[unsubscribed], at 3:44pm 19th May 2007, wrote:

Been there!

Chrissie, at 4:22pm 22nd May 2007, wrote:

Ditto! Bingo! A "me too" post I'm afraid. I so know where you're both comming from! Maybe we are twins,nay..triplets,Ellen AND TaffyApple!

Regards,

Chrissie

Martin Hudson, at 12:28pm 24th May 2007, wrote:

Supermarkets are part of the axis of evil, try your local shops, you might even get a smile thrown in for free!

Jin, at 6:27pm 25th May 2007, wrote:

I have to disagree with you Martin - my local shops are full of the most miserable teenagers behind the till, or the Victor Meldrew impressionists! I have a much better service in my nearby Supermarkets and on the occasions when I haven't had good service, I complained. My opinion was taken on board and subsequent service from the same cashier (a couple of weeks later) was much improved.

On the point of queueing, the only way round it is internet shopping - if you can be bothered to spend ages negotiating their confusing websites!!!

Kate, at 10:31am 30th May 2007, wrote:

In our house we have a name for this - McDonalds Syndrom - as in, all the queues looks the same when you arrive, but whichever one you join, the (single) person in front of you will turn out to be ordering for a family of ten all of whom have special requirements of the "i'd like a burger without the burger,please" type.

sarah day, at 12:35pm 2nd Jun 2007, wrote:

In a country where queues are tradition you would think we would get it right. I agree with both sides of the story. yes, super markets are great for the bolk buy and when you have a large family it helps keep the cost down on your buget but we must also support our local shops. Our local shop is one of the best I have ever come across, very friendly and helpful and they keep cost down in their shop to help the local families. I do our tescos shop on line then I don't have to queue.

Carla Rankin, at 9:29am 4th Jun 2007, wrote:

I agree. Don't you just hate it when you get to the front of the queue and the cashier decides that it's a really good time to cash up and change over with a colleague so they can go on a break.

Not that I'm saying they're not entitled to a break but it always happens to me.

Christine White, at 8:02pm 5th Jun 2007, wrote:

Oh yes! The till breaks down, staff changeover at a time when a youth comes on to the till and I've got alcohol, plus I seem to get the 'little darling' who is having a tantrum and as the mother used to work at the store needs to have a gossip. The joys of shopping - I think not.

molly, at 12:15pm 8th Jun 2007, wrote:

till operators are like robots eg:

"r u alright 2 pack" (do i look thick)

"Do you want cashback" (if i do i will ask)

" do you have a club card" (i will hand it to you)

sebbz, at 12:52am 11th Jun 2007, wrote:

lol its so true!" However, as I'm working part time at a "Late Shop" before i travel abroad to work I feel I have taken on the task of eradicating this "McDonalds Syndrom".

Like everyone else I cant stand it and it always happens to me. However, I must be careful while on my crusade as i may creep too close to the edge and cross over to the dark side that is " Hairdresser Talks Too Much Sydrome" :D

ellen louise clawson, at 11:07am 26th Jun 2007, wrote:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! the ever talking hairdresser..why?!?!?! if i wanted to talk to someone i dont know i think i would rather have a nice heart to heart with the local wineo..why do they think taht getting you to expose you inner most feelings will make you more comfortable..is it maybe so they can take the attention of the hideous creation they are currently creating on your head and you will of course too embarassed to complain about and will hand over an extortinate price for!!!!

jade_x, at 7:36pm 6th Jul 2007, wrote:

i uses those machines now because the people there annoy me lol, even thou the machines annoy me aswell because everytime i put something in my bag its telling me somethings wrong, but in tescos i really dont have time for it, and before now i have them ask for my club card and not even put the points on it and they broke the lid of one of my yogurts and just ignored the fact she had strawberry on her middle finger

Rachel Lawrence, at 4:53pm 18th Jul 2007, wrote:

Hmmm. You guys are probably going to hate me for this....but i work at the dreaded Tesco and have done my time as a checkout chick.

The reason we ask if u need help packing/have u got a clubcard/want any cashback/need help wiping your bum? is because we HAVE to! Tesco have a 'mystery' customer and they are very regular at sending them out and checking up on us to see if we are offering good(?!) customer service.

Believe me, if you are sick of hearing it every time you go shopping...we are doubly sick of saying it 15million times a day to people who don't want to hear it!!

Sorry!!

charlotte batey, at 3:09pm 11th Aug 2007, wrote:

i agree rachel it isant the cashiers fault its the stores fault they always seem to not give a toss about customers such as you and me they r like yes we are sure this problem could be reserved. but if theres a person who has a wad of cash they are like would you like a discount im really sorry!

yesterday whilst shopping in tescos a man jumped the que to the front and they did nothing and when it was my turn to be served the lady at the till said an i elp it i cant stop im es payin ent e and i was like no can i speak to your manager. and she sed i am the manager well if theyve got her as a manager then what a crap store that doesnt care about its customers!!!

claire Golding, at 10:08am 14th Aug 2007, wrote:

occasionally i encounter a sullen loking teenager when i go to my local supermarket, but most of the time it's the older staff who are miserable and whinge about being short staffed, over worked or just the fact it's a thursday!!!

at least most of the younger ones try to be friendly and offer an enthusiastic smile!!

laura, at 4:07pm 19th Aug 2007, wrote:

if you ever see me in a queue {not that ud know what i looked like!} please choose a totally different queue than the one im in cos no matter how short or long the queue i always manage to be standing there 20mins longer than the people in the next queue, if its not the dumb till person than its the customer!!

scheister, at 11:41am 3rd Sep 2007, wrote:

i am one of the people who both have been in the que and work at till. Trust me it is worse to be the one on the till. Yes when you come up we hand you copppers has ur change and possible dont smile at all. But here is an idea. We are they for 9/10 hr shifts. Times the stock is low or gone we have run out of chance and the problem is the que is to long to go do something about it. I was working last night and had a 2hr constant que by the time it was gone i had to re stock 28 of the 32 tubs of ice cream. Feel pity for us as well

bob, at 4:28pm 11th Sep 2007, wrote:

All you have to do is see which one is shortest or have a look at the person at the till and see how fast there going i normally get it right

tamara, at 8:59pm 14th Sep 2007, wrote:

lol. Thats always me. i tend to think that one loks better but as soon as im in it there becomes a problem

Matthew Handley, at 10:17am 16th Sep 2007, wrote:

Its the same with me! I'l stand in one que and then see a que going down quite fast so when i move into that 1 im waiting ages for me to get to the till while the que ive just been in has already gone down pretty fast but with new quers at the end!

Eric Tripp, at 2:59pm 25th Sep 2007, wrote:

Whenever there is a choice of queues I always get the wrong one! Especially at airport check-ins. I therefore think that by far the best system is for one common queue leading up to the several check-ins, tills etc. Some airlines use this system also my Bank and Post Office. It's much better.

philip finch, at 6:00pm 28th Sep 2007, wrote:

you all seem to be like me when it comes to joning the wrong queue,- but where are those people who are in the right one?

[unsubscribed], at 7:11pm 28th Sep 2007, wrote:

Well...we all must realize that the only way to learn how to do the job is to actually do it...and so we will always be faced by the novice trying to come to grips with the workings of the tills...its not easy trying to do that when youve got people huffing and puffing about...we should all expeed a little compassion for those who are behind the tills trying their best....its a bit like the poor driver learner....they are on their first lesson...the driver behind doesnt have a clue about this of course but they drive too close and make that poor person even more nervous...wouldnt it be nice if we all exercised a little more patience....we never know when we might need it!!!!

[unsubscribed], at 10:26pm 29th Sep 2007, wrote:

Why is it though that the learner driver is always in front of me when I'm in a hurry? Never when I have loads of time. Why do they always take them out at rush hour? If they are on their first lesson then why not take them somewhere other than the main bus route through the centre of town? Only thing worse is cyclists. You wouldn't mind passing them if you hadn't passed them six times already.

The self-scan tills at Tesco are supposed to make things easier. "Place item in baggage area" so you place your greeting card in the bag and it doesn't register. It asks you again and again (humiliatingly loudly) until finally you have to resort to finding a staff member to reset the system. By the time you finally get out of the store you could have done a month's shop.

Ailsa, at 2:12pm 1st Oct 2007, wrote:

Yes thats me !!!!

Its always when im in a rush or need to hurry

I thought it was just me

Thanks for making me feel normal guys

Clare McDougall, at 9:33pm 2nd Oct 2007, wrote:

I don't have the supermarket queue problem - why i might hear you ask? Because i do my weekly shop on line, believe me it's a lot less stressfull.....

bazwheatley@yahoo.co.uk, at 12:43pm 3rd Oct 2007, wrote:

Try working a till for a while and see just ho3w rude some customers can be. It is enough to test most peoples patience

[unsubscribed], at 1:15pm 4th Oct 2007, wrote:

I answer the telephone to the public as part of my job and I get some really nasty callers sometimes. I always answer the phone im my politest voice no matter what time of day it is as, although it may be 4.45pm and I have just had 4 rotten callers in a row, the next caller might be calling for the first time and good first impressions are important. Just because some customers are rude doesn't mean they all are so each person should be treated as if they are the first (when they then turn out to be rude, that is different!!!)

Richard Hayward, at 5:42pm 4th Oct 2007, wrote:

The trick is not to be in a rush or tell yourself you are not in a rush. Last night I went to Tesco's I joined the shortest queue. There was a smartly dressed couple and an old guy in a motorised buggy. I knew I was there for the long haul when the cashier had counted out £50 of silver and the couple produced a bag of 1p coins for the last £2.50 But I didn't mind I wasn't in a hurry just thought about what I doing later. Likewise I didn't worry when the buggy reversed over my foot as the old guy tried to load his six packs of beer & huge bottle of whisky onto the counter. Don't worry be happy is my motto seems to work.

Runninggoose, at 12:48pm 6th Oct 2007, wrote:

use your debit card.

with chip and pin its fast and no change unless you ask for cash back and get coinage.

always make sure bar codes are on items you are buying and readable not scrunched up.

dont always go for the shorter queue.

it could be shorter because fellow shoppers know the cashier to be slow and not prepared .

sometimes the longer queue is faster .

what i hate most is people who dont give you space behind. the ones that are already standing where you have to be to pay before you have even packed your bags . come on . leave a little breathing room. worst of all is when someone smells . sorry but it happens a lot and shops should have some kind of B.O tester to keep em out.

tboto, at 9:48am 26th Oct 2007, wrote:

I think there should be a Man only Que. W

ith no housewives getting all the weeks shopping as they should, allowing the men get down the pub quicker

abbie gould, at 4:20pm 29th Oct 2007, wrote:

yep been there

Steven Luckham, at 2:11am 3rd Nov 2007, wrote:

Same Happens to me, ill try and choose a queue that dont look too long i'll get in it thinking i chose the right line to be in, then all of a sudden the customer in front of me gets a problem with part of her shopping, needs a price check or code was ripped or even the packaging of it.

Nothing is more annoying than having to wait for someone to respond to the help call to go collect a replacement item takes forever grrr.

brian hunter, at 3:41pm 13th Nov 2007, wrote:

why do most women stand in a checkout queue for up to 20 minutes and then start looking for their purse/ credit card after all the products have been scanned and she is trying to pack the bags

Charles Prince, at 10:51pm 20th Nov 2007, wrote:

when I(a mere male) used to do the weekly shop on my own I managed to get our weekly shopping at the local supermarket, including not only for the two of us but also most items for our two daughters with busy careers (who do not live at ome).

Over the last two years I have been taking the wives of two of my friends with me, as my friends were too ill to take them (both have subsequently died) so I'm their wives only means of transport, i still do all our shopping, go and get my car washed, and filled up with fuel, go to the bottle bank, and still manage to sit and wait whilst they are strugging with their weekly shopping. Both are fairly comfortable financially but both insist on checking their till slip against the contentents of their trolleys. Only once in two years has their been any discrepency, which involved another queue at the customer service dept, I could not see that it was worth the bother for 8 pence.I did offer to give her the 8 pence, no its a matter of principle, I pointed out that the 15 minutes that the three of us was delayed meant our time was worth 11p per hour. I don't know how to get out of doing this chore, shopping is not a pleasure and never has been.

waldop, at 8:00pm 26th Nov 2007, wrote:

Why when I go to refuel at a supermarket there ia always a queue especially when I've got time constraints & when I leave all the bays are empty. Or when I'm shopping I hear the Q busters call just as I finished selecting my purchases & if I choose a till just as a Q buster arrives have to wait 10 mins for a supervisor to come to unlock the till. Or the person in front wants to pay her £46 bill in coins.

Ruth Hayes, at 1:18pm 4th Dec 2007, wrote:

This is why I have done my Christmas shopping online this year. Hate queueing!

Janet Harvey, at 1:58pm 4th Dec 2007, wrote:

I find the annoying thing about queueing in supermarkets is that though we have been waiting for sometime, the person in front of me always takes ages to either find their purse, or their credit card and then when finished packing stands right by the end so you can't get there to pack your own goods.

Bradley Bull, at 1:39pm 7th Dec 2007, wrote:

Why is it that when I am walking through a busy shopping centre everyone appears to be coming the other way? And the there is always a mindless drone that is finishing a dreary conversation about how their piles are giving them gyp and walking away from Rita or whomever this assault of boring crud is being directed at, they are clearly not looking where they are going so it then becomes my responsibility to manouver said Gump! People I ask you in all honesty is life not tough enough??? somebody HELP ME with this qaundry!!!

crowny, at 1:36pm 18th Jan 2008, wrote:

Don't complained some people in the world love to have money to go to a supermarket to get food.

chantelle dodsley, at 2:03pm 29th Jan 2008, wrote:

i agree people do love to have money to go in a supermarket, i get money, it goes in one hand and it's straight in the sops till! money money

Hayleigh, at 8:53pm 10th Feb 2008, wrote:

me too even if i stand back and look as soon as i get to it they stop and need price check or something. my pet hate is them talking on and on but not surving at the same time. and throwing your food down the belt. I DIDNT WANT TO EAT IT ANYWAY.

Stella Grey, at 12:17pm 20th Feb 2008, wrote:

I have an Asda shop near me which opens 24 hours. It is great to shop at midnight. No queues. Mind you, you have to tackle the assault course of shelf stackers. They never seem to move out of the way when you want to get past and there is always two people doing the stacking who talk all the time instead of filling the shelves quickly.

DD, at 3:18pm 7th Apr 2008, wrote:

What about when you go to the cash machines and there is 1 queue for the 3 cash machines. Whatever happened to the 3 seperate queues?

Abbey, at 12:58pm 8th Apr 2008, wrote:

I used to have this problem so i know do my shopping late at night at the 24 hour Asda near me, but the only problem with this is that shelf stackers take up all the isle, and are not happy to move there trolley when your tryin to squeeze through a tiny space, and when you finally get to the check out. Your faced with a bunch of girls talking rather than serving you, this really aggravates em :@

naomi, at 7:55pm 8th Apr 2008, wrote:

It always seems like some people have this strange intuition when it comes to chechout lines... im not one of them im afraid so i always think im joining the shortest line and have to wait the longest time, I do agree though that they are better for bulk buys.

Saz, at 3:10pm 22nd Apr 2008, wrote:

Yes I agree. I always think I've got the shortest queue but then someone's card will be declined, or someone will have trouble packing their shopping etc (that's why I do alot of my shopping on-line now....) And don't get me started on rude people who push in or barge you out of the way, it just seems like alot of people don't bother with manners...........

[unsubscribed], at 3:33pm 22nd Apr 2008, wrote:

I must say Tesco where i live has just had a full refurb and with that they must have all had staff training as they are so polite and very clued up with there product ranges.

[unsubscribed], at 9:51am 23rd Apr 2008, wrote:

It doesn't matter which queue I stand in it is always the longest. I tell people if they see me in a queue, even if it is the shortest, do not join it or they will be there all day. I went to get 5 items one day recently and I joined a relatively short queue (not 10 items or less coz that's pointless for me!!). Turned out the lady in front of me was blind and needed the full help of the cashier which took approximately 15 minutes for about 8 items. Certainly not the lady's fault, however, just proves the point that no matter what I do, I am always in the longest queue.

Jack Walton, at 8:03pm 3rd May 2008, wrote:

I must say, one of the worst places for this is fast food places, normally theres a half-wit working at the till that usually gives you the wrong order, or in most cases when you ask for something without relish, it will come with relish or double relish!

I don't usually have a problem of people pushing infront or any of that, its just normally someones card being declined or a an item at the checkout that doesnt have the bar code on it. But this isn't to do with the man/women at the checkout, this is the super markets problem.

debs, at 11:12am 8th May 2008, wrote:

Its been such a relief to read all your comments. I used to think I was weird because Im female and absolutely hate shopping. Ive always worked in shops and have always tried to treat customers the same way I would like to be treated. If I dont get the same service I usually have to say something. Doesnt always improve the service though.

Mo, at 9:37pm 15th May 2008, wrote:

So do I, even when I do a sneaky queue jump to another till it still works out the wrong queue!!!!

DENISE SHOULT, at 2:01pm 20th May 2008, wrote:

yep been there, done that worn the t shirt. I nearly alway choose the queue with the super slow checkout girl on YTS training. If there is such a thing now. The YTS i mean.

michelle bell, at 7:11pm 2nd Jun 2008, wrote:

yep me too i always seem to get someone in front of me who has a item without a barcode,no change in the till or a checkout that is just about to close HOW ANNOYING.i seem to get rude people too, trying to push in (not very british)but luckily i have two very observant 7 year olds that point this out very innocently and loudly.

Lee Wardill, at 10:24am 17th Jun 2008, wrote:

Think positive and good things are inevitable.

Runninggoose, at 6:45pm 19th Jun 2008, wrote:

im commenting again.

the one queue for 3 cash machines quote by DD.

sainsbury near stoney staton road in coventry.

has such a system.

who was it that started this.

i stood behind what i thought was the queue for the 2nd machine along.

i was wondering why i was gettin dirty looks from people standing around in the disabled parking bays.

it turned out i was standing behing a group of people all together and the queue was out on the carpark.

Just who decided that system.

what person decided to stand in the middle of all three queues .

waiting to pounce on the next free cash point.

now we all have to do it.

if i find the very person to have started this trend i will give them a few pounds my self but not for spending of course but for there head.

Heather Eyre, at 12:23pm 24th Jun 2008, wrote:

manchester piccadilly...4 cash machines one queue..unless you get the person who wants a specific one and doesnt let anyone know!! (theres two natwest a barcleys and an abbey one!)...or you get the ignorant git who queue jumps :/ that is bloody annoying...they are not the only one in a rush for the train, like they may think!

Hazel Lewis, at 11:30am 1st Aug 2008, wrote:

I have a theory on this. There are a few things that effect the speed of the queue:

1) How much of a hurry you are in - the greater the hurry the slower the queue.

2) How quickly you find the speed of the queue annoying, My husband having 0 patience always ends up in the slowest queue!

3) How many Items you have - So if you have 1 item then the queue will never move! However, I get round this by being one of the nice people who lets people with 1 or two items and clearly cash go in front.

Oh and while I'm on the subject has anyone else seen the people who come into the supermarket and I swear 1 of them queues up while the other one does the shopping and is constantly coming back with armfuls of products so that the tiny trolley that you were behind suddenly becomes 4 trolley worth of shopping!

ANNA, at 3:19pm 21st Aug 2008, wrote:

Same here it always happens to me,either it doesnt have a bar code on or the bag is bust. It is so frustrating im sure they watch for me coming.Plus i hate shopping at best of times

[unsubscribed], at 3:00pm 4th Sep 2008, wrote:

I guess the only thing with having one queue at 2 or 3 or 4 cashlines is that at least everyone has a fair chance of getting their turn. If there was a queue for each cashline I would be in the queue that the person using it wants a mini statement first, then wants cash, then wants another mini statement to check how much has come off!! Or behind the person whose card gets swallowed. Which, of course, turns out to be the longest queue, which, of course, is the one I am always in.

Pollyanna, at 7:09pm 28th Oct 2008, wrote:

Seems you are not alone as I have the same problem in Asda... and no matter what time of day I go it's always the same

Rebecca Sangwine, at 7:34pm 28th Oct 2008, wrote:

My boyfriend says I have queue phobia - I can't bear to join a queue in the shops. If there's more than 1 till, like at Tescos, i'll walk all the way down the shop and back again if I have to so I don't have to stand in a queue. Or at the very least find a check out that's nearly queue free. It drives him mad!!

william ware, at 10:56am 5th Nov 2008, wrote:

its the same in the doctors, im the one always behind the persons thats in ages.

ANNA, at 3:19pm 5th Nov 2008, wrote:

got one better for you. the bus cue i always end up waiting either in the rain or somebody changing a fiver.

marie padgett, at 6:47pm 12th Feb 2009, wrote:

I allways stand in the middle of the cash machines waiting for the next free one......but you allways get some plonker who doesn't realise and stands behind one....untill I remind them to get in the que!

It's weird-you wouldn't wait for the loos by queing for each cubical so I don't know why it's done elsewhere as it doesn't make sense.

lisa stevenson, at 10:27pm 18th Feb 2009, wrote:

i think im invisable when im in a que cause you will get an old person pushing in front and i say heres the que and they ignore you do your shopping on line no more ques or ignarant people

fushan, at 3:51am 19th Feb 2009, wrote:

Good job, up every night.

Sarah Crawshaw, at 11:02am 9th Apr 2009, wrote:

I try to remember to place my shopping on the conveyor belt so that the bar code is in full view of the cashier. So often the bar code is in an unexpected place, perhaps this takes a couple of seconds off my place.

Whatever happened to the "arm" that divided one person's shopping from the next so that the customer in front of you doesn't get his shopping mixed with yours? The only way around this is to not pay until your shopping is packed, so the customer behind you doesn't have his shopping mingled up with yours. It may seem selfish, but bring back the arm.

Didlea, at 11:19am 9th May 2009, wrote:

I always pick the wrong que! It can be moving along nice until I come along and then they need to get a barcode, a price or need more change!!! Then 10 minutes later I end up getting served, usually I have put all my things on the counter and unable to put it all back in the trolly to move onto another que!!! Sods law isn't it!

Shelley Dyer-Gibbins, at 1:59pm 3rd Jun 2009, wrote:

Me too! Always pick what I think is the quickest que at the time... but then you get someone in front wanting to ask a multitude of questions to staff and the line next to you speeds up. Before you know it.. you've been waiting what seems like an eternity, becoming irratable and frustrated along with your fellow que companions...!

simon francis wilds, at 8:59pm 7th Jun 2009, wrote:

i allways pick the wrong que and allways get people pushing in i must be invisable there is not enough staff in shops to serve only two till open and you que for a long time missing your buses

emma cocker, at 12:01pm 22nd Jun 2009, wrote:

ywa same here i always shop at tescos and no matter what i always pick the wrong que to haha. it always seem to be the slowest cashier, it looks the quickest que but by the time it comes to me the longest que has gone down and i could have been served. its the slowest ques i seem to get in.

The Jaybo, at 4:45pm 10th Jul 2009, wrote:

Lol i love this debate because i don't think there is anyone in the world who picks the correct que to stand in. Which springs another question is there such thing as the right que.

It seems to be in life no matter if you join a really short que or a really long one it was the wrong choice. Really short ques always seem to stop moving as soon as you stand in them and really long ques well, "There really long".

cheryl reid, at 5:51pm 23rd Jul 2009, wrote:

i love how everyone in ques makes that lous sigh to be heard as if its going to make the que go down any quicker.

charmaine hayward-barnett, at 2:44pm 11th Aug 2009, wrote:

i hate the dumb idiots who i always end up getting served by!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY ME????? LOL

chelsea, at 5:27pm 12th Aug 2009, wrote:

Totally AGREE!!

And i hate it when someone who was behind you, that moved to the other Q, gets served before you, then turns around and smiles at you!!

Why??

haha

Jonathon Churchill, at 1:25am 13th Aug 2009, wrote:

I think the thing to do is to pick one - and stay there! I know if i was to move to a queue where it was going down quicker, you'll find out the queue will stall for a long while and it was better to stay in first queue

and to answer your question, often the people that work in supermarkets are young dumb people whoa rent going anywhere so theyre thick anyway

Gxxxxx Pxxxxxxx, at 7:59pm 19th Aug 2009, wrote:

Have you been to a petrol station and had to queue up behind about 3 cars while you wait for them to walk all the way into the kiosk and fumble about for their loose change and of course...their nectar card and then they want cash back...the wait goes on...

Well I will never have to do that again thanks to pay at the pump features that seem to be cropping up at a growing number of petrol stations. Whoever came up with that is a genius and a legend.

The grass is always greener on the otherside when it comes to queuing but things like self service do make your own side seem greenest!

Sorry for the essay lol.

panna, at 6:33pm 22nd Aug 2009, wrote:

me too its so annoying, when you go to move into a shorter queue that is going faste it gets slower

shannon hartley, at 5:00pm 25th Aug 2009, wrote:

True, Its Just One Of Those Things It Happens To Everyone. Especially On The Motorway In Traffic Which ever Lane You Join It Always Seems To Be The One Not Moving.

Dave, at 9:02am 4th Sep 2009, wrote:

I always seem to find the wrong queue when i'm at the train station needing a ticket and my train is due in 5 minutes!

adam sewell, at 12:13pm 20th Sep 2009, wrote:

If i am choosing between 2 queues, one is always a little bit longer. So, naturally, you chose the shorter one of the two. Embarrassingly seeing the people at the back of the 'longer' queue walk past you with that smug look of their face. The kind of face that says "we knew what you were doing when you side stepped away from us"

louise cassidy, at 10:53am 23rd Sep 2009, wrote:

i hate queue's

i avoid the shortest ones as i have learned that they take longest - credit cards, slow checkout workers etc all contribute to short queue's taking the longest time.

i always go to a medium sized queue in the hope that the cashier will be quicker.

Bethany Evans, at 1:51pm 24th Sep 2009, wrote:

Its called 'Sods Law' it happens when you join the shortest queue!!

Unfortunatly it happens with everything in life, when you say things such as 'I havn't been ill in ages' & 'My car has been running great lately'. Somthing is guaranteed to happen.

Its the same principle for queues, mu advise..... Just stay in the original queue you were in, you will get there eventually !!

Isaac Musgrove, at 3:27pm 4th Oct 2009, wrote:

me 2

tia, at 10:44pm 7th Oct 2009, wrote:

been der done that x

Bob Young, at 10:09am 8th Oct 2009, wrote:

At Malaga Airport last month I had to choose between half a dozen long queues for check-in with Easy Jet on my return to Bristol Airport. I was one away from the front when they opened a new desk for Bristol - who was at the back? Don't even ask.

Alex Goldie, at 10:56pm 24th Oct 2009, wrote:

I work at a retail store and I know how you feel, only because I get the complaints that Joe Bloggs on the till isn't fast enough or can't do this or that.

I understand the staff, so when i'm in that situation, I bite my lip very hard not to scream and throw a tantrum like the mum on that advert.

Laura Holden, at 1:06pm 26th Oct 2009, wrote:

sameeee, the shortest queue always seems to take the longest lol. its stupid..

caroline kitchener, at 4:07pm 27th Oct 2009, wrote:

its a shame paying for goods doesn't work the same as a deli counter!!! no one would ever get in front of you! think the initial que for your ticket may be a bit long though!!!! lol

Sarah Whittaker, at 10:50pm 29th Oct 2009, wrote:

Think the best que story i know is when my sister, the most impatient person in the world, went to pay for her petrol and ended up in a que for about 6/7 minutes. She was that wound up when she came out that she got into the wrong car, right colour, wrong model, and certainly wrong passenger. She scared an old dear half to death!

abi, at 11:20am 27th Nov 2009, wrote:

I'm always in the queue that never moves and when i switch over something happens on the new queue.it can be frustrating at times.

elaine, at 10:15am 29th Nov 2009, wrote:

tell me about it. it always happens to me or my partner. it seems ever que we get into the person at the till has no clue what she or he is doing and like the no notes sitiation i have had that many times it is very frustrating but we learn to get over it and smile when we say goodbye. :)

Lesleyann sterry, at 3:39pm 3rd Dec 2009, wrote:

Yeah i know what u mean.. its always the same in most shops i go into.. u see a nice queue and then something goes wrong, its either the til roll is empting, so they counting out the change or u have a tag wrong and someones got to run around the shop to get the price lol

Mei Lau, at 12:14pm 10th Dec 2009, wrote:

Yeh same here, i know exactly what u mean, i alway end up in situations like that.

lisa stevenson, at 10:04am 25th Feb 2010, wrote:

tboto.. if there was a man que there wouldnt be any que as men hate shopping lol thats y its left for us women no wonder we moan haha

sheila, at 10:22am 6th Jun 2010, wrote:

It always seems like that to me too; I always get the cashier who wants to swap and go for a break or the customer in front who has a problem with some of their items.

Presumably, this is actually because bad experiences of shopping stay in our memory while good experiences are seen as part of the normal shopping experience, so we remember the problems more.

However, I have to say though, that it does seem to happen to me more in Tesco than it ever does in Marks & Spencer!

Boris, at 1:33pm 11th Aug 2010, wrote:

See I dont mind standing waiting for 10 mins as I try to find the till with the friendliest face behind it in the first place, so that when you do finally get served its be someone that does actually appear to enjoy their job, offer you a smile and even talk other than the obligatory 3 lines. [plus these people seem to be late teens early 20s and female ;o)]

Joanne Whitehouse-Logan, at 8:49am 5th Sep 2010, wrote:

I had a Qing nightmare in Dobbies Garden Centre once and I complained big time. I stood in a queue with some stuff for 5 minutes, but when I got to the front of the queue the cashier told me I would have to go queue elsewhere as she was closing the till. I pointed out that 1. I only had a couple of items, 2. That if she was closing her till she should have informed me before i queued (and there was people behind me, and 3. I was a manager in a local shop and the normal protocol was to finish serving the customers who had been waiting then close the till. Her response was, "well my shift is finished" and she refused to serve me. I went straight to customer services to be served and explain my complaint... they were just as angry as me as it was 5.55 and the lassie didn't finish until 6.00! The outcome was they were very apologetic and as soon as I took my bag the manager made his way to talk to the woman immediately.