Why do women...

[Dtrigg]

I was at the grocery this afternoon and I noticed that the lady in the check out line in front of me waited until everything was checked out before she began to write a check. Is that me? If I write a check at the check out stand at the grocery, I fill in everything with the exception of the amount before everything is checked out. Once the total is displayed, I write in the amount and that's it. Done. Gone. Bye. Same thing with credit/debit cards. I swipe before it's done and then just punch "accept". They don't! They wait until everything is done and then begin the process...

Have you noticed that if Barbara, Susan and Joan go to lunch, they call themselves Barbara, Susan and Joan. Well, if Doug, John and Bill go to luch we call ourselves Butt Head, Stupid, and Loser?

Do you get the part about a man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs? A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she doesn't need, but it's on sale.

 

[Sarge]

LOL why do they do alot of things....They are a mystery

 

[KooLaid]

Well I think it's a good thing on their part as a customer to wait because it has bitten me in the ass to not pay attention to the check out process.

Have you ever bought a small cart worth of items just to realize that you were double charged, over charged, or incorrectly charged for an item? It might be small like $2-$10 but you never know.

I know sometimes I have myself wondered, "How the f#ck did this ring up to $100?" and most of the time I just swipe and go, or I don't catch a problem at all because I swipe, wait, and press accept because I'm busy staring at her rack.

So I assume some women wait because they're watching every item's price to pop up as they scan. Smart on their part, sucks for us who just want to pay and go.

I do wonder something though:
"Why do women travel to the bathroom in groups?"

They seriously couldn't ALWAYS have something to say about us right???

 

[Ski_Banker]

I was at the grocery this afternoon and I noticed that the lady in the check out line in front of me waited until everything was checked out before she began to write a check. Is that me? If I write a check at the check out stand at the grocery, I fill in everything with the exception of the amount before everything is checked out. Once the total is displayed, I write in the amount and that's it. Done. Gone. Bye. Same thing with credit/debit cards. I swipe before it's done and then just punch "accept". They don't! They wait until everything is done and then begin the process...

Have you noticed that if Barbara, Susan and Joan go to lunch, they call themselves Barbara, Susan and Joan. Well, if Doug, John and Bill go to luch we call ourselves Butt Head, Stupid, and Loser?

Do you get the part about a man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs? A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item she doesn't need, but it's on sale.

Doug,
You were married before and *now* you notice this.

Was it to a female?



haha :tongue: just kidding butthead.
ski

 

[TyraNSX]

My favorite is women buying stuff that cost around $3 & they write a check. You can't just pay $3 cash & get moving??!! No, make everyone wait while you write a check for $3 whole dollars.

 

[john@johnhudakracing]

I can only speculate:

- For the hot ones, it gives them more time to check out the cover of Vogue, and reflect on new ways to use their looks to get what they want.
- For the fat chicks, it gives them a moment to catch their breath; after the exhaustive shopping experience.
- For the stinky skanks- groceries is their most expensive purchase of the month. Important to give the cashier less time to validate the bad check.
- The soccer moms love the opportunity to show off the check with paws all over it. You know, to brighten someone's day a little.
- The ugly ones are just mean spirited wenches that love to steal your 2 minutes.

Short of going American Psycho.... What can you do?

 

[Miner]

They just do things differently. Some people process in serial, some in parallel. I think women are more prone to serial, and men more parallel. But neither are absolute.

Now that I'm back in the single world, I'm beginning to remember other differences about the fairer sex.

Miner

 

[john@johnhudakracing]

They just do things differently. Some people process in serial, some in parallel. I think women are more prone to serial, and men more parallel.

In that case I must be multi-core, quad-proc.

 

[robr]

Um.... why do women EVEN CARRY CHECKS?!?!?! Who the hell still uses a checkbook to buy things? My wife carries one check in case we go out to eat somewhere that doesn't accept credit/debit cards (still quite a few around here unfortunately). I have no idea where my checkbook even is (though I'm sure my wife does).

 

[yojack1]

I was at the grocery this afternoon and I noticed that the lady in the check out line in front of me waited until everything was checked out before she began to write a check. Is that me? If I write a check at the check out stand at the grocery, I fill in everything with the exception of the amount before everything is checked out. Once the total is displayed, I write in the amount and that's it. Done. Gone. Bye. Same thing with credit/debit cards. I swipe before it's done and then just punch "accept". They don't! They wait until everything is done and then begin the process...

Us married guys don't know what your talking about. We're at home relaxing.

 

[MANIACura]

Don't even get me started......

My wife (bless her heart) will wait until the last minute......then she'll open her purse. Get out her wallet. Open the little snap flap. Fish through her ninety credit/debit cards that all look the same because they're all in identicle protective sleeves......and finally find the right one. Then she won't get out of the way until she neatly folds the receipt and tucks it away inside the little flap, closes the wallet and puts it in the purse.

Meanwhile I'm trying to avoid the death stares of all the people in line.

Oh and don't make me tell you about her counting out exact change down to the penny on the counter

But.....she's pretty hot so it's all good.

 

[Dtrigg]

Don't even get me started......

My wife (bless her heart) will wait until the last minute......then she'll open her purse. Get out her wallet. Open the little snap flap. Fish through her ninety credit/debit cards that all look the same because they're all in identicle protective sleeves......and finally find the right one. Then she won't get out of the way until she neatly folds the receipt and tucks it away inside the little flap, closes the wallet and puts it in the purse.

Meanwhile I'm trying to avoid the death stares of all the people in line.

Oh and don't make me tell you about her counting out exact change down to the penny on the counter

But.....she's pretty hot so it's all good.

Did she go to the grocery today? Was this crazy guy behind her?:biggrin:

 

[yojack1]

Did she go to the grocery today? Was this crazy guy behind her?:biggrin:

Hey doug, you'll know if Yo is in front of you. She usually lifts up a medium sized burlap sack onto the counter spilling out coins collected from as far back as the Johnson administration.
If it costs more than twenty bucks I go back into the store and browse.

 

[Miner]

In that case I must be multi-core, quad-proc.

On a good day I'm an 8088. But I still process things in parallel, just with a 4 bit buffer. The late wife was high end, but definitely processed serial. She wouldn't pull out the debit card until the cashier finished scanning all the items.

She didn't handle the self checkout machines either for that matter. Something about following the directions of putting each item into the bag before trying to scan the next item.

But I'd trade pretty much everything to have her on this earth.

Miner

 

[NeoNSX]

Women do a lot of crazy stuff. Like dressing in thin, revealing clothing when the weather is freezing. I know it's to impress us guys but it only proves my point - they are crazy.

 

[KooLaid]

What is considered "freezing" in melbourne? lol I figure it wouldn't get cold enough for them to get a "wee bit nipply" there.

 

[NeoNSX]

about 15'c or 60'F. It gets much colder than that a night during winter

btw, i like ur avatar -- thats the cover of Motor Magazine from here in Australia. i wrote in a complaint how the article was biased towards porsches and they printed my letter in the next magazine.

 

[davidf]

Um.... why do women EVEN CARRY CHECKS?!?!?! Who the hell still uses a checkbook to buy things? My wife carries one check in case we go out to eat somewhere that doesn't accept credit/debit cards (still quite a few around here unfortunately). I have no idea where my checkbook even is (though I'm sure my wife does).

I have asked my wife that so many times I've given up. She still uses that old fashion check book. I have to stand in line behind her so I can appoligize to the folks behind me.

 

[synergy004]

Don't get me started on the checkbook thing, before this I was driving through to find a parking spot and ignorant pricks (could be anyone who want to walk in the middle of the road while a car is behind them) I DONT GET IT!!! If I could gather points. HEHE id be high on the poll LOL:biggrin: MINUS THE KIDS:smile:

 

[TURBO2GO]

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[synergy004]

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HAHA so true that vid,

reminds me of traffic, when I see a line movin I get in it then it stops, kinda like the OFFICE SPACE MOVIE> LOL Always a problem.

Another is with the Woman (sometimes a man<< SOMETIMES on the phone and they happen to be in the front of the pack at an INTERSECTION!!! Damn green light hits and you happen be the one who catches a red when your in a hurry.

 

[92 white 0650]

reminds me of traffic, when I see a line movin I get in it then it stops, kinda like the OFFICE SPACE MOVIE> LOL Always a problem.

Me thinks that women can see speed limit signs that we can't.

 

[Steven Allen]

If I write a check at the check out stand at the grocery, I fill in everything with the exception of the amount before everything is checked out.

I just pay cash. I find those writing checks or using cards for their $3.00 purchase just as annoying.

 

[steveny]

there really is a pretty simply solutiuon to this. Do it your way and do it your wifes way. Time both. Who ever gets in and out of the store faster gets to set the standard of how things are done.

 

[robr]

there really is a pretty simply solutiuon to this. Do it your way and do it your wifes way. Time both. Who ever gets in and out of the store faster gets to set the standard of how things are done.

I've tried that, my wife says it's not about doing it quickest, it's about doing it "right" (even if right to her results in a 1% improvement over my way but takes 300% longer).