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uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
Why do you need a divider?
so the cashier knows where your items end and can start the payment portion of checking out, getting you out the door more quickly
I don’t put the divider up for the benefit of the person behind. I put it up for me. well, and also to be nice. but it benefits me
But there’s never really a need, or at least I’ve not seen a situation requiring it for years. You just leave a foot or so of space.
see, a reasonable person just leaves a gap. but some people think that if they cram the belt full, the cashier will somehow process everything more quickly.
same people who glare at you when you don’t start loading items when the instant free space appears on the belt. like mf I got a cart full of stuff, and I know how to unpack onto the belt so they get packed back into the cart neatly, I need two feet to start laying out the big things. mfs want you to start the belt out with bananas and shit
Oh I see. I go for the approach of just never ever acknowledging the existence of other people in the store so I don’t give a fuck about how they feel about my belt loading. Since 90% of people kinda suck it doesn’t bother me that much. At worst I’m pissing off maybe 5 non-shitty-humans per year.
I think someone on 4chan once answered this question: It’s the only form of segregation white folks are okayed to use, so they cling to it like they do guns and religion.
I’ve never understood this either. If someone is holding things in their arms it’s helpful, but if they have a cart then nothing is really gained. I can easily fill the conveyor belt by the time the person in front of me finishes paying. So getting started early feels like I am crowding them for no reason. Like flooring it between red lights; you’re just wasting energy to wait anyway.
I agreed with you 100% up to the end.
There are few things in driving more irritating than some asshole coasting at 10 mph to a light when you want to turn before the light. You should accelerate and drive at a normal speed between red lights if there are other humans around you because you are not the main character. You don’t need to floor it but you should still drive to the light. I also experience this regularly as a pedestrian…either fucking stop and let me jaywalk or fucking go and let me jaywalk, coasting fucks over everyone around you.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
so the cashier knows where one customer’s groceries end and the next begin. this feels like she’s going to punish herself, buying his groceries, out of pettiness, i guess
uncouple9831@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
I should have been more clear: I don’t think dividers are needed. It’s possible in some stores that’s different, but usually there’s no purpose that I can see.