Regarding the 1 hour Loblaws trip that turned into 7 hours at the Cat Centre
If I had my way, ALL self-serve grocery checkouts would be abolished. It took me literally 15 minutes to check myself out, making me late for the last bus and forcing me to cab home. So much for the “wonders of technology.”
Apparently, you can’t check out two items after one another; you have to put the first item in the bag, then do the same thing with each other item. OBNOXIOUS. Sure, it makes logical sense, what with the pressure sensors and whatnot for the bags to make sure nothing gets stolen, but they could tell a person that instead of assuming that it’s common knowledge. Remember, folks, us university kids have no common sense. I figured it was just a delay in the system, so I just kept on trying. After about three instances of the same error, Jolene finally told me what was going down. And not without ridicule. This is Jolene we’re talking about, after all.
The cashier monitor must have come by my spot about four times. It was terrible. Then the receipt printer jammed, and she had to print out a duplicate, and things went from there… Halfway through she’d probably started planning a shift-ending effigy burning. So that’s why she asked for a single hair from my head. And there I thought it was because I’d gotten cash back.
On the up side, this whole shopping debacle has resulted in the elimination of any further Christmas shopping. 7 hours wasted to some, 7 hours gained to me. Was I really going to spend those 7 hours studying for Vector Calculus? Shit no.
Shit no indeed.
Side note: Electronics Boutique is selling “Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick” for 30 bucks! Grab it now, before it disappears from the shelves!!
steph said,
November 30, 2003 at 11:05 am
yikes.
but thanks for reminding me to go get some clementines…add it to the list o’ tomorrow