Grocery Grievance. Good Grief!

Originally Posted by Coramoor

Wal-mart is bad...but you have not LIVED until you wait in line at an Army Commissary after payday!

AMEN.

I don't know how big your Commissary is, but the one within walking distance to my house (next to the PH NEX) is gigantic. On payday, the lines are so long and wrap around so many damn stantions -- they rival Disneyland's lines in the summertime!

Still, for those prices...they're definitely worth it.

Does your Commissary have those people waiting to help you to your car? Most of the time I don't need help carrying my bags to the car, but I hate that I'm usually obligated to tip them out even when I didn't need them in the first place. Usually they're kids or older people...so I can't really say no.

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by OTW

AMEN.

I don't know how big your Commissary is, but the one within walking distance to my house (next to the PH NEX) is gigantic. On payday, the lines are so long and wrap around so many damn stantions -- they rival Disneyland's lines in the summertime!

Still, for those prices...they're definitely worth it.

Does your Commissary have those people waiting to help you to your car? Most of the time I don't need help carrying my bags to the car, but I hate that I'm usually obligated to tip them out even when I didn't need them in the first place. Usually they're kids or older people...so I can't really say no.

Double AMEN! The payday lines at the commissary are the worst! The PX/BX/NEX are all pretty bad, too. But I hate the overseas commissary with a passion! They'll carry an item for all of a week or two, then yank it off the shelf, jsut as I'm getting used to it. And sometimes they won't carry something at all that I think is just ridiculous. I came home over Easter and fell in love with the cherry coke zero, but my manager at the overseas commissary looks at me like I'm an idiot for requesting them to carry it. And ours has the baggers, too, with a huge sign over the door that says "Baggers Work For Tips Only". That must be a sucky job. I try to be nice and give $5 to the guy who carries out the groceries and puts them in the car (over here, it's usually someone from a different country or a high school student). I know there are a lot of people around here that stiff the baggers.

[Coramoor]

The baggers! Yeah, I hardly ever carry cash so I end up paying them in euro or a handful of change.

I'm overseas right now and I know exactly what you mean about items being stocked. For instance you can buy the swiffer pads...but no handle. I couldn't find a bucket to clean my floors with for the last two months. The stuff they don't carry is so random also.

[alum]

Originally Posted by Coramoor

Wal-mart is bad...but you have not LIVED until you wait in line at an Army Commissary after payday!

For decades I avoided the commissary near the paydays. The last day of the month can be as bad as the first day in terms of crowds. Foolishly I went to the Belvoir commissary yesterday because we were out of everything.

The secret is to go at 6 pm when everyone else is eating dinner. I breezed through and was out of there quickly. Some items were missing such as a particular kind of bread by a particular company. However, it was not nearly the dreadful experience I was anticipating.

[KSigkid]

I think some of the posts in this thread have lowered the IQ of everyone who has read them. I certainly feel dumber.

So, here is a picture I found on the interweb:

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I think some of the posts in this thread have lowered the IQ of everyone who has read them. I certainly feel dumber.

So, here is a picture I found on the interweb:

LOLZ.

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Okay, as stupid and immature as BOTH of you have been acting, I admit that was funny as hell. I'll give you that much.


But for real, this has gone on long enough, can't you guys shake and make up? Or at least ignore each other for awhile?

Like I've said, if she was posting true stuff about me and not twisting around what I've said, I'd leave it alone.

Originally Posted by guardedbystars

On subject title, but my response is kind of off topic now...

But, this happened at a grocery store near me. The cashier ASKED ME FOR A TIP. HUH?!?!?! I tried to laugh it off, but then she said "No, I am being serious". UM WHAT?!

Has this ever happened to you??

That's ridiculous. Did you tell anyone in the store about it?

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

She called me names 1st. I'm not just gonna take that ya know. There's nothing she can say about me. What? She hates my threads on a chat site. Whooo. Big deal. I'm speaking the truth about her. And she says I'm dumb?

Whatever.

You are NOT speaking the truth about me. I'd be PMing you but I am sick of you publicly posting shit about me that isn't true. All you've been doing is twisting around multiple posts I've made and I'm sick of seeing it. You wouldn't be talking so much shit about the guys I've had around if you weren't so insecure about yourself. So seriously, stop the lying and stop insulting people on here, open your eyes from being so sheltered, and I will leave you alone... actually I think if you did 2/3 of that, everyone on here would leave you alone.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

I think some of the posts in this thread have lowered the IQ of everyone who has read them. I certainly feel dumber.

So, here is a picture I found on the interweb:

found another good one:



also if you two don't shut up i will . . . uh . . . yeah.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Awwww...how cute. Disturbing, but cute.

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

i'm link

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

found another good one:



also if you two don't shut up i will . . . uh . . . yeah.

I take another approach:

[RitaMae1908]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Other than long lines, what annoys you at a grocery store?

I'm asking this because today I was at Walmart picking up a couple of items. Well, I'm not the most patient person in the world but this lady was holding up the line in the self checkout lane. She was just standing there staring at the screen. Finally, the cashier walked up and pushed the "finish pay" button on the screen for her. That's all she had to do. I mean my gosh this isn't rocket science. I ended up going to a different lane and when I did there was a lady with way more than the 10-12 items or less that was required in that lane. OMG, so she forgets her wallet in the car. I was standing behind her with only 2 items, and I had to wait for her to go to the car to get her wallet. I was SO annoyed. Some people are just....ooooh!

I'm sorry... okay maybe not... she would have had to cancel her stuff and rescan it when she got back in the store with the wallet. There is no way I would have waited for her to come back!!

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Ya know, I'm not going to get into where I shop to you guys anymore, because this thread has all of a sudden turned into the cheerfulgreek comedy hour.

So what if I'm from Fargo Mn. Big deal. I'm starting medical school in September so starting in June I won't be in Minnesota at all. I'm done talking about it, so get over it!

Maybe you should stop starting threads then. I was going to back off picking on you, but you continue to act like the biggest idiot. Either you really are an idiot, or you are so absolutely sheltered from the rest of the world.

I'd like your name, this way if I'm ever in an area you're in, you will NEVER be my doctor. Or my dog's. Whichever school you decided to pretend to go to.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Maybe you should stop starting threads then. I was going to back off picking on you, but you continue to act like the biggest idiot. Either you really are an idiot, or you are so absolutely sheltered from the rest of the world.

I'd like your name, this way if I'm ever in an area you're in, you will NEVER be my doctor. Or my dog's. Whichever school you decided to pretend to go to.

Oh, you again.

You should stop posting period! You're the biggest moron on here. Hint (big) Graduating with a 3.89 GPA and getting into all 4 of the schools I applied to hardly makes me an idiot.

If I was a medical doctor and you were my patient, I would tell you to sign up for Jenny Craig and come back and see me in 6 weeks. Once I do become a vet please don't bring your dog in, because I wouldn't be able to tell you two apart.

The kind of doctor you totally need to see is a shrink. Any woman who starts a relationship with a loser who wears panties to bed needs psychological help, you and your perverted sex offending men.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Graduating with a 3.89 GPA and getting into all 4 of the schools I applied to hardly makes me an idiot.

You can be booksmart and still be an idiot. You seem to prove that daily.

Please, come back and call me names. It makes you look that much smarter.