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shelflifers
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 Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:09 Post subject: Is there a secret to choosing lines?
Cuz I flat out suck at it.
One line has 10 people, the other has one. I'll pick the line with one. Let's say it's a person buying a pack of gum. Well, it turns out he's using 10 coupons for it, writing a check and he just can't find his ID...
It's almost eerie how it happens every time...
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Sandy Cheeks
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:12 Post subject:
What you need to do is bring ten of your closest friends with you everywhere and station each one in a line.
Whoever gets there first can signal you over to get your stuff.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:14 Post subject:
The secret is to never choose the line that I'm in because it will always be the slowest moving one.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:14 Post subject:
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | What you need to do is bring ten of your closest friends with you everywhere and station each one in a line.
Whoever gets there first can signal you over to get your stuff. |
Sorry, I can only afford 3 friends (unlike some of you other riffers who have like hundreds of them stationed around this crazy country!!  )
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copteacher
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:15 Post subject:
Use the internet. No waiting. By lots of packs of gum and never a problem again.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:16 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | Use the internet. No waiting. By lots of packs of gum and never a problem again. |
Yeah, but then I miss that wonderfully hellacious customer service that I've grown to love and expect!!!
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:17 Post subject:
You need to go to Wal-Mart more often.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:20 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | You need to go to Wal-Mart more often. |
I'd rather eat my own foot.
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akern
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:20 Post subject:
Thats easy. Which ever line seems the most logical to you is the one you should not take.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:23 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Thats easy. Which ever line seems the most logical to you is the one you should not take. |
I've tried this tactic. I lose everytime. The worst is when you go in one line, see that the other line is going faster so you jump on that one and it slows down to penguin pace (beginning of Office Space scenario with the lanes)....
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airehead
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:23 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Thats easy. Which ever line seems the most logical to you is the one you should not take. |
Now you're starting to sound like the guy in "The Princess Bride".
Actually, avoid whatever line my husband chooses, poor guy. I was
standing in a line at a store, moving ok. He comes up, moves me to another
line and we never moved again. The line I was in first emptied completely!
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:23 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | | purple hayes wrote: | | You need to go to Wal-Mart more often. |
I'd rather eat my own foot. |
A little snack while you wait will help to pass the time.
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robp
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:24 Post subject:
I look at the cashier and decide whether they appear intelligent enough to keep the line moving or they just don't give a rat's behind. If I can't make a determination, then I'll just go to the line with the most attractive female either in line or at the register. None of this works of course.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:26 Post subject:
I use the same tactics rob, but it never works. Think I'll just stuff my tummy next time and pretend I'm pregnant...
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rolling rock
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Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:29 Post subject:
i pay no attention to what's in line in front of me. i choose the line with the best reading smut. this is when mommy catches up on all her educational (current event) topics.
cover to cover baby. National Enquirer. The Freekin' Star. I like to rumple up all the pages and then put it back so to pi$$ off the manager who appears to be watching me.
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