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I’m sorry, I fail to see how this reads as anything other than “Amanda” being an insanely self-important cunt…
So, if you “support this” feel free to assume that extends to you as well
I’m sorry but I have to assume you’re not British (which is fine, not your fault). You wouldn’t survive one day in the jungle of unspoken rules of politeness that is a Tesco queue.
No ‘thank you’ for a divider? That’s a firm mild stare for you
No ‘no worries’ when people apologise for forgetting to thank you for the divider? Rude.
No ‘nonono it was me luv’ when people tell you ‘no worries’ after you apologised for forgetting to thank them for the divider? Are you some sort of sociopathic asshole?
I’d rather get punched in the dick then deal with this passive aggressive bullshit.
No worries! Cheers. Ta. Sorry.
I’d rather shoot myself than have to navigate that purgatory, holy shit
No worries love! (subtitle: ‘go on shoot yourself’)
Wow, really? You’re just going to literally tell someone to go kill themselves because they don’t want to live by your grocery store line etiquette?
Yeah, that’s not fucked up or anything…
Yikes.
Sorry it’s actually in the law. It was voted by a very large majority of MPs in 1988. Not putting the divider on the belt usually results in the bobbies taking you out of Tesco and shooting you on the bus replacement service.
No reason to get all riled up like this LMAO
It is well within the confines of the conversationOr wait is this missing a /s?
Go kill yourself
Now that is outside the confines of the conversation.
I don’t think you understood the joke. And since I imitated a joke about shooting myself, continuing that joke was fine, even funny; this is not
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I’d recently blocked “LadyButterfly she/her” because I was getting fed up of her constant low effort ragebait, so I was surprised to see this post appear on my feed - it turns out she’s posting from multiple instances, presumably to get around either blocks or bans.
Oh wow… Ya know, I’d noticed on a few occasions that she seemed to be the predominant poster in a few of my mental health/'tism related subs, but now that you’ve brought it to my attention I can’t seem to recall her posting anything OTHER THAN the most basic of basic bitch, LCD kinda stuff day in and day out… So the whole “secret identities” aspect tracks too 🤣😂
Yup. Also the post captions always read a bit too engagmentey, if that makes sense? Like either the account is a bot, or it’s one that being run cynically by a professional who’s following a set of guidelines to maximize reach over anything like sincere interest or value or humanity. Even their username is giving suspicious “there are no girls on the internet” energy.
People who get stirred to rage by someone momentarily impressed by mild and inconsequential pettiness: “This is some kind of social media conspiracy.”
It’s hardly tinfoil hat time - I defy you to name a single poster anywhere on Lemmy who reads more like a repost bot or engagement farmer than that particular user.
Shit, is she getting paid? How do I sign up?
I browse by subscribed, so I don’t see a lot of stuff. But off the top of my head? Stamets, King, Mickey7, probably others I don’t recall.
Pretty sure OP switched instances some time back if you’re wondering why you see her stuff.
If I was getting paid I wouldn’t have needed to beg for money a few weeks ago just to try and remain homeless. If I was getting paid I wouldn’t be so worried about getting holiday gifts for my friends or myself. Getting paid… fuckin’ lol
It’s kinda funny to be honest. So many people get so worked up the second that they start seeing someone post because, to them, they cannot fathom someone posting that much to social media without an actual incentive whether that be monetary or anything else.
It is to stop items from accidentally getting charged to the wrong person. It benefits both people. I never expect a thank you for doing it. If something gets charged to the wrong person, everyone gets screwed. You, the cashier, and this idiot. Now everyone has to wait for the cashier to void the transaction and call a manager over. Congratulations, you played yourself.
I’m just gonna keep what I paid for, thank you very much.
“Thanks for the muffin carton, dick!”
Congratulations, you’ve now only played yourself here, ending up buying something you didn’t want or need.
You’ve also played the other person that is now missing an item
They can just go get the thing they’re missing, they’ve lost nothing but you’ve wasted money in some weird senseless vendetta that only you suffer from.
They have to go back. Effort is my death penalty. I would suffer
Weird senseless vendetta is all I live for these days.
And then they state that and you gotta wait for the items to be removed from your order and you might have to wait for the supervisor. Own goal.
All because you’re ego is so fragile you need praise for something you have to do anyway.
Sticking it to the maaaan! Yeah baby!
I’m not gonna assume it’s flirting but if it is…
Yeah? You’re supposed to put it down after You’re done.
I’m not gonna thank someone for flushing the loo after they’re done either.
why would you just copy another comment like that?
Maybe they are the same person trapped in different multiverses
seems likely
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so the cashier knows where one customer’s groceries end and the next begin. this feels like she’s going to punish herself, buying his groceries, out of pettiness, i guess
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so the cashier knows where your items end and can start the payment portion of checking out, getting you out the door more quickly
I don’t put the divider up for the benefit of the person behind. I put it up for me. well, and also to be nice. but it benefits me
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see, a reasonable person just leaves a gap. but some people think that if they cram the belt full, the cashier will somehow process everything more quickly.
same people who glare at you when you don’t start loading items when the instant free space appears on the belt. like mf I got a cart full of stuff, and I know how to unpack onto the belt so they get packed back into the cart neatly, I need two feet to start laying out the big things. mfs want you to start the belt out with bananas and shit
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I’ve never understood this either. If someone is holding things in their arms it’s helpful, but if they have a cart then nothing is really gained. I can easily fill the conveyor belt by the time the person in front of me finishes paying. So getting started early feels like I am crowding them for no reason. Like flooring it between red lights; you’re just wasting energy to wait anyway.
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I think someone on 4chan once answered this question: It’s the only form of segregation white folks are okayed to use, so they cling to it like they do guns and religion.
The divider is so the cashier knows when to stop ringing more stuff up because it isn’t yours. If she moved the divider back afterwards, that almost implies that she wants to buy the persons behind her products. The story makes no sense, the divider is something you put up for yourself, it just happens to benefit everybody.
Putting down the divider is not a courtesy, it is expected of you.
This is like expecting someone to say thank you because you flushed the toilet before leaving it
i liked the other comment that also said it was like thanking someone for flushing the toilet and hour after you posted
In all of my experience, it’s required for the person behind them to put the divider on the belt before putting their own groceries down. Not on the person in front to put it down after their items (unless they’re trying to be courteous)
Here in Germany, i’ve observed it the other way around: Everyone always puts a divider behind their items.
Other way around. If you don’t want to pay for my shit, set your divider.
Imagine needing to be thanked for that, yeah I can do it myself if you really have the need for pointless gratitude lol
Yeah… OK biatch, if you wanna pay for my food too…
I’m this way with helpful comments
Thank you
So dumb… the divider is for her and the checkout person’s benefit. for fuck sakes
Yeah, but social punishment for rudeness is how you get a world where strangers are polite to each other
Causing a tiny inconvenience for yourself is worth it
It only causes inconvenience for herself and the cashier. It doesn’t effect the guy behind her even slightly.
this isn’t like somebody left a cart blocking the sidewalk in front of the store lol
Yeah, but social punishment for rudeness is how you get a world where strangers are polite to each other
Bwahaha sure it is… look at what the OP posted…Do you think this event made the OP polite?
Yes? Obviously? Someone else got mildly publicly embarrassed for not being polite to a stranger
As someone who does the little things like hold the door for others, I think to myself “okay, asshole” every time doesn’t acknowledge it. It makes me just a little more hesitant to do it in the future
When someone does get called out for it, it’s incredibly vindicating. Even seeing it second hand is validating
There’s such a thing as a good Karen. Society does need Karens, but we need them to call out people making the world a worse place in little ways like this
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No? I just expect acknowledgement. Just a little head nod or basically any sound
I’m not a doorman. I’m holding the door so you feel like you’re in a slightly friendlier world, I didn’t have to do this. I don’t expect others to do it for me, but my day gets a little better when they do.
These little interactions are how a society feels friendly. It’s the fabric of civilization
When you walk through like you’re entitled to have doors held for you, then fuck you. You’re snubbing someone trying to make the world a slightly friendlier place
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Plot twist the man behind her was nonverbal…
And blind.
I just had someone not hold the door for me, after I held the door for them and they acknowledged it, and said thank you. 🤷
I was walking towards the entrance of a building, texting on my phone and didn’t realize someone was walking behind me as I got to the main doors. So I apologized to the woman (for being in her way), put my phone away and held the door open and let her go in first. She said “thanks!”
Then we went through the 2nd set of inner doors she opened the door and didn’t bother holding it open for me or look back or anything. Just pulled it open just enough for her to squeeze through and let the door start to close in my face.
People are fun.
This doesn’t make a lot of sense. Amanda is talking about a “woman in Tesco”, but somehow knows the reason she took the divider back. Did the woman announce this or something? Or is it just guesswork? Or is it a bullshit made-up story? You decide!
More to the point though, putting the divider would help her more than it helps the man. Because without the divider she risks the mans stuff being confused with her stuff, such that she might pay for items that aren’t hers, or just wait her own time. So why should the dude be thanking her if she’s actually just looking after her own interests? (And all that is aside from the fact that it is such a low-effort ordinary interaction that a person might not notice or care that it happened.)
I’m human and I enjoy these stories of pettiness just like anybody else.
But if I may please speak in my “old man who has seen things” capacity for a moment, this is not the way to live. You should endeavor to do positive things every day to make life better for people around you as well as yourself. And you don’t do this because it gets you praise or rewards, you do it because of the internal rewards. It’s good for your mind.
Exactly.
