Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for August 05, 2012

What a jerk he can be at times.

Reminds me of the story of the old lady following a young man around in the supermarket. when questioned she said, "You remind me of my son who was killed in the Iraq War. When I leave can you please make me happy by saying, “Goodbye, Mother.” So when the lady was leaving the store, he called out, “Goodbye Mother.”

When it was his turn at the checkout counter, his bill was enormous.When he asked the cashier why, she said,“Your mother said you would pay her bill.”

Slim how commendable of you…jerk!

Don’t be too hard on poor ol’ Slim. It’s not everyone who needs to buy a cartload of food like that just to make it through the day.

i let a woman w/ 2 items in front of me once—after she got in front—she called her daughter over w/ a cart full..ever since—i keep my place in line to myself.

I remember once an elderly lady asked me to go ahead of her when ahe had a 1/2 dozen eggs that she had broken off from a full dozen. The cashier told her she wasn’t allowed to break a dozen eggs in 2 and she went on that she was recently widowed and couldn’t eat 1 full dozen eggs before they would go bad. Meanwhile I was furious as my parents, who were her age,were waiting outside.

Give Slim a break. There’s probably something in his cart that he’s just dying to eat, so he has to check-out as quickly as possible.

I think the joke is that he REALLY doesn’t know any better because he is that clueless. Kind o obvious I guess, but isn’t it funny how much ire he creates from the readers.

I will generally let someone with a couple of items in line if it is my idea. If they ask, I tell them to wait just like I had to. They usually are the ones that make a habit of it.

She should use the express line… 12 items or fewer…

On the other hand, maybe sSlim has been burned by these “just a couple of things” folks before.

No one in their right mind would let Slim do the grocery shopping.

Sometimes if I have 12 or less items, I’ll skip the express lines for a regular one. Why you say? I love reading the tabloids while I wait to checkout… lol

I think Slim was trying to be nice, but he could have done better by letting the older lady in front of him with her few groceries. What do you younger people think?

And she asks the clerk for a bottle of… and then a can of… and since I am here, how about a bag of… Each requiring a fair amount of time. I’m with Slim on this one.

and now there are self check-out…just slide it so the upc code is captured by the camera screen and pay with cash or bank card…you are done!

Slim’s a moron…. he’s not funny

I’ve never heard anyone say that before, usually they just let the person go ahead of them.But it’s just Slim just being dumb.

I love the numbers of people in the express lineup who can’t count to twelve. (“Lessee, thirty plus one equals…twelve!”)

I have allowed folks with a few items in their arms to go ahead of me, and I have had the same done for me. I am grateful when it happens.

SLIM GET A CLUE!!!!!

Maybe if the old bag would have been upfont and asked to go ahead of him, he would have let her. Instead she bumped him to make sure she noticed her. Too bad, Granny. Next time, just ask.

Bear it!