filled out BEFORE YOU APPROACH THE ATM

--or--

(B) Grab an envelope from the machine, and MOVE THE FUC* TO THE SIDE to let other people withdraw cash while you fill out your shit!

Jesus.



+++


The other thing:

LEARN which side you car gas tank is on so you don't cause chaos having to reposition the damn vehicle you've owned for six fricken years and should know by now!!!


Let's wake up people. :eyes:

[mainegreen]

1. Also, after performing your transaction, pull forward first, *then* put stuff in your purse/wallet.

Especially since it apparently takes most people five minutes to place their debit card back in their wallet/purse.

[NewWaveChick1981]

2. Oh, yeah... My husband calls that "doing a hostile takeover through the ATM"...

:rofl: :yoiks: I hate that crap. I keep an envelope stash in my car just like you do. I drive up, key in my pin number, and I'm ready to go. It takes me less than a minute. :)

Oh, and as for those idiots who forget which side their gas tank is---don't they know they can look at the gas gauge and see an arrow beside the gas tank picture that points to the side of the car the tank is on????? Even if they don't actually remember, they'd save themselves a lot of idiocy that way by reminding themselves. :eyes:

[cboy4]

18. Hostile takeover!

LOL!!!

[NewWaveChick1981]

20. ...

:rofl: :hi: Yep, that's one of the funniest sayings he's got. :)

[driver8]

69. There was a comedian who had a bit about doing a "hostile takeover" at the

ATM...I use that line, too!! (Always good for a laugh!!)

[petronius]

84. Not only that, if you're going to go in to buy snacks after completing

your gas transaction at the pump, move your damn car to a parking space if there are people waiting for gas!

[Bassic]

3. In the same line of thought

It is considered rude (by me!) to hold up an elevator when you want to go down one friggin floor. USE THE STAIRS INSTEAD OF SLOWING US (but I really mean me) DOWN!

Ah, now that felt good :P

On edit: Concerning ATM's, if you have to make transactions out of 4 fucking different accounts, please don't fucking do it at fucking lunch time or at other fucking typically busy times, fuck. I run into this shit twice a fucking week.

[RebelOne]

4. Now at Bank of America, you do not need an envelope

to deposit a check. Just slide the check into the slot. It is scanned and a copy of the check is on your deposit receipt. Makes life a lot easier.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. I LOVE that feature. Especially since the account gets credited

immediately. Love it, love it, love it.

[AlCzervik]

21. Really? At any of their ATMs?

[cboy4]

50. Oh, that's sweeeeeet!

:thumbsup:

[riona]

5. And check-out lines

You are standing behind someone with lots of stuff on the belt to be scanned. The lines are long. It takes forever, but there's no other place to go. After the order is completely rung up, the person pulls out his/her checkbook and BEGINS to fill in the check, the checker goes through the verification, the buyer fills in the bankbook's register and .....
:banghead:

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Oh that one drives me insane...

Get a debit card people! :mad:

[RebelOne]

7. Ditto that.

[skygazer]

8. Or they very slowly pull out some cash

(old people do this, bless their hearts), very slowly count it out. Often they keep the ones in one part of the wallet and the bigger bills elsewhere.

Then they have to dig around in the bottom of the purse or in the little change pouch for the right change which they inevitably don't have so back to the wallet to slooooowwwwwly find another one dollar bill.

I'm the checker in this scenario. Not fun.

[pitohui]

12. so you're getting paid by the hour, right?

what skin is it off your nose that old people are allowed out in public to shop once in awhile?

as i said in my other post, i wish people who are in such a damn hurry could live with what a lot of us live with for just one week

[skygazer]

63. I have nothing against the elderly

And if I have no one in my line, I can stand there patiently and have a nice chat with them while they find that missing nickel. No problem.

Obviously you know absolutely nothing about grocery store work or you would know that many if not most of the people who check also fulfill other duties such as mine - managing the liquor department. So the sooner I get out of the checkstand, the sooner I can get my primary duties done.

Whether or not I get paid by the hour (and how I get paid is none of your business), I have to finish my primary duties or I will have twice as much to accomplish the following day. That may not be fair, or even sensible store policy, but it's a fact of life that I have to live with.

Speaking of which, you have no idea what I live with - any more than I have any idea what you do - but you'd do well not to assume that I have no fucking difficulties or problems in my life. I have my share - one of them at the moment has to do with sanctimonious assholes making snap judgments about throwaway posts on a message board. :eyes:

[northzax]

74. i remember when I worked a grocery

I had a scan rate I had to maintain, this took time away from me as well.

[hedgehog]

80. Some stores monitor how many items per minute a checker scans.

I'm not certain, but is it possible a slow customer screws up the checker's average?

[Critters2]

15. I was in the 15 items or less express lane the other day,

and this woman ahead of me had her cart piled high with all kinds of crap. WAAAAAY over 15 items. So, as she was putting them on the belt, I counted them--out loud. 1,2,3......62 items!!!! Then I said to the cashier "Is there any kind of rule against having 62 items in the 15 items or less lane?" Her:"We don't like to mae people mad." WHAT people?!! Apparently it was okay to make ME mad!! So the lady with all the stuff says "I didn't intend to get so much stuff". So, it's really the "people who intended to get 15 items or less" lane?!

:banghead:

[Zuiderelle]

24. And they keep the cart BEHIND them in the line so that you can't even finish

loading all your stuff onto the belt, and the bagger can't even load the bags into the cart until after they finish their insane transaction.

Why are some people so oblivious?

[cboy4]

52. And who the hell writes checks anymore?!?

ATM card.

Hello!

[Midlodemocrat]

77. *blush* I do sometimes. When TeenMidlo or BoyMidlo has failed

to return my debit card. :blush:

But, I do write it out in advance, so I don't hold things up for people. It's rude not to.

[Sequoia]

9. My bank at Wells Fargo doesn't except envelopes anymore.

Because people like you scared the bejesus out of them.

[cboy4]

54. I scared the "bejesus" out of them by complaining about

it at DU? :shrug:

I didn't realize I had so much influence over a major banking institution!! LOL

[swimboy]

88. Now you're just being modest.

:evilgrin:











:rofl:

[pitohui]

10. why are you people always in such a hurry?

unfortunately when people try to hurry me, it doesn't work, i am forced to slow down even further in order to complete the transaction without dropping something

i wish everyone who was in such a damn hurry could spend just one week with a neurological disorder or old age or something else so that they could stop hassling other people to "wake up," don't you realize that people are pressuring themselves enough already and additional pressure from some jerk who thinks he is too important to wait an extra 3 seconds doesn't help anything?

i also think people who yell at older people for using cash are probably secretly jealous that they don't have any damn cash to fumble with, so they take out their bad temper by pressuring and berating old people, wow, must make someone feel like a real hero to hurry and hassle someone obviously ill with shaking hands

i honestly do not understand why people are so cruel and all for NOTHING, that extra 30 seconds is not going to make any difference in your life

[doggyboy]

13. Thank you

I have to admit feeling impatient quite often, but after having to spend time with a senior with a nuerological disorder, I now hate this dreadful need of mine to hurry things up.

So I wouldn't call it cruel, but I won't join in with hurried masses, longing to get done already. I try to make the best of it

[datasuspect]

14. when frenzied people are around me at a store or some place

and you can FEEL them, their rage, hostility, and general anxiety is palpable, i'll become even more deliberate or tell them to find another ATM or say something like "hey bubba, i'm gonna be here a minute, just giving you fair warning."

they usually just leave.

[cwydro]

36. Yep,

that is why I love the Keys. Oh yeah, we get the crazed mainland people down here sometimes...either they chill or they leave. That's a quick route to a heart attack.

My truck has a bumper sticker "Slow Down, This Ain't The Mainland".

[Madspirit]

17. Maybe We're In a Hurry

...oh...how many reasons, let me count the way. We're trying to get it done during a lunch break and actually HAVE A PLACE TO BE. We're trying to get it done during a break break and have a place to be. We are CONSIDERATE of others and ergo don't assume everyone has all the frakking time in the world to DAWDLE and we expect the same back.

The world shouldn't HAVE to wait on pokey-assed people who don't have the consideration to fill something out ahead of time, count out their stupid-assed pennies ahead of time, count correctly and not be rude in the express line.

One might assume there is a REASON someone is in the express line...like they are in a hurry...and 10 means 10. ...and people go to ATM machines BECAUSE they are in a hurry or they would go into the bank.

Grrr....it really irritates me...people who want to hold everyone else up just because they don't have someplace that's else to be. How rude. Notice the word "express". Notice that the ATM exists FOR people in a hurry. Some people are on schedules and some people do have places to be ON TIME.
Lee

[Midlodemocrat]

19. .

:applause:

[cwydro]

33. damn

someone needs a Bahamavention...:rofl:

[doggyboy]

37. Maybe you should plan your time better

It's a good idea to expect delays. If you schedule every minute, you are sure to be thrown off schedule.

[Madspirit]

49. I'll be sure

I'll be sure to let the boss know...the University of Texas...that they should make their lunch and break schedules more flexible in case I am stuck in a line with Bubba Slow Britches.
Lee

[Beaverhausen]

42. Oh come on - if you didn't leave time to get something done don't blame other people

I work too, and I plan out my day and my little "errands" always leaving time for traffic and slower people.

It works- really!

Not everyone out there is as fast as you are. Have a heart. You might be slowed down by age or something else someday and need others to be considerate of your condition.

[Madspirit]

46. I'm 53

I'm not talking about old people. I'm talking about rude people. My girlfriend works at a job where they actually have to be there if it isn't lunch or break. SHE has severe arthritis and yet still has to get back on time. Having a disability does not prevent someone from filling stuff out ahead of time, something she always does. She also ends up having to give up her lunch time to do these errands because some Bubba Slow Britches wants to hold up the line. Some people do not have flexible schedules.
Lee

[Beaverhausen]

57. But ATMs are available 24 hours. No reason to go on your lunch hour

I always go after work - or saturday.

[Madspirit]

61. Sometimes

Sometimes my girlfriend actually needs the money at a certain time. She will go at lunch and get it and then after work has to make it to someplace else to pay something and the someplace else does close at a certain time. It's a long story without getting into the personal stuff but we live pretty hand-to-mouth and that includes occasionally having to take a payday loan. Let me put it this way, she would not take her lunch for this if she did not have to.

I am NEVER and neither is she...mean to old people. I promise.
Lee

[Gormy Cuss]

23. People can be in a hurry all they want. The problem is when they expect everyone else to be.

No, everyone isn't expected to do a 30 second transaction at the ATM. Even the greatest, coordinated speed junkies occasionally encounter ATMs balking at dispensing cash, accepting deposits, or printing receipts. I've seen people in line get huffy because THEIR precious micromanaged time is being wasted and the presumption is that it must be the fault of that person at the front of the line. No, it's their own damn fault for assuming that everything can be done in the shortest amount of time every time. Yes, you can be annoyed that it didn't go as planned, but maybe next time you'll remember that even though most transactions can be done in 30 seconds, sometimes it takes a bit longer.

(p.s. in case it's not obvious, I'm agreeing with pitohui)

[riona]

25. There are those times....

How about at the drive-thru ATM and everything has gone well for your withdrawal. THEN the money only comes part way out. Oh, if I only had a pair of tweezers - like that's going to happen. You can't get a grip on the cash and BLAP, it all goes back in the machine! Oh great - now I get to make that toll free call to have the amount researched before getting a credit. :banghead:

[Gormy Cuss]

26. Why are you holding up the ATM line? Get out of my way!

I'm kidding --you posted a good example. Things don't always go our way, no matter how well we think we've planned.

[Madspirit]

27. Excuse the fuck out of working people

...who ARE trying to get things done on a break or on lunch and DO have places they HAVE to be. Go find a dictionary...or use google's neat feature and just put "define: express" in the search.
Lee

[Gormy Cuss]

28. Excuse yourself.

I didn't reply to you. I read your post and recognize that you feel this way. However, since you are interesting in meanings, 'ATM' doesn't mean 'express.' All it means is that the transactions can be handled without the aid of a bank teller.

on edit.
As a busy working person I know how quickly things can get done. It just doesn't work out that way all the time. IMHO pretending that things will always go according to the best case scenario is just asking for more stress and disappointment.

[Madspirit]

29. It's not a full service bank

...and it does IMPLY that it is for something quicker than one would need with a full service bank. Some people do have a schedule.
Lee

[Gormy Cuss]

31. Read the edited post above.

Most people have schedules, even the ones who are taking longer than we'd like at the head of the line. While there are times we are running late or short on time and it's vexing to be delayed even more, wasting the energy blaming others ahead of you for ruining the schedule doesn't help matters and it just adds to the stress. If I set myself up by scheduling everything to go right I have only myself to blame when some doesn't.

[doggyboy]

39. If one wants everything to "go right"

then one should allow, and schedule for, unexpected delays. If one wants to make sure that everything scheduled gets done, then one should not assume that everything will happen at it's fastest speed.

And old people have schedules too. Even worse, many move slowly as it is. Having some impatient whippersnapper breathing down their necks isn't helpful. Those old people are dancing as fast as they can. It's not easy for them either.

[Madspirit]

41. Must be nice

To have such flexible lunch and break times at your job.

I would never be impatient with an old person, if they were really old enough that it was affecting their speed. Though it does irritate the hell out of me when they have to count out pennies at the check-out rather than breaking a whole quarter...oooh.

...but it's not usually old people being rude assholes. It's just Sloppy Joe Bubba Britches who has entitlement issues and WANTS to slow everyone down because THAT is the ONLY power he has in life until he gets home to smack the wife and slap the kids and kick the dog.
Lee

[doggyboy]

47. My job? What's that?

And people who have so little that holding up a line is the only way they can feel powerful are people to be pitied, not angered by.

There are times when others, due to a lack of consideration, take longer than they need to, and I certainly understand the pressures and frustrations of modern life. However, if you plan things down to the minute, without leaving room for unexpected delays, then you should expect to be delayed on a regular basis.

[Madspirit]

51. If the ONLY time

If the ONLY time you have to run your errands are on LUNCH...well, I will be sure and tell The University of Texas they need to have more flexible lunches in case someone is stuck behind Bubba the Bully Slow Britches at the bank. I'm sure they will heed my advice.
Lee

[doggyboy]

58. You know, I've been thinking about it

and maybe I've been unfair. You seem like a decent person, so I believe you when you say you're not picking on those who can't help themselves. And you're right that there are some who just couldn't give a crap about YOUR schedule. I do understand the frustration. It's just that lately, I'm on the other side of this, so maybe I am being a bit biased and annoyed with the rudeness of some (not you) of the hurried ones.

But you'll be pleased to know that I schedule my chores for times that are inconvenient for the working people, like you. This way, none of us has to be bothered or inconvenienced.

[Madspirit]

60. Thanks

...and I'm not actually even talking about me, though I am also hurried. I don't even work but still have a tight schedule. I am talking about my girlfriend, who works at The University of Texas and who has a very tight schedule and arthritis herself and only has lunch time to run errands. I would NEVER be rude to an old person and neither would she. ...but "Suzy Q. I blow the Frat guys and just kind of think the world can wait on my ass because hey, I'm cooler than YOU"...SHE is who bugs me. How this got turned into a ..."oh, everyone wants to pick on poor old people" I don't know because I really doubt most of us pick on old people. ...but there are those who don't give a shit about the people in line behind them. THAT is who I am talking about.
Lee

[Omphaloskepsis]

35. Umm, no it doesn't imply anything.

And some people need to use the bank at 9pm. The "Automated Teller Machine" is great for that. Waiting doesn't bother me. You know why? I plan on things taking longer than they should. Sure, I sometimes show up to work 20 minutes early. But I never show up late.

[Madspirit]

40. Must be nice

To have a boss who lets you make your own schedule. Some people have to do things at LUNCH or on breaks.
Lee

[datasuspect]

64. ATM = AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE

there is no implication of rate of speed in this.

[Madspirit]

30. Lastly

My "screed"...*snort*...was no more rude than the person you were agreeing with who had the brass ones to call us "cruel" simply because we're actually ON A SCHEDULE. I guess mine wouldn't have been deemed such a horrible "screed" if you had agreed with it. I guess you're just cruel. :rofl:
Lee

[Gormy Cuss]

34. Replying only to note that my edit to the title was made before your post.

I changed it to rant because it was what I meant the first time. We don't agree on this issue, Madspirit, but I haven't attacked you personally. Please stop.

[cboy4]

48. Ummm, having a neurological disorder or being old is NO EXCUSE

for not being able to fill out the deposit envelope somewhere else, other than in front of the ATM machine where half a dozen people are in line waiting.

NO EXCUSE


And people are in a hurry for lots of reasons.

I can't believe you're seemingly baffled by that.

[rockymountaindem]

53. I would never yell at anybody for using cash, and I'm 20

I've lived in Canada for four years, where people do a lot more debiting for purchases than they do in Colorado (where I still live when school's out). I find that using cash requires me to think more about my purchases, and for that reason I really prefer to pay with cash for purchases over ten bucks. The only time I really used debit was on purchases which were for less than five dollars when I only had twenties in my wallet (because ATMs only dispense twenties and fifties). In Canada they have one and two dollar coins which I don't particularly like to carry around, so if something cost $2.29 (like midnight pita and hummus at the store around the corner from my dorm, for instance :) ) I'd probably debit that because I always forget to grab coins on the way out.

But for something like a CD purchase or a meal at a restaurant, it's cash all the way for me, unless I'm using the credit card which in my mind at least operates on a wholly different level than the debit card.

[cboy4]

56. Because. People have to get back to work, or school....they may have

an appointment.....they may be trying to get to the airport, etc.

There are a million reasons, and it's none of your business as to why people are in a hurry.

Oh, and yea, people who yell at older folks do so because they're "secretly jealous that they don't have any damn cash to fumble with." :eyes:


The fact that you don't give a rat's ass about anyone else is quite telling.

Get hold of yourself.

[idgiehkt]

85. good to see you 'round these parts again

Been Missing you. :hug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

65. Oh,. bullpuckies - it's not about abusing the sick, we're talking about impolite shitbags

People who are intentionally slowing down the system through their assholery or inability to think of other people.

I don't think anyone here is berating Grandma Moses for having shaky hands and being slow on writing a check - but we ARE berating Grandma Moses, or even College Kid Kathy, for not having her check written and ID ready to go before the groceries finished scanning.

Politeness demands that I wait, yes; but politeness also demands that the other person do everything within their power so that if I *am* forced to wait, it's for a LEGITIMATE REASON.

Vacuous Vicky with her 63 items in the express lane, or Dumbshit Dennis who can't be bothered to politely fill out his deposit slips and everything else BEFORE going to the ATM.

Those are the shitbags under scrutiny here.

[ScreamingMeemie]

72. In fact, Rabrrrrrr, you're talking to one of them here.

:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

73. You're an impolite shitbag? I never would have guessed!

:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

75. ...

:spray:

I'm sure someone here could have told you that. :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

83. It's what sniffa calls you in every PM he sends to me

:hide:

[Midlodemocrat]

76. I love me some Rabrrrrrr. Well said, well said.

:applause:

[Rabrrrrrr]

86. Thanks!

I know we disagreed on something a few weeks ago, so it's good to see you watchin' my back again, or whatever phrase those darn rappers are using these days.

[sniffa]

78. i reaLLy Loathe peopLe

who have no conscious acknowLedgement that they are not the onLy person on this earth.

[Rabrrrrrr]

87. ABSOLUTELY! Whether slowing a line down, or blocking a whole aisle

with their cart at an angle, chatting away with some other equally clueless shitbags; or driving slow in the left lane on the Interstate...

they're all scum.

[ScreamingMeemie]

71. If you were in front of my husband, you'd end up with his pickup in

your a$$...and he wouldn't even feel sorry. Honestly, if you need to do all that crap go inside. the ATM, U-scans etc.. are for those who are quickly (there's the operative word there dear) trying to accomplish a task. Get your ass inside or lose your back bumper to an '88 Dodge Ram. :hi:


And, on edit, I think you understand very well why and how people can be cruel. Remember Valentine's Day? I do. :hi:

[AlCzervik]

16. i keep the envelopes in my glove compartment but waiting doesn't bother

me that much, i go to the atm once a week, to deposit checks and to withdraw money for the week, i try to go when it's not a busy time so never on a Saturday or Friday afternoon.

[LSK]

22. you can cash checks at those things????

:shrug:

[bertha katzenengel]

32. HEY! I couldn't help it! Ihad a car with a ROTATING GAS CAP!

Whichever side of the pump I pulled up to, the gas cap was on the other side.

:rofl: Thanks to Rita Rudner

[Burma Jones]

38. I wish that all you people without personal assistants would just shut the hell up

So what if you're in a hurry? If you were a real winner, you'd have someone doing all that waiting for you.

And all you slowpokes in the all you can eat sushi line - if you don't know what it is, just get something else, don't hold the rest of us up because you're an ignorant douchebag and have to ask the sushi chef what the hell kind of fish on rice that lump of tastiness is.

And if you're still writing checks in the grocery store - STOP IT, we have fucking cards for that now you fucking relic motherfucker goddamn Mrs. Thurston Howell III looking old bag.

And you goddamn, motherfucking, welfare fucks using your food stamps while people that have real actual money have to wait for you while some manager has to come over and make some sort of fuss about what you can and cannot buy with the food stamps.

And those of you that use the bus - fuck you for holding up traffic

I fucking despise all of you that aren't completely hyped up on Red Bull and on the verge of vomiting out of impatience.

And who has the fucking time for semi-automatic weapons........

Just GODDAMMIT





You know, life isn't a race, you don't win by getting through it the quickest.........

[cboy4]

43. Alright, all of that was funny and so truw.....especially:

"And all you slowpokes in the all you can eat sushi line - if you don't know what it is, just get something else."

LOL!!

[Madspirit]

44. No

Life isn't a race and you don't win by getting through it quickest but you can get in trouble at work if you don't come back from your lunch or break on time. For some people those are the only times to do errands...and they usually do it at the expense of actually eating.
Lee

[Omphaloskepsis]

59. Can't you stop at the ATM after work?

I normally do it after, are you that busy?

[datasuspect]

66. do you work 23 hours per day?

is your lunch break the ONLY time you can make it to the ATM?

[cwydro]

45. love it!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MichiganVote]

55. You're so right on...stop at a stop sign, nope, can't wait. Wait for the light to turn,

sorry gotta turn, so what if I scare the shit out of you...drive with a cell phone plastered to one's ear, hey its hip and I've just got to find out what cereal to pick out at the same store I've been to for 10 years. Drive the speed limit, come on, who is kidding who? I'm a very important person making maybe minimum wage out of high school. I ain't got time to splain' it to you. Channel flipping? What's wrong with that, its American isn't it? Use all the dryers at the laundromat...its all about evolution baby, survival of the impatient. Raise a five year old, dress her like she's 20. Write a letter, email only. Read a book, big print, 100 pages. Listen to music, same refrain, one chorus, the rest drums. Eat out, move on, we need the table. Shopping carts in the aisle, coming through, Nascar shopping at its finest.

I really don't know how old people survive us anymore. We must just scare the hell out of them.

Patience....its still a virtue people.

[cwydro]

62. you live longer too.

I just don't sweat the small stuff anymore.

I enjoy being happy.

[MadHound]

67. Geez, put the caffeine down and get a grip

Such a hyperventilating, speeded up, stressed out world we're living in. Keep on getting worked up about a couple of lost minutes here and there and you'll blow a gasket soon enough.

Slow down, take a break, ease up. Hell, if you see four or five people in line at the ATM before you, consider parking the car, going in and actually interacting with a real live person. It not only will probably be faster, but you'll get to know a fellow human being.

Our society has become speeded up and stressed out to an unhealthy extent, and corporate America is promoting a society with as little direct human interaction at all. I'm still glad I live in a rural area where people are moving at warp speed. You miss so much by doing so.

[LibDemAlways]

68. This is one of many examples of people who

believe your time isn't valuable and therefore it's ok to waste it. Same with people who return items at the store. These days most stores in my area no longer handle returns at Customer Service, so customers who are buying something (me) inevitably end up in line behind somebody returning a bunch of stuff without a receipt. The clerk then has to complete paperwork and determine the price of each item, original tags missing, while I cool my heels. I realize returns are sometimes necessary, but would it kill people to save the receipt and original tags to expedite the process?

Another pisser is people at the post office yakking it up with the clerk while a line forms out the door. That's partly the fault of the slow-as-molasses (at my local PO) postal employees, and partly the fault of JQ Public who can obsess for five minutes over whether to buy the flag stamps or the ones with the pretty flowers. Same people who don't fill out the ATM envelope in advance also don't have their mail addressed and ready to go. The post office provides a table with all the priority/express mail envelopes so you can fill everything out before reaching the window. Rates are also prominently posted. Do people take advantage of that information? Hell no.

I have long thought that banks and post offices should have two lines - an express line for competent people who just want to get in and out, and a time-waster line for everybody else.

I know exactly where you are coming from and I agree with you.

[Midlodemocrat]

79. I ran into Panera Bread the other day to grab a sandwich.

If you are familiar with the store, they have a list of their items, all explained and detailed, posted on the wall behind the cashiers.

This guy in front of me, actually had the poor clerk, turning around to READ the menu to him and describe the sandwiches.

This is a quick in and out kind of place if you aren't staying for lounge, which is why I often go there. This guy had to have been in line for a good 10 minutes.

Young guy, driving an imported SUV, obviously not impaired, just being an asshole.

I felt so bad for this clerk, because people were starting to get really, really pissed off.

[LibDemAlways]

81. WTF is wrong with some people? I can understand if

you've just walked in, are not familiar with the menu, and want to look it over. In that case, step aside so somebody who is ready can order. But to apparently piss away ten minutes daydreaming and then expect the clerk to guide you through the menu? I would be livid standing behind someone like that. Jeez makes my blood pressure rise just thinking about it.

In my area people often want to sample before they buy something. So you get these utter pests taking advantage of the policy by asking for a little spoonful of 10 different ice cream flavors for their kid or three different kinds of cheeses at the deli. And the stores are way too accommodating. How often I've been tempted to scream, "Make up your mind, idiot!"

[Midlodemocrat]

82. No kidding. I have only asked at the deli ONCE to try a salad

because I was concerned that it would be too spicy. People stand there like they are in Costco sampling away.

Probably save a small fortune on their groceries.

[cloudbase]

70. And an ATM rant from me:

The keypad works fine with your left hand. You look silly when you have to lean out of the window or open the car door to conduct your transaction at the drive-up ATM.

Unless, of course, if you don't have a left hand, then it's cool.