Checkout/ATM etiquette
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From: Langhorne, PA
The clock works for Flava Flave of the group public enemy,and surreal life TV show. The guy is a skinny pencil-neck geek dork, and wears a big 10 inch clock around his neck. Never heard about him being robbed at an ATM.
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I personally think that the self check outs are a joke. I pay the same price for my items, but do the cashiers job for them. It's just another way for stores to make more money. If we let this continue, pretty soon, there won't be cashiers, we'll probably have to stock the shelves just to get the item we want.
On another note, I'll have to try having a clock in my waistband sometime, one can never keep crime too far away.
On another note, I'll have to try having a clock in my waistband sometime, one can never keep crime too far away.
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is wearing a gun where people can see it, in a public place legal?
I think it is, if he's got a licence for it. I'm not sure if questions like that are though, at least in Texas.
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I think it is, if he's got a licence for it. I'm not sure if questions like that are though, at least in Texas.
The Northwest Chapter of FTE
we don't get lost,
we just get found
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From: River Valley AR
Originally Posted by woogs
is wearing a gun where people can see it, in a public place legal?
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If it had been me, I would have more than likely been escorted off by the police, and the guy would have had a bloddy nose right there in line. It's is the height of rudeness to invade someone elses personal space. When he got rude I would have waved over an associate, asked to speak with the manager on duty and refused to move. Then if that didn't work my fist would have.
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Originally Posted by Vankaye
Now I realize I could have been way more polite in asking the guy
to move in the first place but I think I was a little taken back
that this isn't standard?? I mean don't we all give people a little
personal space while at the ATM or any other checkout counter?
This guy was standing so close to me I could smell him. It was wierd!!!!
to move in the first place but I think I was a little taken back
that this isn't standard?? I mean don't we all give people a little
personal space while at the ATM or any other checkout counter?
This guy was standing so close to me I could smell him. It was wierd!!!!
Conducting a personal transaction where sensitive information is being passed along either verbally or physically by punching a code or password is night and day difference to being in a crowded bar buying a drink. Cover your sensitive information and always be wary of those sneaks around you.
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From: Virginia Beach
When some one crowds me, I simply slow down. Start moving in a very slow and deliberate way. Much like driving with somebody up your tailpipe on a wide open highway- just let off the gas some. They'll either get the idea and back off, or they'll just get mad and try to go around (granted, this works better on a 4- lane interstate). So why wouldn't this technique work in the ATM scenario? Either the guy will get the idea that he is too close, or he will ask what the hold up is, in which case you can tell him he is standing too close. No rudeness, no violence (on your part), and best of all, no need for a clock (ten round or digital)!!
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From: Fairbanks, Alaska
Personally, I never use the DIY checkout...me and those computers have a love-hate relationship...I hate them and they love to mess with me! I would rather wait in line and go through a regular checkout even if it means waiting a little extra time. Don't know how it is down there in the USA (
) but up here in Alaska these self-checkout computers are always breaking down and there's really no one up here that can fix them - they have to bring someone up from the Lower 48 to repair them which means that they wait till almost all of them are hopelessly broken!
As for this guys attitude, well all I can say is that common courtesy is not all that common after all! This falls into the same category as parents who try to "reason" with a bratty two year old, or the inebriate who percieves (through his alcohol-induced brainfog) some injustice done him and is not afraid to let the whole world know how he was wronged.
Some people are just not good in public....
) but up here in Alaska these self-checkout computers are always breaking down and there's really no one up here that can fix them - they have to bring someone up from the Lower 48 to repair them which means that they wait till almost all of them are hopelessly broken!As for this guys attitude, well all I can say is that common courtesy is not all that common after all! This falls into the same category as parents who try to "reason" with a bratty two year old, or the inebriate who percieves (through his alcohol-induced brainfog) some injustice done him and is not afraid to let the whole world know how he was wronged.
Some people are just not good in public....
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Originally Posted by polarbear
is wearing a gun where people can see it, in a public place legal?
I think it is, if he's got a licence for it. I'm not sure if questions like that are though, at least in Texas.
The Northwest Chapter of FTE
we don't get lost,
we just get found
I think it is, if he's got a licence for it. I'm not sure if questions like that are though, at least in Texas.
The Northwest Chapter of FTE
we don't get lost,
we just get found
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From: Montana Territory
Depending on the state its legal, http://www.packing.org
anyhoo, using a firearm as intimidation is almost as bad as using it without purpose.
anyhoo, using a firearm as intimidation is almost as bad as using it without purpose.
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Originally Posted by woogs
is wearing a gun where people can see it, in a public place legal?
However, it is never a good idea to carry a weapon when purchasing kitchen improvement supplies at Home Depot. It scares the scanners.
Last edited by Dazz; Feb 26, 2005 at 12:54 PM. Reason: misspelling
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