10 Things I Hate About Belts

[ArcticChicken]

(OK, not really ten things, but it sounded good)

I hate it when people put their cards/money/coupons on the belt, then bitch when they loose them. Unless you are too old or too young to know better, I ain't getting it back for you.

I hate when people put their stuff on the belt right behind someone else's order, with no order divider, then bitch when I scan it with the other person's stuff.

I hate when people put their stuff aaalll the way at the other end of the belt, then surround it with dividers like a little fortress. C'mon I'm not an idiot. (Yes, I know it's a bit hypocritical, but I can't figure out how to turn it off.)

I hate when people put their stuff on the belt while the person with a huge cart-full of stuff in front of them is still offloading their cart. Of course it's going to mix together, the belt is moving you twit!

I hate when people with on or two items keep moving them back on the belt while I'm finishing up the order in front of them. It stops moving when something gets to the front of the belt, dolt! (Although I love messing with them, and restarting the belt when it times out.)

I hate when people snark at me because the belt is dirty. Yes, Ma'am, it is my job to clean it, but its our busiest time of day, do you really expect me to hold up the entire line to do that?

I hate when people bitch that the belt is wet. It's wet because I just cleaned it. If you have things you don't want to get wet, then hand them to me, duh.

[Enigma]

Oh man, I feel your pain!

I also hate when people ask me for a divider to put out when I just have one or two items left of the order in front of them, HELLO, the divider is not some magical device that creates a supernatural barrier between the two orders, I AM THAT BARRIER, and I AM NOT STUPID.

.../rand

[edible_hat]

One thing I love about belts: they stop me seeing my friend's asscrack.

oops sorry wrong kind of belt.

[Fenrus]

One thing I love about belts: they stop me seeing my friend's asscrack.

Definately depends on the friend there...


One thing I hate about belts - whenever anyone puts a kid on the belt, then gets angry when it falls over onto their items (Yes, I've seen this before!) YOU PUT HIM THERE, YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN!!!!

[edible_hat]

Definately depends on the friend there...

A guy who's 3 inches shorter than me but weighs more...

[Eric the Grey]

I hate when people with on or two items keep moving them back on the belt while I'm finishing up the order in front of them. It stops moving when something gets to the front of the belt, dolt! (Although I love messing with them, and restarting the belt when it times out.)

What I want to know is WHY do these people always end up in line directly ahead of me when I have my hands full of stuff? It's like they're afraid of letting their stuff go on down the belt...


Eric the Grey

[Enigma]

It's like they're afraid of letting their stuff go on down the belt...

Because if they let it get too far away from them the magical leprechaun pop up and steal there items, leaving them only with a bitter and resentful feeling of wonder. Bet you'll be more careful next time

[Stormraven]

I can say that (to a point) I'm one of those people. Unless I have a massive cart full of stuff, I know I'm not going to take the full distance of the belt.

So, unless the belt is empty - which is a pretty rare occurrence - I prefer to get all my goods offloaded onto the belt, and I like them to stay together. I don't want to put two items on the belt, and have them two feet away from me by the time I've put the other items on.

It's a little obsessive, I'm sure, and I do try not to be an ass about it, but I'm sure I'm not alone in that desire.

[Mango]

Some people just don't know how to use belts.

I was at Shop-Mart the other day and the guy in front of me, for reasons known only to him, doesn't put his stuff down on the belt. He just holds it in his hands. I can't actually remember what he was buying. It's possible the belt was wet and he didn't want to put his stuff down on it.

But, when the person in front of him is finished, he doesn't hand it to the cashier. He just stands there staring off into space.

Oddly enough, the cashier began to scan the items on the belt, which were mine. Since neither of us could see that he had any items, we both just assumed that he was with the person in front of him. He didn't even notice until she'd finished scanning all my items. Then he gets mad, at me, for "cutting ahead of him" and at the cashier, because she wouldn't void all my items and check him out first.

He still didn't put his items down on the belt. As I left, I heard a very exasperated cashier telling him, "Well, then you have to GIVE them to me if you want to buy them!"

[Bloodsoul]

I hate when people with on or two items keep moving them back on the belt while I'm finishing up the order in front of them. It stops moving when something gets to the front of the belt, dolt! (Although I love messing with them, and restarting the belt when it times out.)

I think I'm guilty of that, actually. I can't really help it, either; I'll usually put a bottle of water/soda on the belt horizontally, then start gently push it back against the belt's movement and watch it roll (well, until it's my turn to get rung out).

Simple pleasures for simple minds.

[depechemodefan]

I was at Shop-Mart the other day and the guy in front of me, for reasons known only to him, doesn't put his stuff down on the belt. He just holds it in his hands. I can't actually remember what he was buying. It's possible the belt was wet and he didn't want to put his stuff down on it.

But, when the person in front of him is finished, he doesn't hand it to the cashier. He just stands there staring off into space.

Oddly enough, the cashier began to scan the items on the belt, which were mine. Since neither of us could see that he had any items, we both just assumed that he was with the person in front of him. He didn't even notice until she'd finished scanning all my items. Then he gets mad, at me, for "cutting ahead of him" and at the cashier, because she wouldn't void all my items and check him out first.

That's hilarious. I want to call the guy and idiot, but...

I had a case where a guy and a woman were standing togehter, and I thought they were together and I helped the guy and I started to walk off. The woman said something and I apologized, and told her I thought she was with him. She became an SC. I can't even remember what she said, besides, "It's because I'm black!" but it seemed she decided that her honor will be bismirched if she didn't get angry at me. Gah, get over it.

[ArcticChicken]

I don't want to put two items on the belt, and have them two feet away from me by the time I've put the other items on.

That's not what bothers me. It's the people with, say, a gallon of water, who, when the water gets close to the scanner, pick it up and move it halafway down the belt, then proceed to ignore it 'till it gets close again.

Simple pleasures for simple minds.

I once spent five minutes removing and replacing the cork in a bottle of olive oil, because I found the sound amusing.

[Nashida]

I hate when people snark at me because the belt is dirty. Yes, Ma'am, it is my job to clean it, but its our busiest time of day, do you really expect me to hold up the entire line to do that?

I hate when people bitch that the belt is wet. It's wet because I just cleaned it. If you have things you don't want to get wet, then hand them to me, duh.

Oh, I get that all the time. Once I had this customer during a rush who had two bags of clams, and four lobsters on the belt (also in bags). Customer behind him is next, and after I've scanned her items the following conversation ensues:

SC: Did that guy just have clams on the belt?
Me: Yes...?
SC: I'm allergic to shellfish.
Me: I'm sorry to hear that ma'am.
SC: I'm going to die now.
Me: They were in bags. We put them there for this exact reason.
SC: I'm going to die.
Me: You were right behind him in the line. Couldn't you have seen them?
SC: I was supposed to look?

Yes, because I can't magically read your mind and tell you to change lanes because the guy's got Sebastian in a bag in front of you.

SC: You should have cleaned the belt.
Me: Your items were already on the belt, right after his, and I can't hold up the line during the rush.
SC: I'm going to die.

[edible_hat]

SC: I'm going to die.

Stop talking about it and do it already!

[BookstoreEscapee]

I once spent five minutes removing and replacing the cork in a bottle of olive oil, because I found the sound amusing.

I have spent upwards of 15 minutes sitting on the bed watching the dog eat. It's highly amusing.

letting their stuff go on down the belt...

OK, I'll preface by saying, I am tired.

I read this line as "letting their stuff go down on the belt" and I had a really dirty thought...slightly disturbing, as well...

and on that note, I'm going to start getting ready for bed now.