15 is this many ... (pic)

ThePerdmeister · 1 year

Just to clarify, this image was made for a Cracked photoshop contest.

EDIT: As evidenced here.

pounds · 1 year

Thanks! I normally have to take off my shoes to go that high.

jeffthedecider · 1 year

I only see three hands. WTF?

Virindi · 1 year

When I was a teenager and worked as a cashier at Kroger (a supermarket chain), I was amazed at how many people:

a) "Didn't realize" this was a 15 item or less line. They seemed to believe that everyone else chose to stand in the much longer regular lines. (Of course they knew what they were doing.)

b) "Didn't realize" that they had more than 15 items. According to them, the 80 items in their cart seemed like 15 to them, and they'd pretend to be amazed that their full cart actually held more than 15 things. Or, they'd try to count by type (one lady said she thought she was under 15 items because the 40 containers of yogurt in her cart counted as "one" item), and the 4 twelve-packs of soda counted as one more.

At first, I let this stuff slide because I was new to the job - but it happened so much that eventually I got to the point where I'd stop checking someone out so I could get their attention and tell them this was a 15 item or less line - so when they got to the front of the line they couldn't whine and pull the "I've been standing in your line for 3 minutes, I think you should just check me out now so I don't have to start over."

It was pretty amusing most of the time; you'd think they were trying out for the theater. They'd pull (a) or (b) above, or in some cases would admit they were completely in the wrong, and just throw a fit to try to get their way.

You get pretty good at determining who's done it on accident and who's just being a jerkface. For the jerks, it was always a polite but firm "no, sorry" ;)

Informationator · 1 year

If you work in retail and people come through the line with 100 things in their cart just say: "Which 15 of these would you like to buy?"

jphw · 1 year

at first i was frightened that i didn't have 3 hands to count on so i borrowed another one

bass85 · 1 year

Once I had three items in a trolley and the lady at the express lane refused to see me saying it's only for baskets. I had to park the trolley two meters away, pick my items up, pay for them and then return to my trolley and leave,

biblio_maniac · 1 year

Is that sarcastic? Or necessary?

joedonut · 1 year

And flaming hot death for those that ignore it, please?

bionews · 1 year

Even though it is photoshopped, some people need this kind of explanation. I have seen people standing in express lines with their shopping cart full.

Omnifarious · 1 year

http://imgur.com/gys4a

That'd be more intimidating to teach them whose boss

llamamilk · 1 year

Three?

singleserving101 · 1 year

"Welcome to Costco, I love you"

BurritoParadox · 1 year

This is photoshopped.

quiet_desperado · 1 year

I once got in an express lane behind a woman who had a cart full of wire clothes hangers. At least a couple hundred of them. Because they were all the same item, they let her through. Poor cashier had to count them all.

Whether technically allowed or not, it's just such a douche thing to do.

dghughes · 1 year

What's the next aisle showing? It's also 15 items but I can the left edge of a red square-ish looking thing.

MithrandirAgain · 1 year

15 fingers, people.

Pac0_Seiei · 1 year

I am saddened to note that I counted the fingers just to make sure.

micromacro · 1 year

This line is for Zaphod Beeblebroxes only

dave28 · 1 year

Ah, but does a 3 for 2 deal count as 3 items or 2?

PaulMau · 1 year

3 hand fulls?

[deleted] · 1 year

15 is way more than three.

thesalemdit · 1 year

Is this Wegmans?

lazylion_ca · 1 year

re: #15

You know how after riding the roller coaster, you get a picture or video of your face at crucial moments?

I think karaoke should post an mp3 of your performance to your facebook so you can 'enjoy' it the next day.

[deleted] · 1 year

Wrong! That should show 2 hands and a foot.

[deleted] · 1 year

I once saw a cashier tell someone they were in the express line and to please go to the other line.

It was a glorious day.

limitedability · 1 year

This is funny. I was in an express line at Safeway this afternoon and the woman a few people ahead of me must not've been able to read the sign as she clearly had no problem filling 3 paper backs with her shit.

milkasaurous · 1 year

I Don't Have That Many!

ThisOpenFist · 1 year

What store was this sign at? This makes all the difference.

MustyBuckets · 1 year

When no one was looking, Lex Luthor took sixteen items to this line. He took 16 items. That's as many as four fours. And that's terrible.

(reference)

Clob · 1 year

I see people walk up to the line... And start counting... Honestly, if you have to count, your doing it wrong.

When I worked at Wal-Mart when I was much younger, I would tell people to exit my line if they had more than required. They didn't pay me enough to put up with that bullshit.

Not only does it piss off people behind them and I had to deal with them next, but there is NO ROOM on the counter, and NO ROOM in the bagging area. Thus making the job difficult and go much slower,,,

Customers that do this, GO FUCK YOURSELF.

mamjjasond · 1 year

oh i see ... as many as can be piled into a cart to be pushed with 3 hands

jediewok · 1 year

Safewaaaaay.

andd81 · 1 year

Judging by the express line in the mall where I buy food, people have wildly varying definitions of how many is 5.

Richeh · 1 year

Goddamn it, I want to use the express checkout but I didn't bring a friend. Why didn't they make one of them a foot?

andd81 · 1 year

I also noticed that express lines are not in fact very much faster even when no one abuses them. People with small number of items tend to bunch up at those lines, and it takes considerably longer to process, say, 6 customers with 5 items each than two customers with 15 items.

ShillinTheVillain · 1 year

I think most people where I live know that they have more items than the limit, they just don't care.

[deleted] · 1 year

But I don't have 3 hands :(

GreenSlices · 1 year

This looks like a dominicks

GuyWithSevereAmnesia · 1 year

That's HANDy, because I always forget...

foorr2 · 1 year

And those are innocent fingers too, not Mickey Mouse gloved ones.

werealldoodshey · 1 year

uh no, that's three /sarcasm

FearlessFreak · 1 year

Thank you Perdmeister for restoring my faith in humanity. I thought I was seeing the start of zombieland for a moment there

BOFslime · 1 year

I always go by the rule of: if i can hold it in my hands, express lane.

[deleted] · 1 year

It could be useful for children and people with disabilities though.

TBiechele · 1 year

must be confusing if you suffer from polydactyly

Champigne · 1 year

If you don't understand the amount of 15 you probably can't read "15 is this many"

[deleted] · 1 year

There are people who will still get it wrong.

ivanmarsh · 1 year

Awesome! I think I'm one of the few people that actually calls people on that shit in line.

frolix8 · 1 year

Only three dish-washing gloves? I had no idea they were so popular!

OwlG5 · 1 year

My first thought when seeing those signs? "Fifteen is three! Hooray!"

RinkuTheFirst · 1 year

At first I thought it meant 15 items was about three handfuls. I feel bad now...

thcobbs · 1 year

Do you get a balloon for counting properly?

carmens · 1 year

What if I don't have 3 hands and I may have 15 or less items but there's no way for me to be sure.

fingers · 1 year

This is relevant to my interests.

magister0 · 1 year

What is the symbol for 15 on the one behind that?

Fargeen_Bastich · 1 year

someone more clever than me make this a new meme

I_love_energy_drinks · 1 year

I can appreciate the dry humor in #16!

Occamslaser · 1 year

There are THREE HANDS

Daveyo520 · 1 year

zerooneinfinity · 1 year

I see 15 fingers...I don't get it.

KhaoticLegacy · 1 year

Hell, if I could buy more than 15 items at Best Buy, I'd proudly stand in a regular line.

Joebyn · 1 year

amazing. should be standard.

anonymoustroll · 1 year

that only looks like three to me...

...or, if you want to get technical, 12 fingers and 3 thumbs.

OmmEGGA · 1 year

What if I have 14 items? Is it OK?

THEJP · 1 year

fifteen is 3?

funny

MODERATORS

6 should have been much higher. "Stow annoying people in overhead bins" made me burst out laughing, and attracted a few angry looks from the people at the library.

funny

MODERATORS

6 should have been much higher. "Stow annoying people in overhead bins" made me burst out laughing, and attracted a few angry looks from the people at the library.

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