My husband's an expresshole

[Jenise]

Today he got in an Express lane with 20 items over the limit.

Any evil eyes from other shoppers? I was recently in an express line and was counting my items just to be sure I was within the limit (and I was). The woman behind snipped, "If you have to count, you're over the limit."

[Jenise]

It was hilariously unintentional. We were essentially done with our shopping and I said, "you go get in line and I'll go grab some shampoo and join you". And when I rejoined him, I did not realize what he also had not realized--he had just jumped in the shortest line. We learned of the error when the cashier, halfway through our order, pointed it out. So I blurted out, "Oh no! My husband's an expresshole!", and then explained to all within hearing distance what the definition of expresshole is. I then jumped in the line next to us to join another couple who weren't expressholes. Everyone within ten feet was laughing.

Which pretty much saved Bob's bacon from the glares and accusations that would otherwise have ensued.

That's funny!

Ha! One of our local stores has changed the sign to read "approx. 20 items" to add some fuzziness to the cart counting bureaucrats.

Nice save!

Thanks for the chuckle.

I don't get too upset with expressholes since I have spare time on my hands, but when they combine going "20 over" with paying by check (a quaint custom here in rural 'Merca), questioning a price which requires a runner go find the item on the shelf, and/or forgetting an item which necessitates a shutdown of the line...well, then I do fume a bit..

BP

When I see people like that I usually give a loud harrumph.

[Jenise]

When I see people like that I usually give a loud harrumph.

I do too. I even worry, on the occasion when an express line cashier has invited me to his or her stand because they were temporarily without customers, that others will get in line behind me and completely misunderstand how I got there!

I've always hoped the cashier would refuse to ring these guys up, but it never seems to happen. Has anyone seen this: someone who summons up some sort of ad on a smartphone and starts arguing about the price the object scans at? Cell phones are causing the decline of civilization, IMHO.

Have seen it a couple of times, but they were obvious cases, and probably didn't see the sign. Since in both cases I was the only one in line behind them, I told the cashier to go ahead and check them out.