Patience

[skcin]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

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

What's a cheque?

Canadians.

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

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]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

reeaaaaaaaaaaaaalllly????

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 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

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

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.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by carrie721

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.

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]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

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]

Originally Posted by skcin

And Michelle.

damn right!!! I didn't want to be left out or anything

Originally Posted by carrie721

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.

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??"
check your PMs dear

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

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??"
check your PMs dear

hooker.

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by skcin

What's a cheque?

Canadians.

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





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]

Originally Posted by carrie721

hooker.

you rang?

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

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

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.

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 ) 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

[Raeven Skye]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

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

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

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by Raeven Skye

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

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]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

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.