Post #602132 by tiki mick on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 12:44 PM

Is it just me, or is the world getting more stupid and slow every day?

I just got done at the market. They have an "express" checkout line. Believe me, there is nothing express about it. I was in that line for ten minutes.

I watch the customers, questioning every item's price...even though all the items are marked with their price...I see people slowly pulling out pennies and nickles and painstakingly counting them out, then handing them to the cashier. The cashier looks stupidly at them, they look even more befuddled. Of course, they have not given him the right amount. So, the hand goes back in the wallet or coin purse, and the entire process begins anew.

The checker himself, a young kid, looks like he is frozen in amber. Or at least, he moves like he is. There is no sense of urgency. Watching him get a customer's change is like watching ice freeze.

All in all, it seems like the simplest activities are TOO MUCH for these people. They are content to spend endless amounts of times engaging in processes that should be completely quickly. It's ten minutes of my life I cannot get back. And before you say, "relax Lucas, it's only ten minutes"...I will answer "yes, but you add all the 10 minutes together and 90% of your day is spent waiting in line, or in traffic because that light turns green, and you are at the back of a long train of 10-15 cars...and NO ONE is moving!"

I am starting to really identify with that guy in the movie, "falling down".

For the record, my transaction at that register took about 12 seconds.