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I am a believer in Murphy's Law- and have been my whole life
During the PRE surgery months and through the POST surgery months I was
constantly STRESSED
Murphy figured out it would be easy to POKE ME into Frantic!
We had appts, early ones, the dog needs a walk, I am shopping Wal-Mart in a rush to get home!
MURPHY LOVES ME WHEN I AM IN A HURRY
I madly wave and scan food stuff at the self check out!
I scan a tiny box of Blackberries.
NOT in system, lay aside and wait for cashier.
Murphy's law : not one CAHSIER in sight! I lay them aside and continue
I scan other items, my hands are a blur, I reach the last item.
Cashier appears and puts the magic code in to clear the error.
She takes IONS to type in long numbers and it will NOT WORK!
NNNT NNNTTT NTTTT
She says Do you know the price? OF COURSE NOT, Murphy is at work.
Cashier says I will run get the price and be right back.
MURPHY knows this is his chance... I know she will NOT be right back!
Murphy is right!
I think who need black berries that cost over $3.00 and tap PAY NOW
it locks up!
No Way Past the Need Cashier!
My blood pressure goes up, I want to SCREAM or cry
I stand on Tip toes Scanning the horizon for the Cashier.
THERE she IS, Talking to Another Cashier, with a box of blackberries in her hand!
I WAVE FRANTICALLY and she looks surprised and comes over hands me the box of berries and says, the ones you bought are no where in the system, we will use the number off this one, they will be the same price.
Finally I was out of there.
Remember it's the little things that get us.
DO NOT dare to say one positive comment!!
There is no reason on the planet it should take ONE HOUR to get one box of berries.
Well! it might have been 3 minutes but it felt like an hour.
24 comments:
murphy is always with us... like harvey the invisible rabbit...
Murphy and his darn law. Who invited him any way.
I never use self service if there is an operator on a normal till, I hate them because they always go wrong.
I understand you completely.
Briony
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Sounds like Walmart!?! You look it up in wall Street journal for the stock market and see PITA.
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Hello,
I love your pretty rose! I wonder if the two cashiers were talking about work, or just chit-chatting. The self service checkout can take longer than a regular cashier. It is Murphy's fault! Have a great day!
Fun times at Walmart! If there are a dozen of one item and only one does not have the price tag, that one item will be the one I put in the shopping cart.
Holy moosepoops...Murphy was literally in your pocket!!! What I got annoyed about was the no cash at self checkouts. While I understand it helps cashiers keep their jobs, although in my head if they're not busy ringing someone, they could "do other things"...like help people in your predicament....jp
I have a hard time at Walmart and those scanners too!
Wow MS what a vivid description of those 3 minutes. I love how good you are at putting your feelings into words
Hugs cecilia
Now I can't leave a positive comment? What will I say...think of the pressure to say something negative...I'm feeling stress now. hahahaha! Oh...is laughing positive. Strike through the hahas! ROFL!!! Eat an apple!
Aaaaargh! I'm SO feeling your angst. Why is it, Murphy only strikes when he knows when someone's in a hurry?
Do you ever think the WM's 'spies in the sky' (security) are watching and laughing at shoppers trying to do self check out?
I really wonder what they'd do if their system had an outage like what FB experienced, and they had to use hand-held calculators and cash. (That really happened to me back in the 80's.)
Hari OM
time is relative - to our needs and appts! It always stretches when we want it to contract. One of the many of Murphy's laws... YAM xx
I hate Murphy and his multiple minions.
Hello Sandra,
Oh my goodness "Murphy's Law" is at work again, and it is driving you crazy. How dare these cashiers chat when you're in a hurry. Is that negative enough!!
MURPHY IS NOT MY FRIEND...
It always makes my blood pressure go through the roof.
I really don't like the self check outs..it seems there are glitches in my checking out every time I use it and there is no one there to help.
I hear you!
Sue
Arghhhh! ☹️
This has happened to us! Self-checking can be speedy, but when it messes up, it can be a nightmare. It seems stores are always forgetting to put items in the system. And it always happens at the worst possible times! One time it really messed up badly, and we had a lot of ice-cream. It took so long that all the ice-cream melted, and we had to put it back. No time now to run back and exchange it. They should give us gift coupons when this happens!!
Definitely NO positive comment after reading about that experience, Sandra. And it's WHY I avoid the self scan terminals in all stores.
I drove 20+ miles to the vet and 20+ miles back home for three days. On the third day, I got the meds I needed for my dog. My friend in the canyon got a new dog. Dog does not like people, I don't blame it, because it was found in a trash can! She's had it about three days, it has run away every day. After driving three days to the vet, I went out and drove up and down the canyon looking for the dog. A pretty useless endeavor, but still.
Now I wonder if Murphy has been next to me, creating havoc, and that's why all this happened.
And in the end, you got your berries and the other groceries. It all ended well.
virtual but gentle hugs...
No positive comment from me ;)
Generally speaking, Mom has pretty good luck with the self checkouts, but when they go wrong, it is really not very much fun. We hope those blackberries were super tasty after all that. She should have given them to you for free after all the trouble.
Woos - Lightning, Misty, and Timber
OMG!
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