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Dom Mart
Member

since 1999-08-17

Posts 164
Florida

0 posted 2002-12-30 01:27 PM

You check your list, you push your cart
Up and down and through the aisles.
Waiting for you at the check-out
Is a lady who's all smiles.

She stands beneath a three foot sign
That reads "TEN ITEMS OR LESS."
You've counted all your items,
So you know you belong in Express.

You've kept your items under ten,
So you'd be out in a jiffy.
Think again, deluded fool.
The checker's skills are iffy.

Since loads at Express are so small,
It follows,like A,B,C,D
That's where they put the checkers
Who tend to be less than speedy.

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

1 posted 2002-12-30 01:38 PM

Now just how true is this? I even put the darn barcode the right way for them and they end up looking for it, but we should be kinder ya think? They are probably learning and it is such a low paying job, and a hard one. However, this was funny and oh, so true.

May a handshake, smile, kiss or a hug be the best present you give or receive this year.

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2002-12-30 01:47 PM

Haha. The grocery store Express line is like the Fast Food line. I avoid both.

SPIRIT
Senior Member

since 2002-12-29

Posts 1745
California Desert

3 posted 2003-01-06 09:06 AM

This is so true. Have you noticed in a restaurant also, the less patrons the less service. I really dislike no acknowledgement of my being there for 10 minutes or so and the coffee brought closer to the end of the meal. Got to tell you though, neither job I would want or could do efficiently. It's a 'Murphy's Law' situation all right.

I am an enigma, even unto myself.
A puzzle unsolved, a mystery maybe until beyond death. ©das

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-01-06 09:10 AM

Such fun to read...
Thanks for the chuckles!
Much enjoyed.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So you won't ever forget me~

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

5 posted 2003-01-06 09:26 AM

Yep a phunny poem.

Of course, at our Safeway, it's the experienced checkers, it seems, that get the 15 or less lane...the 9 or less lane is usually checkerless.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

Seymour Tabin
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since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

6 posted 2003-01-06 09:43 AM

Dom,
Cute write, enjoyed the read.

Denise

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-08-22

Posts 22648

7 posted 2003-01-06 09:09 PM

You're always a delight to read, Dom!

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

8 posted 2003-01-06 09:24 PM

Dom, this is really cute, and oh so true....Goodness, I hate to have to wait for the cashier because she's (he's) so slow. Especially when I've only got a few items because I'm in a hurry.......

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~

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