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re: Why do poors take so extraordinarily long to check out at convenience stores

Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:27 pm to
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
4189 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:27 pm to
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it's a general lack of consideration


This x1000. And the most disrespectful people are often the ones who demand the most "respeck"
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
20414 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:28 pm to
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A line formed behind me at the gas station the other day because the chip on my card wouldn’t work. Then you have to play that game where you have to try the chip 3 times before it will let you swipe it.

I fricking hate chip cards. They never work.
Sometime after replacing my card a couple times, somebody taught me that scratching your chip with a fingernail (scuffing the layer of crud that builds up while in your wallet) works. If it doesn't read, take it out, scratch it a couple times, and then reinsert it.

Also, what I've learned about the magnetic stripes, is don't line them up in your wallet. If you have a couple cards, rotate them so the chips are on opposite sides. Less likely to demagnetize, that way.

Finally, a long time ago someone told me the eelskin wallets, while they look nice, tend to demagnetize cards in a hurry. I swapped to a different leather, and it seems to have worked.
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
4189 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:30 pm to
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Hunt brothers Pizza

It's pretty good. Better than any chain store pizza like papa johns.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
4138 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:31 pm to
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It's pretty good. Better than any chain store pizza like papa johns


Big fan of Hunts brothers
Posted by cheobode
Member since Dec 2017
1161 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:32 pm to
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Dollar General


There's a DG not far from where I live but I hate going there. It's always scorching hot and smells when you walk in. Seems like when I do go, I'm behind people with baskets full of groceries and they have to pay between EBT, cash and a credit card.
Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
9215 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:36 pm to
"poor people are just as good as white people" - Joe Biden
Posted by Butch Baum
Member since Oct 2007
2828 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:43 pm to
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quote: Its mind numbing, especially the multiple transactions when they find out they can buy an extra pack of cigarettes or more lottery tickets. Why don't you offer to pay for them to help speed up the process? Otherwise, you're just being a dick.


…We’re coming up on that by middle of April, ‘Bub
Posted by Maytheporkbewithyou
Member since Aug 2016
12633 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:46 pm to
I fricking hate chip cards. They never work

Tap and go.
Posted by MikeAV8s
Member since Oct 2016
1741 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:46 pm to
I do it to piss of the self important jackass behind me. Don’t know bout your experience
Posted by JustLivinTheDream
Member since Jan 2017
3497 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:49 pm to
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Nah the wood tip


God damn this crushed me LOL well done
Posted by SemiNoblePursuit
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2016
1506 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:51 pm to
Self check out registers should require a fricking IQ test
Posted by Basura Blanco
Member since Dec 2011
8161 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:52 pm to
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Why are you stopping at a convenience store?


convenience?
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11339 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 2:56 pm to
They didn't get to be pours because they were quick thinking and efficient
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
9401 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:01 pm to
The vast majority of the time when someone is taking forever to check out it’s because either A) they’re buying lottery tickets or B) they don’t have enough money to pay for their shite.

I think it’s mostly lottery tickets. It takes the cashier fking forever to ring them up (presumably because it has to process through LA Lottery’s system, at least for the big ones). The worst is when you get stuck behind people who are cashing out their $5 scratch-off win to then turn around and buy more scratch-offs..

I got stuck behind a lady a couple of weeks ago who was buying like $1.75 worth of shite and literally pulled a ziplock sandwich bag full of nickels and pennies out of her purse to pay. And of course she had to stop and re-count to figure out how much was left like 4 times.
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
5010 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:01 pm to
What blows my mind are the people that get 50 bucks worth of snacks drinks food that costs like 15 bucks at any other store. I hate waiting for the cashier to get the plastic grocery bag out. I know then it'll be a minute or two.

If I do have to go in and see a line 3-4 people deep I just leave.
Posted by chinhoyang
Member since Jun 2011
23456 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:03 pm to
1. THey are typically stupid.
2. They have time-consuming lottery transactions.
3. They have to count their money.
4. They want to annoy the people behind them.
5. Their debit cards get declined.
6. They are prone to ask stupid questions.

Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
10947 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:17 pm to
The 7-Elevens in my hood are basically mini casinos for the lottery. You have to wait 5 minutes for people to pick their scratch offs, scan tickets, etc.

We have two Quik Trips close now, who know how to properly run a convenience store.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
16006 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:17 pm to
TSA Bag check is the worst to have to deal with imho
This post was edited on 3/6/24 at 3:18 pm
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
20399 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:19 pm to
Lottery tickets!!

A few months back I was at a 7-11 waiting to check out. Guy was talking to the cashier that he obviously knew. He told her so and so won $40,000 on a scratch off. She said “ oh lord, if I did that I could retire”. She meant it.

Yikes.
Posted by chrome_daddy
LA (Lower Ashvegas)
Member since May 2004
2067 posts
Posted on 3/6/24 at 3:20 pm to
I never notice as I never purchase anything except gas at a convenience store. Finance for Dummies 101.
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