Rant (Possibly Sexist)

[DaGaffer]

[rant] Why do women, normally the brighter sex, capable of multi-tasking, 'having it all' and all that, turn to complete jellybrains when they're at the shop checkout? Typical bloke arrives at the checkout, items he wants to buy in one hand, card or cash in the other, bosh, out of the door. Not women. Oooh, no. Stop, dig out purse from handbag (possibly digging out handbag from other bag beforehand), root around for half an hour for right card/change, eventually get their money together, then decide to buy half a dozen other items (usually once the assistant's already totted up their order). Assistant then asks if they have a store card? Oh yes, return to rooting around in bag for purse, WHICH THEY'VE PUT AWAY, to find loyalty card. Assistant scans card, then if woman has quite finished, she'll go through the whole rigmarole of putting the cards/change away, at the checkout, not as they're moving away like a bloke would, possibly with a side mission to balance her chequebook as well.

Its not an age thing, young and old do it, its not a class thing, chavs and duchesses, it doesn't matter (although they'll have their own 'added value' twists such as coupons to deal with). I accept this isn't all women (but it is most), I accept there are men who do it to (probably gay), but why, Oh Lord, Why do I have to spend my life stuck in queues behind them?[/rant]

 

[dysfunction]

Its because they get distracted by everything else that is going on around the checkout instead of concentrating on getting finished quickly.

 

[TdC]

piffle my good man!! you should have read my rants about non-commuters heh, I imagine the one thing worse than a woman shopping is a woman going on holiday. fear them!

 

[Jupitus]

Did I see this a few days ago or am I suffering deja vu? Not calling a Glen here just interested to know if you've posted elsewhere, DaGaffer....

 

[DaGaffer]

Did I see this a few days ago or am I suffering deja vu? Not calling a Glen here just interested to know if you've posted elsewhere, DaGaffer....

All my own work guv. Compelled to rant after standing behind two particularly spectacular examples in Boots this lunchtime (Boots is 'wimmin mecca' and has particularly high levels of vouchers and a slow loyalty card so I should know better )

 

[ScoobyDoo{KEA}]

girl powah !

 

[Trem]

Oh god, the buying-something-then-finding-purse-thing REALLY PISSES ME OFF.

I get both sides of it, when I serve people and when I shop.

C'mon wimmin sort yourselves out -

Step 1 - Find the item you wish to buy

Step 2 - Take item to checkout

Step 3 - Have your purse out and open ready to pay.

Don't be afraid, all us nasty men will not try and slip our greasy bastard little fingers into your purse and steal your money if you have it open beforehand.












*hides from FH ladies*

 

[dr_jo]

I think the honest reason, is about multi tasking. A man, at the checkout is intent on only one action - buying the items he came in for.
A woman in the same place is thinking about what she's got to cook for dinner that night, whether there's anything else she needs to buy, what the kids are up to, what else is on her to-do list...

I'm not saying which is better, I just think that's the reason.

 

[ScoobyDoo{KEA}]

so you're saying that a man cant multitask


















BOLLOCKS!

 

[Trem]

I can multi task but it stresses me out......*ahem*

HANG ON!!!


Clearly women can't multi task, if so why the fuck can't they drive AND indicate at the same time?











*hides even more*

 

[JBP|]

or maybe she is re running the 45 minute conversation she had with her granny half way down the milk/butter isle,while little johnny runs riot by playing cowboys and injuns around your legs (or screaming his little head off because hes not aloud a milky bar )

 

[Trem]

Oh aye.

MULTI TASK MY ARSE!!!














I really hope Lou doesn't read this

 

[ScoobyDoo{KEA}]

doesn't matter if she does m8,she clearly wont be able to read and tell off at the same time..

 

[Trem]

Lol, god help you mate.

 

[Driwen]

I think the honest reason, is about multi tasking. A man, at the checkout is intent on only one action - buying the items he came in for.
A woman in the same place is thinking about what she's got to cook for dinner that night, whether there's anything else she needs to buy, what the kids are up to, what else is on her to-do list...

I'm not saying which is better, I just think that's the reason.

I would probably have planned before I enter the shop what I need to buy that week and what I could get there, so before I walk to the checkout that list has been checked. So I dont think it has much to do with a to-do list, but more with that women dont really care for "wasting" time, as if you had taken 2 mins before walking to the checkout (and having your wallet+cards at handy locations) you would be in and out faster and achieved the same thing (when speaking about buying stuff).

 

[amobea]

its coz theyz all thinking of riding my c0x0r

 

[Lazarus]

its coz theyz all thinking of riding my c0x0r

but they would probably spend more time trying to find it

 

[Wij]

Let's put this myth about women multi-tasking to bed once and for all. All that is happening is that women CAN'T CONCENTRATE !!!!1

They try having a conversation about work colleagues you don't know during a film and then after 10 minutes ask you what's happening.

If you can't concentrate on the film then FUCK OFF 111



*seethe*

 

[TdC]

OH!!! that is SO my gf!!!

first she sits, then she starts talking, then after I finally get her to shut up she starts asking questions (where's nemo's mum? why didn't neo take the other pill? who is John Malcovich?) half way through she dismisses the whole film as unrealistic tosh and at the end she's supremely concerned with how *I* liked it!! RAAAH

 

[Trem]

Ban Wimmins!!

 

[tRoG]

They try having a conversation about work colleagues you don't know during a film and then after 10 minutes ask you what's happening.

Raaaaagagagagaghaaaaagh!

I want to murder whenever anyone ever does that.

- Oh, and, I can multitask. It' easy with Alt+Tab.

 

[leggy]

My ex could multi task.

She could sleep and have sex at the same time.

 

[GekuL]

"I sometimes wonder if all women are this difficult. And then I think to myself, my God, wouldn't it be marvelous if I turned out to be a homosexual."

 

[Doh_boy]

They try having a conversation about work colleagues you don't know during a film and then after 10 minutes ask you what's happening.

I don't think I've ever been to the cinema with a girl who doesn't do it!

but then I'm never usually going out with them so I don't need to pay much attention

 

[Yoni]

I've just had a conversation with JBP about this as to how guilty I am, and apparently I do fuss round the till, although I will be much more conscious of it from this point in. Mainly its surrounding the reward card, I can usually get everything out to pay with prior to the stuff going through the checkout.

I can't explain why that is sorry.


However...

As for films talk through them and I'll go tonto, I can't stand it to the point that I will give filthy stares in the cinema or tell someone to belt up if they are yaking.


Trem if all women were banned from the forum you would miss us especially leggy

 

[old.Tohtori]

Why can't men ask for direction after driving around for 50 fecking minutes?

Why is it so hard to put the lid down in the toilet when you're living with a woman?

Why is it impossible for men to look at a woman and say something like "Look at the knockers on that!" or "Come 'ere baby and i'll make your dreams come true!!"?

Why the fek do men stand at the cashier for 50 minutes so they can pay the exact amount the cashier is asking for, just to avoid getting one more coin in their pocket?

Whydo men think that pasing foul stentching gas is hilarious?

Why do people still wonder about the difference between the sexes when there's no answer to be found...ever.

 

[Tom]

Theres one simple answer to this whole till thing. Pockets. Men have them, like them, and use them. Women don't.

When I go to the till, my CC is in my pocket. I get the card and receipt, and it gets stuffed into my pocket. Then, upon my return to my home, the contents of the pocket are emptied out unceremoniously onto the bookcase.

 

[Wij]

My money goes in my trouser pocket. My Credit Card goes in my suit top pocket. Both easily accessable. I count up exact change in the queue if I can be arsed. Otherwise the change goes into my huge copper pile. Either way the queuing time of other customers is unaffected. BECAUSE I'M NOT A NOB WHO THINKS MY TIME IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN EVERYONE ELSES !!1

Reward Cards ! That is so much a woman thing. It appeals to their odd sense of how to save money. If I want to save money I don't go to any shops and watch DVDs or play games I already own. Mrs Wij will have me drive round every shop imaginable to find all the best bargains like 3 loaves of bread for the price of 2 !!11 (We only eat about half a loaf a week.) Or my mate Graeme's favourite example, his missus came back from the shops with sackfuls of new clothes and proclaimed "Look how much I've saved !" and showed him all the 10% and 20% off tags.

sexism4tehwinn !!! \o/

 

[DaGaffer]

Why can't men ask for direction after driving around for 50 fecking minutes?.

Usually because we only get lost when we're with our 'significant other' (true) so male pride kicks in, reinforced by the"why don't you ask for directions?" refrain after about 5 minutes; guaranteed to make most men not ask for directions as a point of principle

Why is it so hard to put the lid down in the toilet when you're living with a woman?.

It isn't. Think this is a myth - depends on how you were brought up.

Why is it impossible for men to look at a woman and say something like "Look at the knockers on that!" or "Come 'ere baby and i'll make your dreams come true!!"?.

Eh? Most men find this quite easy! I would find it rude, except when drunk.

Why the fek do men stand at the cashier for 50 minutes so they can pay the exact amount the cashier is asking for, just to avoid getting one more coin in their pocket?.

I can point to several drawers full of loose change to disprove this. Only strange men with purses do this.

Whydo men think that pasing foul stentching gas is hilarious?.

Sadly I know of increasing numbers of women who feel the same way.

Why do people still wonder about the difference between the sexes when there's no answer to be found...ever.

I think there is an answer (well several factors anyway). Partly, its pockets (see Tom's answer), partly its the male brain - men may not be as good at carrying out simultaneous tasks as women, but they're much better at forward planning. It probably goes back to needs of hunting versus the needs of gathering/child rearing. However, what always amazes is me is that women are supposed to have more empathy than men, but this seems to get switched off when they're at the front of a queue.

 

[Braggart]

A successful man is a man who can earn more than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is a woman who can find such a man.