'It’s just a little longer wait': Entitled woman uses express checkout lane for full cart of groceries, petty shopper gets revenge by blocking her car in the parking lot

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Isabella Penn
Nov 4, 2024 7:00 AM EST

Nothing stirs up grocery store rage quite like the "10 items or less" lane offender. When one shopper noticed the woman in front of him breaking the rule with a cart load of items, he tried to politely call her out. But this lady wasn't having it, brushing off his remark and saying, "It's just a little longer wait." Then, her kids joined in on the chaos, running back and forth to add even more items to her pile until she had officially annoyed everyone in line, including the cashier. By the time she finally paid, she turned to him with a smug, "It wasn't so bad, was it?"

But she had no idea her trip wasn't over yet. After the shopper paid for his five items, he watched as the family loaded their haul into the car. With a grin, he parked right behind them and waited, ignoring her increasingly annoyed requests to move. He simply waved and echoed her words, "It's just a little longer wait." Keep reading to see just how long he waited to evoke the perfect payback. 

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    r/pettyrevenge • 15 hr. iamzeniam 10 or less items turns into a full cart? ... I'll catch you outside
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    I was 30 something and a 40 something was in front of me in the supermarket 10 items or less line. She had like 15-20 items and I pointed out she was in the wrong line. She brushed me off and said "it's just a lil longer wait." Her two children start
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    bringing items up and going back out for more. I'm pred off and so are those behind me. By the time the family is finished hunting and gathering enough to fill a cart she looks at me and says, it wasn't so bad was it?
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    Even the cashier was annoyed. I pay for my 5 items and see them loading their multiple bags in the trunk. I wait as they get in their car and park directly behind them. About 30 seconds go by and I hear her horn toot. I wave
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    at them. A very long minute ticks past. She gets out and walks to me and says, we need to leave, can you move?" I said no I can't, sorry. She starts getting irritated and I cut her off by saying, "it's just a little longer wait." She then
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    realizes I was behind her in line. I said yanno, I guess my car isn't done sitting in park. You're just gonna have to wait for me to be finished. She went back to her car and I felt so satisfied I sat for 7 minutes. She came out again,
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    twice, and I rolled up the window on her and just played on my phone. It was annoying yet awesome to watch the seconds slowly creep. I felt quite vindicated when her tone got angry. After a good 8 minutes total I let her leave with a smile on my face.
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    BlindUmpBob 1d ago • • Rarely will management support a cashier telling them to move to another line, and rarely will anyone shame them into moving.
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    But I did it once and it was amazing. After watching Karen load 30+ items in a 15 or fewer line, the cashier politely asked, "which 15 of these are you buying today?"
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    Legitimate_Mud6834 • • 1d ago Edited 23h ago • Did you say 'It wasn't that bad, was it?' before driving off?
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    Eve-3 1d ago • She s ks but the cashier sks too. "Ma'am this is not the proper line for you, I'm sorry but I can't ring up more than 10 items per customer." And then call the manager if she causes a fuss about it because a cashier doesn't get paid enough to deal with
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    11 items is one thing. Significantly over and more stuff showing up as time goes by is unacceptable and the store should not condone it. Forget an annoyed look, do your job and tell her to go where she belongs.
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    . Affectionate_Base827 1d ago • This is exactly the sort of extreme pettiness that I adore. You went out of your way and inconvenienced yourself to prove a point. I think we might have been separated at birth
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    . DynkoFromTheNorth • 1d ago A very long minute ticks past I was a little disappointed when I saw this because I thought that would be the end of it. But you actually stayed there for that long?! Priceless! She probably learned nothing from this, but still.
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    MotherGoose1957 • 23h ago I once asked someone who had a full cart in the express lane whether she couldn't read or couldn't count. She sarcastically said, "Well, if it means that much to you, you can go ahead of me", trying to make me look small. I calmly replied, "Yes, it does mean that much to me actually". I then turned to the people behind me and said, "This
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    lady said we can all go ahead of her". And everybody stepped in front of her and pushed her to the end of the line. The look on her face was so worth it!
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    Oldpotter2 1d ago • It's a localized comment, but you can insert your school name of choice. I was next to the express lane at my Kroger, and person got into the express lane with a full cart. The guy behind them said: "I don't know if you went to UNC and can't count, or NC State and can't read." Everyone in both lines laughed and the offender slunk off to regular check out.
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    Significant_Back9765 • 1d ago • It's really too bad the cashier didn't just ring through 10 items and make her pay. "Sorry ma'am. That's the limit. You'll have to go to the regular checkout for the rest. II
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    • jrs1980 1d ago • I was behind a couple once, they each had a cart with 10 items and rang out separately. So clever! Amyway, they forgot the bag that had all their meat in it. :-D
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    Familiar_Raise234 • 1d ago. Stores should charge $1.00 per item over the stated limit. That would stop that behavior pretty quickly.
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    CassianCasius • 1d ago • When I was cashier I would just double scan items when they did this. They either don't notice and get overcharged or they notice and have to spend time at the service desk for a refund.
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    cressia73 • 1d ago. Nice job. The only time I went through a register and was over the limit was when the employee told me it was ok. They had been empty and all the other tills were busy. They looked for a cart with the least amount in it and had them go to their register.
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