Jack, funny (!) you should mention that. The wifey and I drove an hour to the Walmart in Camrose last week to finish up our shopping. We then spent 2.5 hours shopping, each with our own cart and area. The wife bought something for me in the hunting dept (Can't wait to see what it was), and managed to pay for her cart full of purchases right there.
Meanwhile, back at till # 7 stood Sid, for 1/2 an hour. Hey, it's the XMAS season and I was cool with that. Then, with one person in front of me the till lady looks down the line and informs us that her debit machine hasn't been working for 20 minutes! Why didn't you mention this 20 minutes ago (as my XMAS spirit begins to wane). Move over to rear of line on till # 9. "Does your debit machine work, ma'am" I enquire from way down the line. "NO, it doesn't"
So, I shout to the lady on till #4, "Ma'am, does your debit machine work?" With a true XMAS smile she cherfully replied "YES, it does." Move to end of line on till #4. Finally get up to the point where all my purchases are laid on the conveyor. Dude in front of me attempts to use his debit card and over the loudspeaker system comes the cheerful message: "We regret to inform all our shoppers that all of our debit card machines are down".
MERRY F***'in XMAS! So, right in front of me is a bank machine with an "Out of Order" sign on it. I ask the lady what is wrong with it and she says it's out of cash and they can't restock during banking hours????????
As my XMAS spirt wanes even lower!
Load everything back in the shopping cart, bend over the till and give the lady a little kiss on the cheek,(she blushed like crasy), say: "Merry Xmas Ma'am - please have one of your elfs return these almost purchased items to their respective places in the store". Hasta la vista babes.
So, Jack, to answer you question about if I'm going to finish my shopping in time..............ALMOST!! I was THIS damned close.
