somewhat of a rant.

First weird thing that happened today: girl threw down her stuff right after this guy I had just rung up, and she looks at me and hurriedly said "We aren't married or together at all." and that was all. I just smiled and said ok while trying not to smile too much. It was crazy random. Also today I was loving all the "finals" purchases people were making. Let me just sum up 90% of what people bought today: candy and frozen dinners. I kid you not, I have not seen so much candy bought before. I love that I can just gage the stress level of people by what they buy. And boy were people stressin' today. So on to the rant section of today's entry. I have a few pet peeves, and will only cover a few right now. First off, green bags. They really are more of a pain than anything else because no one knows how to go about using them efficiently. I'll give an example of the perfect way to use your green bag, for all of those who might be wondering. At the conveyor belt, UNLOAD your green bag. That is basically all you need to do. But hardly anybody does. They usually do one of three things: (wow I'm using a lot of colons today) number 1. they pack everything in their bag and don't take it out once they get to the cashier. It is incredibly inconvenient and a huge pain. You have to take everything out of the bag, scan it, then put it back in. It takes forever. And is annoying to me and every other cashier ever. the second thing that people commonly do is unload their groceries from their green bag and hold onto the bag until everything is scanned, then realize and say oh, I have a green bag, and expect me to bad everything for them even though I am already done with their transaction. Also annoying. Third thing and probably the most annoying, people unload their stuff and instead of putting the bag on the other side of the counter, they hold it out to me. Right in front of my face, while I am already using my hands to scan things. They just hold it there, waiting for me to take it from them, all the while they could just move their arm 2 inches and put it where the groceries are. But that is just all to complicated it seems. So that is my rant about that. Second rant, cell phones. Don't talk on your cell while going through a line. It is super rude and we all hate it. Related to that, we are supposed to ask you how you are doing and whatnot, so when we say hello how are you today? and you just stare blankly it is more than obnoxious. We actually don;t care about you or your day, but we are supposed to pretend to be nice because it is our job. The least you can do is say fine thanks. Thats all. No life story needed. But for some a simple fine is too much to ask. Third rant, people who don't talk loud enough/expect me to read minds. You all may be surprised to know that cashiers ,in fact, are not able to read thoughts. Nor do we have super sonic hearing. Just today this girl came through and I was only have turned towards her because I was getting or doing something, and she practically whispered that she didn't want a bag. I didn't hear her completely and thought she was talking to her friend so it didn't register. As I bagged her item she a tiny bit louder said no bag, and stared at me like I was dumb. It was pretty cool. I love it when people treat me like an idiot when they are actually slightly incompetent for society and interactions with others. But instead of calling her out like I very much would have loved to, I just apologized and gave her her un-bagged item. Oh the many things I wish I could say to some people. I think that there should be a designated day for us to be able to say whatever we want. And I don't want to be rude just to be rude. Oh no. I completely appreciate those who have common sense and courtesy in public. But those who feel like they get to be rude to me because I work behind a register just need a little wake up call I think. Though will they ever get it? I doubt it. But a girl can dream right? speaking of dreams it is more than past time for me to get some sleep, hope you enjoyed today's rants!