Re: Summer hols

On Sun, 17 May 2009 12:46:31 -0400, JPinNY wrote:

I live in the land of "Gimme". Deli clerks think I'm quaint with my
"Could I have a pound of low salt ham, please," accompanied by a polite
smile and followed by thanks.

And with that strange English accent as well?

Yesterday I was shopping for plasters for a huge blister on my heel in a
pharmacy chain and I bought a few other necessities. The assistant rang
up my order, accepted my payment and gave me the receipt without any
verbal acknowlegement or saying the amount. I opened my mouth to say
"thankyou" and then just shook my head at him in dismay and left.

Wot no "Have a Nice Day"?

I have a sneaky feeling that over here there is a legal requirement for
the person taking money to tell you the amount, not just rely on you
reading it from a display or to guess. The very minimum you always get is
that.

As for the automated self operated checkouts, I end up arguing with her.
Yes I have taken that off the conveyor and that "unexpected item" is my
wallet to get out my cards to pay you. An keep up with me you stupid
machine I pressed the button so do that *now*, not when you feel like it
without putting up a "Please Wait...". I guess that others are so used to
computers (aka windows based computers) not acknowledging or doing what
they have been asked to do straight away that they don't notice. Drives me
up the wall if a mchine looks to be ready to accept user input but isn't
really.

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Cheers
Dave.



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