Sloth at grocery stores

Read the whole thread. A lot of stuff from driving translates into real
life.

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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:20:35 GMT, "Tim" > wrote:

>Read the whole thread. A lot of stuff from driving translates into real
>life.
>
>http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...conversent.net
>

Not sure where you are, but I do _not_ observe this behavior in Virginia.
People here are polite to a fault. You can't go anywhere and do anything
without someone saying "excuse me". Its almost the way to start and end
sentences. The biggest transgression I notice in supermarkets is some people
having more than 12 items in the express lane. But direct confrontation?
Nope.

I say they are polite "to a fault" because, as likely as not, they will not be
taking their legal right-of-way. Parking lots are an especially good place to
notice this. Someone _should_ be proceeding, I _should_ be waiting, but
they'll stop and let me go anyway. Now, that takes _more_ time than if they'd
just do what I expect them to, but you have to say that they are nevertheless
polite.

Dave Head

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:20:35 GMT, "Tim" > wrote:

>Read the whole thread. A lot of stuff from driving translates into real
>life.
>
>http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...conversent.net
>

Not sure where you are, but I do _not_ observe this behavior in Virginia.
People here are polite to a fault. You can't go anywhere and do anything
without someone saying "excuse me". Its almost the way to start and end
sentences. The biggest transgression I notice in supermarkets is some people
having more than 12 items in the express lane. But direct confrontation?
Nope.

I say they are polite "to a fault" because, as likely as not, they will not be
taking their legal right-of-way. Parking lots are an especially good place to
notice this. Someone _should_ be proceeding, I _should_ be waiting, but
they'll stop and let me go anyway. Now, that takes _more_ time than if they'd
just do what I expect them to, but you have to say that they are nevertheless
polite.

Dave Head

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:20:35 GMT, "Tim" >

>Read the whole thread.

There are 142 articles at this point, and looking at the first one, it
apparently started out as a different thread.

> A lot of stuff from driving translates into real
>life.

I only read a couple posts, but I don't see much rudeness at the grocery
store.

I do see sloth, especially in the self-checkout lines.

But most people are just naturally slow. I quickly learned to take note
of the produce codes when I put them in my cart. Fortunately, I have
good short-term memory for numbers.

Shortly after they were introduced, the attendant there (not really a
cashier anymore) asked me if I used to work there because I managed to
scan, key and bag everything half-way efficiently.

>
>http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...conversent.net
>

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:20:35 GMT, "Tim" >

>Read the whole thread.

There are 142 articles at this point, and looking at the first one, it
apparently started out as a different thread.

> A lot of stuff from driving translates into real
>life.

I only read a couple posts, but I don't see much rudeness at the grocery
store.

I do see sloth, especially in the self-checkout lines.

But most people are just naturally slow. I quickly learned to take note
of the produce codes when I put them in my cart. Fortunately, I have
good short-term memory for numbers.

Shortly after they were introduced, the attendant there (not really a
cashier anymore) asked me if I used to work there because I managed to
scan, key and bag everything half-way efficiently.

>
>http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...conversent.net
>

Tim wrote:
> Read the whole thread. A lot of stuff from driving translates into
real
> life.
>
>
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...conversent.net

Yeah, I obviously touched a nerve with a couple of people, complaining
about their sloth behavoir in the grocery store... I quickly equated
it with driving.

Tim wrote:
> Read the whole thread. A lot of stuff from driving translates into
real
> life.
>
>
http://groups.google.ca/groups?hl=en...conversent.net

Yeah, I obviously touched a nerve with a couple of people, complaining
about their sloth behavoir in the grocery store... I quickly equated
it with driving.