Thursday, November 19, 2009
You’ve had a long day filled with classes, work and now grocery shopping. You just want to get in, get out and make it home in time to watch So You Think You Can Dance. But as you approach the checkout area, you notice that three people with full carts are in every line, and a sense of annoyance reverberates through your body. FML, you think.
Photo illustration by Francesca Chambers
The waiting game: There are methods to avoid the long lines in grocery stores.
If you have a small number of items, Josh Wisenbaker, Garden City senior who works at Dillons, recommends using the self-check-out lanes, or U-scanners. Learning to use the U-scanners can be aggravating, but once you master the machine, Wisenbaker says the self-checkout lane is the fastest option.
You can also go to customer service to beat the lines if you don’t have a full cart or groceries that need to be weighed, Wisenbaker says.
For times you can’t avoid the regular checkout lanes, he suggests looking for the cashier who looks like they’ve been working at the store long enough to know what they’re doing.
“This can be a difficult judgment, but sometimes its obvious,” he says.
If you’re really concerned about making it through the line as swiftly as possible, bring a friend with you to the store, says Kortney Holthaus, Seneca junior. When it’s time to check out, claim separate lines until it becomes clear which line is moving faster. Then, move your cart to the quicker line if your original choice was a dud.
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