Major pet peeve: Inconsiderate lotto players

[tridim]

I stopped by the gas station today to give the BFEE some more money and happened to get behind the typical idiot lotto player who thinks she is the only one in line. First she asks the clerk to check her 15 or so powerball receipts for winners, took about 3 minutes. Apparently you can win small prizes on them too because she won $8. Next she takes the $8 and proceeds to buy 2 powerball tickets and a few scratch off games, total time for her decision as to which scratch off's to get, about 2 minutes. The 2 powerballs were hand picked on the little bubble sheet, total time about 1 minute. Clerk can't figure out the price/winnings difference and fumbles for another minute. Is the transaction over? Nope. She wins $2 on the scratcher and decides to buy ANOTHER FUCKING POWERBALL TICKET. Takes another minute to fill out a bubble sheet. Meanwhile my dog is panting and roasting while waiting in my car, and about 6 other customers have queued up in line behind me. Total wasted minutes in my life, about 6 minutes, just so this idiot can satisfy her gambling addiction.

She didn't even apoligize when she was done, in fact she didn't even make eye contact with anyone as she left. She was totally unconcerned for anyone but herself and her little game.

I wouldn't complain about this if it was an isolated incident, but it seems like this happens about 25% of the time at convinience stores. I really don't want to go postal, I don't even own a gun, but I swear next time it happens I'm going off on someone.

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[SOteric]

1. I don't think your rant is with the idiot lotto player

as annoying as she was. I think it properly belongs to the alleged professional behind the counter, who at no point politely suggested that the woman step to the side to make her decisions while he helped a few of the waiting customers.

[meegbear]

4. Agreed.

But I goto a store that about 30% of it's revenue is lottery and they know to tell people to step aside and let others do their business.

[ChesWickatWork]

5. or the store for not having enough staff

the customer had a right to finish her transactions. There should be enough to do both.

[searchingforlight]

8. I agree.

If she waited in line to conduct her business then she was the next person to be served. It is no difference whether it is a grocery store with a customer in front that has a large cart full and needs a price check and then needs to write a check that needs to be verified.

It is the store's responsibility to make sure that transactions run smoothly.

Next time use a credit card or go to a chain that has more help.

[LoneStarLiberal]

2. Cell Cloners, Too

Look at the growing number of people (ergo "cloners") who think that it is acceptable to talk in a loud voice in public on their cell phone instead of paying attention to their environment at hand at the expense of everyone else around them.

I mention this because I was stuck in line at the grocery store last night behind two people both jabbering away in voices loud enough to carry 10 feet or so. The checkout clerk had to repeat several things to the combined gruesome twosome because they were too f***ing busy jabbering to pay attention to their immediate task at hand.

People suck.

[meegbear]

3. And of course they say ...

"Do you MIND? This is a personal call!". Jerks.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. "Do you mind?

I'm on the phone."

[LoneStarLiberal]

7. Exactly!

If I and everyone else without hearing impairments in a 10 foot radius knows who you slept with last night and what all you did, it ceases to be personal.

Laughing loudly and pointing a finger at them seems to shut them up. But it also makes the mad. Oh well.

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Happened to me at the bank

I had to make a principle payment on my loan, which is about the only time I have to into the bank. The line was very long and there was this woman on her phone. Yap! Yap! Yap! The lobby of the bank was fairly quiet but OH NO, girlfriend had to talk like she was the only person in the world. She trying to make reservations at some hotel and at one point she gave out her home number to the hotel clerk. I keyed it into my phone and saved it.

When I finally got to the teller, she and I joked about Miss Loudmouth (they all know me at the branch). I got back to my office, called the number (luckly my work number will not show up on caller ID) and said "next time you're in public using your god-damn cell phone, please shut the fuck UP!!!"

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Man, that was bold..lol!

eom

[BlueJazz]

9. I DO understand your anger...

...There seems to be a certain class of people that has absolutely
no concern for anybody else on this planet.
We have to deal with this pricks and I'll admit I sometimes have to hold my tongue.

I guess MY Favorite "bitch" are the assholes that take forever to get going at a stop light (especially the left turn lane)
You know the ones I mean....

You're sitting 5 or 6 cars back in the left hand turn lane....
The light (arrow) turns green....
There's a 5 or 6 second pause before the person in front gets going...
Then the next car starts off like a snail....etc...etc
I look ahead and see these 120 ft "Gaps" between cars...
Then NATURALLY the light changes to red and you're stuck there again waiting for 4 minutes, simply because these SOB's can't move their asses.

[chiburb]

10. The term I use for all of them,

The clerks, the customers, the cell phoners, et al, is "socially bulletproof". Nobody exists except them...

[ProudGerman]

11. Oh goody, time to vent

To all posters in this thread, I bet you never thought you'd get that close to the center of the universe, heh.:P

I really like the ones who race you to the checkout when you have 3 items, and they have a cart overflowing with junk. Then, they wait till the cashier has rang everything up and bagged it before they start to fill out their check.

I also like the ones who are filling their vehicle up at the gas station when its really busy, line out to the street busy. Instead of finishing their pumping, and pulling their car over to that empty spot in front of the store, they leave the vehicle there and go stand in line to pay.

The ones I hate the most, and need to be shot somewhere painful, are the ones who come to a complete stop at busy highway on-ramps. Nothing like having to go from a dead stop to completely merged onto a highway in only 400 ft.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. So, yeah...

I buy a lotto ticket when I pick up the paper. Just one. For a buck. Let the machine pick the numbers-- I'm not gonna win anyway.

So, I got this lousy cup of coffee in the QuickCheck, and I'm in line behind this bimbo who's buying $250 of pick 3's pick 4's and godknowswhatall, but they have to be straight, boxed, tarred, feathered, or whatever.

All I want is my lousy coffee for $1.39 and I don't have exact change to drop on the counter.

"3-9-7 straight and boxed"

"4-3-6-8 straight and boxed..."

"Here's 50 tickets for the Big Game..."

"Two Baseball scratchoffs, 3 Bingo scratchoffs..."

By now the damned cofee is cold, and I'm wondering if I want another, but I have to get to the back of the line. The very long line.

Now, they have two drawings a day!

Raise my taxes if you must, but get rid of the damned lotteries!

Teach people that putting their money in the bank is a much better deal than paying 200-1 on odds of 999-1. Lotteries are a tax on the poor and stupid. Or at least mathematically challenged. And these payouts would be illegal in Atlantic city. Only the State is allowed to blatantly rob gamblers.

Let them play their numbers with their bookies, who give them much better payouts.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

14. LOTTO: A tax on people who can't do math

statistics, people!

[MiltonLeBerle]

15. Pedestrians who seem to think that a green arrow means "walk"

And then step out into the crosswalk in front of you when you have a protected left turn.

plus- In Chicago, we have a lot of ONE WAY streets and the people who turn left from right side of the street are maddening. As are the people who aren't aware that you can turn left on a red light if you are turning left from a one way street onto another one way street.
And finally- The people who try to talk on their cell phones and drive at the same time. Nobody can do it safely- no, not even you.

[monkeyboy]

16. I always try to say something smart-assed and semi-funny

Usually something like "Hey, Ms. Passive-Agressive, can we finish this sometime today? My kid's bleeding to death in the backseat, and I just need to buy these cokes for the long trip to the hospital." Let's them know I'm annoyed and gives them a way out. Also allows me to ratchet it up if necessary.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

17. What? SIX MINUTES!!! How dare she?

My god, thats 1/10th of an hour! 1/240th of a day! 1/87,600th of a year! 1/7,008,000th of an average lifespan!

How dare she waste SIX OF YOUR PRECIOUS MINUTES!

Or perhaps you just need to learn to have a little patience.

[L.A.dweller]

19. I agree, people now a days have no patience.

No offense Tridim. I rarely hold up traffic. One time i had to when i was leaving a small shopping center and was trying to be cautious when entering a busy traffic lane. But when people start to honk just because i am trying to look out for any cars that may be coming that makes me upset not to mention nervous. They can't wait a whole 30 sec to 1 whole minute for me to watch for clear traffic. Come on.
Like getting that extra 30 seconds in travel time is so vital to their life line.

[tridim]

20. I have plenty of patience,

I waited 6 minutes while this person gambled at a gas station and I said nothing. Sure, I was pissed, but I was not impatient.