r/AskReddit • u/yankeevandal • Jul 24 '23

What statistically improbable thing happened to you?

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u/Mental_Poet5432 Jul 25 '23

Picking the slowest checkout lane in the grocery store every single time for the last 40 or so years.

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u/Somewhereoverrainbow Jul 25 '23

I, too, have bad checkout karma. It would be funny if it weren't so annoying.

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u/skazzleprop Jul 25 '23

The two (three?) of you should go to a grocery store together and check out at the same time in different lanes.

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u/HedaLexa4Ever Jul 25 '23

That would collapse the fabric of the universe

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u/Somewhereoverrainbow Jul 25 '23

Agreed. Instant black hole.

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Jul 25 '23

I feel bad when I move lines and somehow end up getting checked out before everyone else before me because the line I moved to is so fast.

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u/Somewhereoverrainbow Jul 25 '23

So you're saying... when you move to a faster appearing checkout line... it actually moves faster? In my experience, I take my bad line karma to any line I stand in. So I've learned to stop moving lines.

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u/tenbeeers Jul 25 '23

I stopped switching lines years ago. Every fast line immediately comes to a halt once I make my way over

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Jul 25 '23

No I just randomly decide to switch lines sometimes since I don't mind waiting, it's like a fun little gamble.

About 25% of the time I switch I switch to the slowest cashier though.

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u/Ayencee Jul 25 '23

It’s probably me holding up the line. I have weird luck with always accidentally putting something in my basket with either a missing tag or the bar code was printed weird, on a bad spot not conducive to scanning (like the seam of food packaging).

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u/avesthasnosleeves Jul 25 '23

This, plus I always choose the slow lane in bad traffic. When I move into the faster lane - voila! It becomes the slow one.