Behodar:

 

I'd suggest the self checkout, but that's probably not going to help either. Seen the other day:

 

- Gets into "card only" lane
- Goes to terminal with big "card only" sign around the screen
- Presses confirmation button on screen when it pops up "this is card only" warning
- Scans 20 or so items
- Tries to put cash in machine
- Calls attendant over to ask for help
- Attendant has to cancel the whole transaction and move her to a cash lane

 

Meanwhile the rest of us are queued up waiting for a checkout to become available...

 

Some morons do that as a form of protest about not accepting cash. Like those at maccas that will insist on ordering at the counter and make a big scene about wanting to talk to a person and not a machine.

eracode:

richms:

 

Go next door to mitre10 then, although they seem to have calmed down on annoying me and asking if they can help when I am wandering around looking. 

 

 

I think I would rather have that than the situation at Bunnings where you want to find a staff member to ask them something and there’s no-one around - and you have to walk around for five minutes to find someone.

Behodar:

Seen the other day:

 

- Gets into "card only" lane
- Goes to terminal with big "card only" sign around the screen
- Presses confirmation button on screen when it pops up "this is card only" warning
- Scans 20 or so items
- Tries to put cash in machine

Dingbatt:

But I try and put myself in their shoes. Maybe, due to the current conditions, that is the only time they have plucked up the courage to leave the safety of their home that week. They may be overwhelmed by how busy things are, or need to be very deliberate about their use of things like their bank card so they don’t make a mistake. They may need to do things one at a time. Or their conversation with the cashier may be their only human interaction for the day.

I'm normally very impatient when the people in front of me at the counter take more time than I would consider normal. But yesterday I ordered my lunch and enjoyed all 8 minutes of the elderly couple in front of me conversing with each other and the cashier to make sure they got what they wanted for lunch. 

The first thing they ordered wasn't available so a conversation ensued between husband and wife and what might be a suitable alternative. A few questions asked of the cashier to make sure their alternative option was going to be available. After a few minutes the wife was getting tired so the husband escorted here to a table before coming back to completed the order. Had it been any other day it would have felt like an eternity but I wasn't in a rush so it was a joy to see.

I can only hope that one day my wife and I are the ones that are holding up the young ones.

Bear in mind that this is the same browser that pokes around undocumented APIs to plonk itself onto the taskbar without permission, so I'm not surprised that it does other dodgy things.

When transport arrangements dictate that you need to spend an hour driving your daughter's car and you come home stinking of lavender (or whatever type flora it was) due to the air freshener thingies she keeps in there, and cramped up from sitting with your knees around your ears because Swifts really aren't designed for 190cm tall drivers in their late fifties.

richms:

 

Some morons do that as a form of protest about not accepting cash. Like those at maccas that will insist on ordering at the counter and make a big scene about wanting to talk to a person and not a machine.

 

I insist on ordering at the counter.

So I can ask for fresh fries. 

Because 9 times out of ten I seem to get soggy old fries that taste like salted wet cardboard. 

Even more annoying is when you ask for fresh fries, and, they still give you soggy old ones. 

surfisup1000:

I insist on ordering at the counter.

 

So I can ask for fresh fries. 

floydbloke:

 

When transport arrangements dictate that you need to spend an hour driving your daughter's car and you come home stinking of lavender (or whatever type flora it was) due to the air freshener thingies she keeps in there, and cramped up from sitting with your knees around your ears because Swifts really aren't designed for 190cm tall drivers in their late fifties. 

I can confirm that there is even less space in a Suzuki Alto, although thankfully no lavender.

PsychoSmiley: I'm annoyed by the lack of attention Eurovision get in New Zealand. In Australia it was a -thing-; get your friends, drinks, snacks and have a fun time enjoying ridiculous music. Here? Wife and I have to stream and talk amongst ourselves.

Euro what? :)

PsychoSmiley: I'm annoyed by the lack of attention Eurovision get in New Zealand