Patience

[skcin]

Do you have it? :D

I try to be patient. I used to have a very short fuse, but I've learned to relax a bit as I've gotten older. Tell myself "it's only a few minutes, relax, there's no emergency, life's too short to be stressed with things out of your control..." But I still have no patience for:

*People driving under the speed limit in the left/fast/passing lane; or people who cut you off in traffic, then proceed to drive really slowly.

*People in the grocery checkout line who take too long by arguing, or asking employees to go back & get something for them that they forgot, when there are lots of people waiting in line behind them.

The other day, a woman raced & beat me to the checkout. I had 3 items, she had about 10. I was calm, then I noticed that she waited until all of her items were scanned & bagged to pull out her shoppers card. AFTER that she decides to write a check, smiles at the cashier & says "I guess I could have had this partially written out before I came." I swear I almost shot her.

[HomerMcvie]

I have none, and also have issues with everything you mentioned.:o :o :o

I absolutely HATE driving anymore, whereas I used to love it(because traffic always sucks now).

[sara1998]

Me = no patience for anything at all. I hate it.

[amber]

I barely had enough patience to reply to this thread. Also, I will volunteer to kill that check writing lady for you.

[mikeschmike]

I have none whatsoever. Naturally, my impatience is the worst while driving. The grocery store lines usually don't bother me. My main issue there would be people who don't have good shopping cart etiquette. I wonder if that would be a "driving" thing too?

[skcin]

I have none whatsoever. Naturally, my impatience is the worst while driving. The grocery store lines usually don't bother me. My main issue there would be people who don't have good shopping cart etiquette. I wonder if that would be a "driving" thing too?

^ you have 1111 posts. That's cool.

Anyway, you mean when they don't move over far enough with their cart so you can get yours through? Or when they leave it in the middle of an aisle & walk away?

[mikeschmike]

^ you have 1111 posts. That's cool.

Anyway, you mean when they don't move over far enough with their cart so you can get yours through? Or when they leave it in the middle of an aisle & walk away?

Damn it, I screwed it up already! I should pay more attention to my post count. As for the carts, the thing that gets me is when I'm behind someone who's shuffling along right down the middle of the aisle. I'm a fast mover, get out of my way!

If a cart is in my way and it happens to be unattended...I move it. Sometimes I give it a really good push too. :laugh:

[carrie721]

i have patience for animals, children, and old people.

i do not have patience for anyone going under the speed limit at any time. and by "speed limit" i mean "9 miles an hour above the speed limit."

i got irrationally angry two days ago when i was in cleveland with my friends because a) i wasn't driving and i'm a complete control freak and b) my friend drives REALLY SLOWLY and doesn't take the "fast" routes. so after sitting in stop-and-go traffic on mayfield road for 30 minutes, we finally get on the freeway, only to get off the freeway 3 EXITS EARLY because she was tired of the freeway. so we sat in stop-and-go traffic for 35 MORE MINUTES instead of being on the freeway for 10 more minutes. god almighty.

i don't have patience for people ordering food when they don't know what they want. guess what? you don't know what the fukc you're doing. step off.

people who write checks under any circumstance except paying bills. what the hell do you think this is, 1990? use your goddamn check card. it takes 7 seconds and doesn't make the people behind irate.

there are 1000's more. :laugh:

[mikeschmike]

^Yes to all of the above.

[amber]

Damn it, I screwed it up already! I should pay more attention to my post count. As for the carts, the thing that gets me is when I'm behind someone who's shuffling along right down the middle of the aisle. I'm a fast mover, get out of my way!

If a cart is in my way and it happens to be unattended...I move it. Sometimes I give it a really good push too. :laugh:

Yes. Yes. I hate that. Actually, I hate all carts and related stupidity b/c I just use a hand basket. But the point is, can't everyone else see the aisles are skinny, and not drift slowly down the middle? :rolleyes:

[strandinthewind]

. . . i don't have patience for people ordering food when they don't know what they want. guess what? you don't know what the fukc you're doing. step off . . . .

OMG - like at McDonald's - how fukcing stupid are these adults who wait ten minutes in line and then get up to order and have no clue what the fukc they want. HELLO IT IS MOTHER FUKCING MCDONALD'S - they have been there a billion times in the past and just spent ten minutes in line with NOTHING to do but look at the menu :mad: :mad: :mad:

[amber]

OMG - like at McDonald's - how fukcing stupid are these adults who wait ten minutes in line and then get up to order and have no clue what the fukc they want. HELLO IT IS MOTHER FUKCING MCDONALD'S - they have been there a billion times in the past and just spent ten minutes in line with NOTHING to do but look at the menu :mad: :mad: :mad:

Meanwhile, you actually know what you want and are in a hurry. The best is when they ask their kids what they want right when they get to the register. :mad: :mad:
You might as well sink back and relax, cause you're in for a good five minute wait. :mad:

[JazmenFlowers]

I think I have an average amount of patiece.

except when driving or at Wal-Mart.

[michelle2677]

seriously. Bad drivers don't bother me :o

mostly because I'm a bad driver :laugh:

but also-there really isn't anything I can do about it :shrug: I'd rather save up my pent up frustration and use it on someone I'm face to face with that says something completely stupid or looks at me the wrong way :laugh:


that's how I roll...

[michelle2677]

If a cart is in my way and it happens to be unattended...I move it. Sometimes I give it a really good push too. :laugh:

oh yeah. I do that too. One time I was at old navy and I turned around and ran into this guys stroller. I felt SO bad and genuinely apologized. He just gave me a dirty look and turned his nose up. I said (loudly) "ooooookaaay!!!"
then later after I paid, his stroller and shopping cart was in my way to get out. so I picked the cart up (If I had been REALLY pissed, I would have done the stroller :laugh: j/k ) , moved it and SLAMMED it back down. I thought is (very large) wife was gonna kick my ass. The only person I had with me was my pregnant friend-SHE wouldn't have been any help, so I would have flown solo. But it would have SO been worth it!! :laugh: :laugh:

[BlackWidow]

I am patient...except where Carrie is concerned!!!!

[michelle2677]

I am patient...except where Carrie is concerned!!!!

what is that supposed to mean? :shrug: :confused:

[BlackWidow]

what is that supposed to mean? :shrug: :confused:

She drives me CRAZY!!!! ooo ooo.........:]

[markolas]

Are any of you on blood pressure medication? :laugh:

I'm a very cautious driver, so I'm sure most of you would hate me. I never drive more than 5 miles over the speed limit unless it's to keep up with the flow of traffic, I slow down at yellow lights instead of trying to race through them, and I always use my turn signal.

And I generally have no problem waiting behind someone in the checkout line (unless it's just ridiculous)...usually I don't have anywhere else pressing that I need to be, so...:shrug:

I'm usually a pretty laid-back person, which drives the Type A personalities around me nuts. I get wound up/stressed out if someone is an asshole toward me in some way, and also over big things...like Republicans, or fundamentalist Christians (or Jews, or Muslims).

[michelle2677]

Are any of you on blood pressure medication? :laugh:




nope. 110/68 this morning :nod: :laugh:

[jannieC]

I have patience for the big things in life, and low tolerance for little petty, less important things. :shrug:

[CelticGypsy]

I have tons of patience. My hubby has almost no patience. Yep, that causes problems but he also has high blood pressure from the zero patience:distress: He needs to slow down and enjoy life more like I do:D

[Serrart]

I'm usually a pretty laid-back person, which drives the Type A personalities around me nuts. I get wound up/stressed out if someone is an asshole toward me in some way, and also over big things...

Same here. Rudeness is one thing that could make me angry.

Romy

[Wild_Heart03]

I try to have more patience after working in retail, but it generally doesn't work. Especially when driving... I sometimes find myself wanting to get out of my car in traffic, walk up to the person in front of me and say 'Excuse me, but your gas pedal is on the RIGHT, not the LEFT. happy driving!'

[carrie721]

nevermind ... :laugh:

[Wild_Heart03]

:confused:

hush, I already fixed it. :laugh: Blonde moment!

[catinthedark]

i have a lot of patience.

if i get stuck in a long line at the grocery store or walmart, it's usually my own fault. saturday evening at 6pm? yeah, it's going to busy. if i choose to go then, i figure i choose to stand in line. so i watch all the other people around me going nuts and getting impatient and crabby, and go totally zen.

stuck in traffic? great opportunity to listen to music. nothing you can do about it. getting upset doesn't get you there sooner.

ditto if i'm at work, and an edit is going slowly - and the editor is getting tense - i tend to make jokes with him/her to lighten the mood. if he/she makes a bad edit and has to re-do it, i usually just say, "that was just PRACTICE, right?" it makes them laugh, and no one gets all tense. my basic attitude is, it's just not worth it. being calm is so much more enjoyable. and you get more done if you don't waste energy being impatient.

(do i sound like a new age freak? eeks. can;t have that. well.... i have absolutely NO patience for laziness, ignorence, idiocy, or indifference). how's that?

[JazmenFlowers]

let me tell you all something that I've found works. I've just discovered this this past week. whenever you feel patience running low, think of a song and pick your favorite line and sing it. sing it outloud.

my songline of choice:

"to da left, to da left...erything you own in da box to da left"

it works wonders.

[carrie721]

let me tell you all something that I've found works. I've just discovered this this past week. whenever you feel patience running low, think of a song and pick your favorite line and sing it. sing it outloud.

my songline of choice:

"to da left, to da left...erything you own in da box to da left"

it works wonders.

imma hafta try dis. i can just see myself at the grocery store: "doooooooon't goooooooooooooo wasting your emoooooooooooooooooooootiooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ..."

[Miss Vicky]

I have absolutely no patience and my fuse is microscopic.

I do my best not to let forth my wrath on just anybody, though. I save it for those who really deserve it - like telemarketers. :D

[JazmenFlowers]

^^^
telemarketers are the worst.

one from my credit card company called just the other night and went on the tangent about some security feature that 7.99/month - he talked so fast and then all I heard was him say "I just need you to say yes"

I said the following: "hell no...I don't know what you're talking about, you're barely speaking audible English and frankly, I don't feel like discussing my credit card right now...it's kind of a sore subject."

he said: "thank sir...have a good night"

bitch was owned. ;)

[carrie721]

^^ho****!

i was a telemarketer for a week. it was awful.

[HomerMcvie]

i have patience for animals, children, and old people.

i do not have patience for anyone going under the speed limit at any time. and by "speed limit" i mean "9 miles an hour above the speed limit."

i got irrationally angry two days ago when i was in cleveland with my friends because a) i wasn't driving and i'm a complete control freak and b) my friend drives REALLY SLOWLY and doesn't take the "fast" routes. so after sitting in stop-and-go traffic on mayfield road for 30 minutes, we finally get on the freeway, only to get off the freeway 3 EXITS EARLY because she was tired of the freeway. so we sat in stop-and-go traffic for 35 MORE MINUTES instead of being on the freeway for 10 more minutes. god almighty.

i don't have patience for people ordering food when they don't know what they want. guess what? you don't know what the fukc you're doing. step off.

people who write checks under any circumstance except paying bills. what the hell do you think this is, 1990? use your goddamn check card. it takes 7 seconds and doesn't make the people behind irate.

there are 1000's more. :laugh:

I LIKE you!:xoxo:

I've told cashiers a million times, "if you charged these old idiots $1, for writing a PAPER check, they'd learn to use a check card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

And I'm with 10000% on the 9 miles OVER the limit. Get the HELL outta the way(especially in the passing lane!).

[carrie721]

I LIKE you!:xoxo:

:thumbsup:

I've told cashiers a million times, "if you charged these old idiots $1, for writing a PAPER check, they'd learn to use a check card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

haha, no joke. unfortunately, there's nothing the cashiers can do, so i try not to say **** to them, unless it's in a conspiratorial way, like, "can you believe what a douchebag that dude was?" :laugh:

And I'm with 10000% on the 9 miles OVER the limit. Get the HELL outta the way(especially in the passing lane!).

oh hell yeah. i've gotten to the point that i am a shameless tailgater, and i don't even care anymore. if you're not going to go 9 over, get in the right lane. :rolleyes:

another thing i have no patience for as a passenger (my mother does this): she gets behind someone in the right lane who's going, say, 52, and bitches about it for 5 miles even though there's no one in the passing land. that's what it's THERE for! :mad:

[HomerMcvie]

:thumbsup:



haha, no joke. unfortunately, there's nothing the cashiers can do, so i try not to say **** to them, unless it's in a conspiratorial way, like, "can you believe what a douchebag that dude was?" :laugh:
Well, it's RIDICULOUS that this paper check writer slows down MANKIND!
Hey grandma, see that LINE behind you? Join the 21st century!!!!

YES, another one. Have you seen the old ladies, that HAVE to count out the change, to the exact penny, and it takes them like two minutes!!!! Hey Grandma!!!! We're ALL waiting, on your Godd*mned fukcing pennies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



oh hell yeah. i've gotten to the point that i am a shameless tailgater, and i don't even care anymore. if you're not going to go 9 over, get in the right lane. :rolleyes:
I've become, in the past five years, quite possibly the angriest driver in the U.S.
If there's a string of traffic behind you....for god's sake, I beg of you, with my dying fukcing breath, "pull the fukc over" Please Geezus, "pull the fukc over"!

another thing i have no patience for as a passenger (my mother does this): she gets behind someone in the right lane who's going, say, 52, and bitches about it for 5 miles even though there's no one in the passing land. that's what it's THERE for! :mad:
Humans seem to miss the logic of the passing lane. How dumb are they?;)

[CelticGypsy]

Well, it's RIDICULOUS that this paper check writer slows down MANKIND!
Hey grandma, see that LINE behind you? Join the 21st century!!!!

YES, another one. Have you seen the old ladies, that HAVE to count out the change, to the exact penny, and it takes them like two minutes!!!! Hey Grandma!!!! We're ALL waiting, on your Godd*mned fukcing pennies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




I've become, in the past five years, quite possibly the angriest driver in the U.S.
If there's a string of traffic behind you....for god's sake, I beg of you, with my dying fukcing breath, "pull the fukc over" Please Geezus, "pull the fukc over"!


Humans seem to miss the logic of the passing lane. How dumb are they?;)


Wow, Homie:shrug:
Take it easy, dude;)

[HomerMcvie]

Wow, Homie:shrug:
Take it easy, dude;)

Okay, hang on.....more wine......
Ah, that's better!:lol:




Why is it, that every single checkout line, seems to get stuck?




Why do I hate waiting, so much?:confused: :confused: :confused: :lol:

[BlackWidow]

^^ho****!

i was a telemarketer for a week. it was awful.

I would have broken your spirit....:blob1:

[markolas]

I'm quickly losing my patience with this thread. :laugh:

[BlackWidow]

I'm quickly losing my patience with this thread. :laugh:

ME TOO!!!!:mad: :lol:

[michelle2677]

people who write checks under any circumstance except paying bills. what the hell do you think this is, 1990? use your goddamn check card. it takes 7 seconds and doesn't make the people behind irate.




:shocked: reeaaaaaaaaaaaaalllly???? :o

o.k. in my defense-I write checks because I have bad record keeping skills. I use my debit card and pretty soon, I start getting letters from the bank. I can NEVER keep track of it :( I tell myself every time I will-I never do. Then I spend 2 hours balancing my checkbook via the my phone and trying to figure out where "withdrawal....in the amount of....15 dollars....seventy-five....cents" came from :laugh: I realize this isn't other people's problem-but I usually write my check out before they ask for the total. So it takes just as much time :shrug:

also-I have duplicate checks because of this..hahaha :laugh:
I used to be SO good. Now I don't pay attention :o I need to work on that :nod:

[skcin]

I realize this isn't other people's problem-but I usually write my check out before they ask for the total. So it takes just as much time :shrug:


See, you? Are a courteous check writer. You know who to make it out to & you know how to sign your name, so you do it ahead of time, perhaps while the cashier is still ringing up your purchases. Problem is, most others aren't like you. Apparently they think they'll be arrested if they try to fill out any portion of the check before the cashier tells them the total. Oh, and they never have their ID ready either. :rolleyes:

[bikerchic]

AFTER that she decides to write a check, smiles at the cashier & says "I guess I could have had this partially written out before I came." I swear I almost shot her.

You American's still write cheque's in grocery store's? :shocked:

[HomerMcvie]

Online banking is the best thing since sliced bread. I look at my account, every day, to view any activity. And believe me, I've found a bunch of ****- for example, bad checks that people have written me- that I've deposited. It would've taken SEVERAL DAYS longer, for me to find out through the mail. This way, I can start hounding them immediately!:thumbsup:

[HomerMcvie]

You American's still write cheque's in grocery store's? :shocked:
USUALLY, only the old people.

[skcin]

You American's still write cheque's in grocery store's? :shocked:

What's a cheque? :shrug:

Canadians. :rolleyes:

USUALLY, only the old people.


And Michelle.

[DavidMn]

That's one of my weak points sometimes. I can get quite petulant when I have to wait for something.

[carrie721]

:shocked: reeaaaaaaaaaaaaalllly???? :o

o.k. in my defense-I write checks because I have bad record keeping skills. I use my debit card and pretty soon, I start getting letters from the bank. I can NEVER keep track of it :( I tell myself every time I will-I never do. Then I spend 2 hours balancing my checkbook via the my phone and trying to figure out where "withdrawal....in the amount of....15 dollars....seventy-five....cents" came from :laugh: I realize this isn't other people's problem-but I usually write my check out before they ask for the total. So it takes just as much time :shrug:

also-I have duplicate checks because of this..hahaha :laugh:
I used to be SO good. Now I don't pay attention :o I need to work on that :nod:

what paula said. you're courteous about it, my rage is only directed towards people who wait to pull out the gd checkbook until everything is rung up, blah blah blah. it's ok, i still love you. :xoxo: :laugh:

[HomerMcvie]

what paula said. you're courteous about it, my rage is only directed towards people who wait to pull out the gd checkbook until everything is rung up, blah blah blah. it's ok, i still love you. :xoxo: :laugh:

I suffer from checkout rage, and 95% of the time, the paper check writers seem to be at least 55-60yo.







They're keepin' it real. Old school. Tru dat.
I'm serious. I think stores should charge $1, for writing a paper check. These old farts would change, just to save the buck.

[amber]

I suffer from checkout rage, and 95% of the time, the paper check writers seem to be at least 55-60yo.







They're keepin' it real. Old school. Tru dat.
I'm serious. I think stores should charge $1, for writing a paper check. These old farts would change, just to save the buck.

My otherwise totally normal, well adjusted, and successful friend writes checks a lot, she is 32 like me. I'm always all "Rain, why don't you just use your debit card", and she's all "*shrug*". The town is kinda small, maybe they got "pay by debit" late, but it still seems odd.

[HomerMcvie]

^^^
I do think part of it is a small town thing. Go 30 miles in any direction of here, and the credit card machines take like two minutes to process your card. And they don't have "pay at the pump". Damned hillbillies!

Krogers is the best here. That machine will have your receipt spit out, before you can stick your wallet back in your pocket! That's MY kind of machine.
BTW, I'll race anyone on a U-scan!
On a similar rant, the genetically challenged shouldn't be allowed on the U-scans.

[michelle2677]

And Michelle.


damn right!!! I didn't want to be left out or anything :laugh: ;)

what paula said. you're courteous about it, my rage is only directed towards people who wait to pull out the gd checkbook until everything is rung up, blah blah blah. it's ok, i still love you. :xoxo: :laugh:


I really don't give a ****!!!! If I go shopping with you, I'll make sure to wait....and then ask 45 times how much it is...and.."who do I make it out to?? could you spell that please??" :laugh:
check your PMs dear :xoxo:

[carrie721]

I really don't give a ****!!!! If I go shopping with you, I'll make sure to wait....and then ask 45 times how much it is...and.."who do I make it out to?? could you spell that please??" :laugh:
check your PMs dear :xoxo:

hooker. :lol:

[estranged4life]

What's a cheque? :shrug:

Canadians. :rolleyes:



if ya want to refer to Canadians (Those pesky Canucks up North), please use the following smilie:

<img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif">

:thumbsup:

And for the record, I am VERY IMPATIENT when it comes to waiting for Cd's/DVD's to arrive via snail mail, Which has led to some humorous flights by my very oversized mailbox (My mailbox has survived 90+ MPH winds and my frustrated punches, So it's very durable.)

[michelle2677]

hooker. :lol:
you rang? :lol:

[catinthedark]

if ya want to refer to Canadians (Those pesky Canucks up North), please use the following smilie:

<img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif"><img src="http://www.angelfire.com/music3/rhiannon/Canadian.gif">




tee hee. i approve.

okay - i thought of a sitch in which i have NOOOOO patience. if i'm in a store, and someone asks if they can help me... no. wait. i think i need to write out an example of the exchange i had recently to make my point:

scene: a downtown toronto department store. me, walking into the decleor skin care section of the make up department.

decleor (ie. specially trained in the line) salesgirl: can i help you find something?

me: i need some of my moisturizer... (me looking at the shelf it's usually on). do you have the mattifying one?

salesgirl: we do.. but we also have a new version of it - this is the new one.

me: (looking at it, looking at the old one, trying to read the ingredients to see what the difference is): what's the difference between the two?

salesgirl: well, it's a new package and it's not called mattifying. i think it smells different.

me: so you don't actually know.

salesgirl: yes, it's a different formula.

me: but you clearly don't know what the difference is.

salesgirl: it's a different formula.

me: i gathered that. but do you know what makes it different?

salesgirl: it's a different package...

me: right. thanks anyway.

i actually left without buying it. that kind of incompetence drives me insane!! i will leave a store without buying what i went in for if the sales help is incompetent. my other HUGE pet peeve is when i'm looking for a size, and a salesgirl comes along and says, can i help you find a size? uh, no thanks. i can tell the difference fine between s, m, and l's, and i'm just as capable as you of looking through this pile of sweaters. :rolleyes:

oh - and another time, i asked a salesclerk if he had an XS in white in a top i wanted in the backstore. he looked at me like i was from another planet. then he started looking through the pile i had just looked through. i said, uh, i already looked here - no extra-small. that's why i asked if you have it in the back. then he said, no but we have it in lots of other colours here in small. i walked out.

[michelle2677]

o.k. aside from the usual-(people cutting in front of lines, stupid people etc. ) I thought of something else I have no patience for.

I canNOT stand people who were born with silver spoons up their ass and think they are better than other people. I don't mind people that have more money that me (because then I wouldn't like anyone :laugh: ) but when you think that because of the car you drive, or the house you live in-that makes you a better person than me-that's when we have a problem.

ha. I know I joke about my coach purses on here, but I absolutely do not think I'm better than anyone on here, the homeless guy down the street, or the guy who picks up my garbage every tuesday. Money doesn't make the person :thumbsup:

[Raeven Skye]

OMG - like at McDonald's - how fukcing stupid are these adults who wait ten minutes in line and then get up to order and have no clue what the fukc they want. HELLO IT IS MOTHER FUKCING MCDONALD'S - they have been there a billion times in the past and just spent ten minutes in line with NOTHING to do but look at the menu :mad: :mad: :mad:

my ex used to do this...he'd have to look at the menu every freaking time we went to McD's, even in the drive thru, and then fish through a handful of change for the CORRECT CHANGE!!! i should've killed him then :blob2:

[Miss Vicky]

my ex used to do this...he'd have to look at the menu every freaking time we went to McD's, even in the drive thru, and then fish through a handful of change for the CORRECT CHANGE!!! i should've killed him then :blob2:

Oooh... that **** drives me nuts.

Not so much people having no clue what they want to order, because I do that too, but the correct change thing. Ugh... people it takes you longer to find the right coins to pay with than it would take the cashier to count out your change. Just f*cking round up to the nearest dollar or five dollars or whatever the hell you have! Stop holding up the damn line just so you can lighten your purse!

[michelle2677]

Oooh... that **** drives me nuts.

Not so much people having no clue what they want to order, because I do that too, but the correct change thing. Ugh... people it takes you longer to find the right coins to pay with than it would take the cashier to count out your change. Just f*cking round up to the nearest dollar or five dollars or whatever the hell you have! Stop holding up the damn line just so you can lighten your purse!

some people believe if you pay with exact change, you save bunches of money in the long run.



I, personally, wouldn't know-considering I've been told I'm allergic to money. I have to get it away from me as soon as it hits my pockets. :laugh:

[ryan8472]

I'm usually a very patient person, since I'm so laid back. But after a certain point I become a real bitch. Like most people. :p

[Miss Vicky]

some people believe if you pay with exact change, you save bunches of money in the long run.

Yeah, okay, that doesn't make a damn bit of sense. :shrug:

And if people do it with discretion (i.e. when there's only a short line or nobody waiting behind them at all) it's fine. But if you're, let's say, at a fast food place at lunchtime and there's a freaking line going out the door DON'T DO IT. Or, if I'm waiting on you at my freaking office and there are people waiting behind you and the phone is ringing... yeah, talk about lack of patience on my part.

I offload my change at the grocery store early in the morning. I pick out a bunch of stuff and go to the self check and just keep putting in coins until I reach the total.

I used to use coins to make payments on my account balance at one of the vet hospitals where I used to work. Anytime I had change in my pocket I'd put it on my account... 5 cents, 10 cents, whatever. It drove the book keeper nuts until she finally made a rule that nobody could make a payment less than $1. :laugh:

[Raeven Skye]

some people believe if you pay with exact change, you save bunches of money in the long run.


DEFINITELY doesn't apply to him....he was $40K in the credit card hole when he left (he took all his debt with him)! he did it to be an ass...man, i'm glad he's gone...talk about losing one's patience!! :D