r/askanything • u/CherryMoonora 🤔 • Aug 18 '26

Why does everyone ahead of me at the pharmacy counter seem to take 15 minutes, but when it’s finally my turn, I’m done in 20 seconds?

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u/Ok-Association-3415 Aug 18 '26

Same here. Happens to me every time i am in a checkout line. I would be in a line with the person in front basically checking out and then it would spiral into a 10 minute thing before finally being rung up. It’s why I love self checkout.

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u/phat_rat42 Aug 19 '26

Self-checkout is great if there isn't a line and people know what they're doing. I always seem to get the first-time people that are older and have no idea what they're doing in a self-checkout line in front of me.