rants :: spazzes from the b:ACK:room

The Corner Store is Not Your Personal Gambling Center

posted by snarko on Thursday, October 6 2011

Get Out of Line, or get outta line

I play the Lotto. I play scratchers. I occasionally go to bingo halls...

BUT YOU DO NOT "GAMBLE" IN LINE, PEOPLE!

This is now the FIFTH noted time at my corner store: no, it's not the only poor working cashier's fault. Blame the corporations who will now FIRE this poor soul for asking the customer to step out of line to do their business. They'll fire him for asking: it's "poor customer service".

Nevermind the 18 people behind them, this is nonsense.

For pete's sake, people: buy your lottery, and GET OUT OF LINE to scratch it. If you've a winner, great: you can get back into the line. That's what I do: you can do it, too. Don't hold a line over it.

I'm not even impatient, until I think it's NOT NECESSARY. I take my scratchers home, even, and bike back if I've a really good one (so I can tip the person who sold it: good for karma). I don't wanna sit in line behind you watching you blowing your whole SS check...

...this last one was 70+, and just held up a line now three, now six...

all the way to eighteen deep, trying to pay for gas on the way to work or something, whilst she just casually scratched off $1 cards, handed them back if a winner, and asked for more. A STACK OF CARDS 2" DEEP.

GET OUT OF LINE if you're gonna do that. Get back in with your winners, when you're finished. I don't care how old you are (and I AM respectful to elders), get the fuck out of line and let people who only wanna pay for gas do so, so they can quit counting the seconds until their boss fires them when they really did need gas to get there.

And possibly now cause a freeway accident they're trying to be on time, when you coulda moved to the side, but you're too busy in your own head with $1 scratchers to let 18 people pass.

You are now out of line, by holding one. GET OUT OF THE LINE UNTIL YOU NEED IT. You're being rude: move.

While that does not directly affect me, I watch the other 17--and in this case, most are on their way to work--get disgruntled, leave, and usually without the lunch nor gas they needed. So they're grumpy from no food, and break down. YOUR FAULT.

I am sorry: you're a selfish fuck if you do this. A concenvience store is not your personal gambling center: come with me to bingo, and get out of line.