What's your pet peeve at a convenience store?

[diva77]

Mine is waiting in line behind someone buying lottery tix. Why does that take so long??

[NecklyTyler]

1. I hate people buying gasoline thinking they have head of line privlege

There are six people in line behind some old codger buying lottery tickets, and some dude walks up to the counter saying "Gimmie' 20 on pump #2".

[hlthe2b]

14. well, maybe there, but when the damned pump doesn't print the recceipt requiring you to go inside

after you've pre-paid and pumped your gas, wait in line for an interminable period, and then go back out to find a line of pissed off drivers waiting for your completed pump, something is really wrong. That should not happen. And, I don't blame that person for trying to get the employee to print the damned receipt WHILE they are checking out others.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. This is why I haven't been in a gas convenience store in 10 plus years.

If I can't pay at the pump I drive to the next station.

But I never print receipts. I understand some people need them.

A couple months ago I almost broke my rule. It was hot and I was craving a coke for the long ride back to the city. I gassed up, walked to the front door, saw the line to the back of the store and said fuck it. Nope. Never.

[customerserviceguy]

57. Yep, same here

The only time I've been in a convenience store in the last dozen years is to buy a six-pack of beer after the supermarkets have closed up for the night. And, yes, I've been behind the lottery losers.

[jberryhill]

23. I'm with hithe2b on this one

There is ANOTHER line outside of people looking to gas up and clogging the parking lot, which is a bigger problem than the line inside to buy Slim Jims.

[crazycatlady]

46. What is this prepaying for gas?

And why hasn't the rest of the country adapted to mandatory full service?

When you're parked at pump #2 you just hand the attendant.

Gotta love New Jersey

[get the red out]

2. Coffee cup lids

Where the hell are they?

[Laffy Kat]

3. And why don't they fit? nt

[shenmue]

7. Haaaaaa

[csziggy]

47. And why are the edges of the cups always crimped so they drip coffee

Even when you think the lids are on tight?

I do know the answer to this one - the cups have to be shoved into the dispenser sleeves so they don't sproing all over the floor. One morning, before coffee I stopped by a convenience store to buy a cup - yeah I know, but this chain (Circle K) has good coffee and the creamers I like. I pulled out one cup and suddenly about fifty of the things let loose and went everywhere! Somehow the thing that was supposed to hold them in wasn't right and the spring at the back of the sleeve launched cups all over the store.

It was embarrassing to be close to.

[Freddie]

4. People getting gas leave their car at the pump

And go in to pay or get food, thus causing the rest of us to wait needlessly for the pump. Grrrr.
Also (this is not the stores' problem) why can't all cars gas up on the same side?? It's amazing there's not more little fenderbenders at the very busy Wawa I frequent due to having to find an empty pump that's on the correct side of my car.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Ah! I was just thinking about something similar earlier today

What drives me nuts is when there are plenty of parking spots, but they still choose to leave their vehicle - usually a large truck - in a place that blocks through traffic. And I agree it's asking for an accident if it's impossible to pull in from the street.

[hlthe2b]

15. see my #14

[Doreen]

33. Most of the time I do leave my car

but I also make sure it is not busy and that people are not going to have to wait. My pet peeve however is when you do need to move no one gives you a way out to get to the parking places.

[Throck]

6. Especially when they scratch them off in front of you.

[jberryhill]

52. And win

[samnsara]

8. i know!!! usually when im trying to get a $1.80 refund on the 20$ i just gave them for gas.

[SethH]

9. that's what they're paying for

it's not a transaction, it's an event. To you it's a convenience store, to them it's a casino.

[Itchinjim]

10. After I pay with cash,

And they give me my change bills first and then dump the coins on top of the bills. It seems like a small thing until you try to put the bills back in your wallet.

[wcollar]

12. Amen

But you forgot about the receipt! They always pile that on top of the coins.
Then I annoy the people behind me while I stand there and sort everything out.

[tymorial]

19. I know!!!

Like bills are a goddamned platter.

Change then dollars. How hard is that?

[diva77]

41. thank you for reminding me of another pet peeve!!

[OriginalGeek]

62. At Wawa (my favorite store for gas and lunch)

your change rides a slide down to a cup. So you gotta get it yourself. I reckon it's better than dimes and nickles all sliding off your dollars. I usually throw it in the needy kids bucket there at the counter anyway.

Unless I'm the needy kid.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

43. That's my peeve at drive-thru windows.

[TexasBushwhacker]

54. I don't know when that became popular

I think they started doing it that way when electronic cash registers became widely used. When I started working in fast food and retail in the 70s the registers were mechanical and only displayed the total. You counted the change back to the customer, putting the coins in their hand first. Sometimes the old fashioned way is best.

[Doug the Dem]

11. I have been maneuvered into the 11th reply

And that's a number my OCD doesn't like. AIEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Lucky Luciano]

13. That's a good one.

Standing in line behind a complete moron buying lottery tickets infuriates me too! I feel entitled, at that point, to skip them in the line just for being so fucking stupid , but I can't.

[diva77]

42. last 2 times, the offending person was twice my size

otherwise I would have considered doing that as well!

[Chipper Chat]

16. having to look at a wall of cigarettes

Five feet from you as you pay for something

[oberliner]

32. Why does that bother you?

I don't understand.

[dembotoz]

17. Expensive

Some bargains but generally $$$$$

[TexasBushwhacker]

55. That's the cost of convenience n/t

[tymorial]

18. I'll take 4 5s, 2 10s... how much do I have left?

Okay what is that back there the casino? I will take that one....

Cashier returns money and ticket...

I will take 20 too.


Asshole (and I do mean asshole) steps to the side to scratch tickets....

Outcome 1:. Goes home dejected and sad for wasting money but will return next paycheck.

Outcome 2:. Wins and starts over again until outcome 1.


Rinse and fucking repeat

[Baitball Blogger]

20. I am on a major kick to lose weight, and I walked into one on Wednesday to buy lotto tickets.

I looked around and realized there was nothing that I would normally buy in that store because it was all based on bad food choices.

Heck, even the lotto tickets were non-essential.

[Major Nikon]

44. You must be completely ignoring the copious selection of ethanol containing beverages

[Baitball Blogger]

45. So, true. LOL!

[Javaman]

21. the 3 truths about life...

death, taxes and waiting lines.

get over it.

[Binkie The Clown]

22. They are a blight on the landscape. I haven't been inside one in 30 years. nt

[RobinA]

24. Getting Behind

a parent with a bunch of unruly kids who are each (the kids) holding their purchases and don't want to give them up to have it scanned. "Jason, put that soda up on the counter." Jason stares at the cars parking out front while clutching said soda. "Jason, the man has to have your soda so he can ring it up." Jason watches people entering the store, soda in hand. "Jason, come on, we have to get home before Daddy." Jason pivots to watch store employee filling doughnut case, still holding soda. "Here, give me the soda, Jason." Jason points to doughnut case and whines about wanting a doughnut, soda in hand. "Jason, honey, we have to go, if you want the soda put it on the counter..."

[Hassin Bin Sober]

26. Someone slowing up the works because they are on an important cell call with their bestie.

I've been known to step around and start my transaction.

[Skittles]

38. people who stay on their cell phones while interacting with a clerk

EXTREMELY disrespectful

[unblock]

27. the *sshole who's has to take his cigarette right in front of the door.

there's a whole parking lot pigpen, why do you have to smoke up the only entrance?


just got back from a 18-day, 20-state road trip. too many convenience stores, and saw this at a lot of them.

[Doreen]

34. That is against the law in Wahington state.

Odd thing is it is usually the people who work there that disobey that law. Most people have done pretty well at abiding to it since it became law.

[unblock]

36. washington wasn't one of the states we made it to (only got as "close" as wyoming)

but i did also notice that more than half the time it was an employee, who was usually the *only* employee there.

makes it hard to figure out who to complain to if i was the sort to try to register a complaint.

i guess that's one of the things du is for, lol!

[Skittles]

39. ha, reminds me of this guy

[unblock]

40. ha! pretty much!

[unblock]

28. looking at other responses, the main pet peeve at convenience stores seems to be the inconvenience.

[Cracklin Charlie]

29. Parking.

Backing out of some of the busier stores can be a nightmare. Drivers paying scant attention going ever whichaway!

No, thanks.

[SonofDonald]

30. My pet peeves?

An idiot driving 20 mph through a gas station parking lot.

People who put the nozzle in the tank and then get back in the car, this happens at least 75% of the time at the local costco.

The most dangerous, explosive substance these idiots will most likely encounter in their lives and they can't even be expected to be careful and stand there while it's being dispensed.

That's the one that pisses me off big time.

[Doreen]

35. Heck, people get pissed at me in parking lots because I go about 2 miles an hour.

I guess I do not want to hit people.

There have been studies about getting into your car while you pump gas and the static that builds up getting into and out of your car to the pump when it is actually out can be a bad mix. There have actually been explosions because of people doing that.

Yeah, it makes me nervous when the person on the other side of me does that.

[Freddie]

31. Can't really complain about Wawa

Great coffee. Order your food at the kiosk, take the receipt to the cashier (with your beverage, chips etc) pay for everything and by that time your sandwich is waiting for you. My town has 3 Wawas now and the 7-11, which opened in 1973, just closed. The only problem with the Wawa I frequent is that it's too busy all the time.

[hibbing]

37. hot dog rollers

When the hot dogs have only been rotating for 4 or 5 hours instead of 8.

Peace

[left-of-center2012]

48. I know!

At 4 hours they aren't wrinkled enough.

[steve2470]

50. I don't really have any

Yea, sometimes there are five people in line ahead of me, but I'm in no big rush usually.

[NCDem777]

51. Clerk assuming that because I'm in a wheelchair, I can't hear

[democratisphere]

53. Mostly offer junk food.

[Beartracks]

56. Using the tongs to get taquitos and hot dogs off the rollers...

... Yes, the same chained-up tongs EVERYbody uses. So I've got to use the tongs right before eating these foods with my hands. But it's okay, as I'm sure everybody in convenience stores washes their hands all the time...



OK, so I'm a germaphobe -- this pet peeve follows me around everywhere I go!

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[Orrex]

58. Mine applies to any store, really

The person ahead of me completes their transaction and then spends 45 seconds or so organizing their purse/wallet/whatever before leaving the register. Assuming that the person is not impaired in some way, this drives me absolutely bat shit.

It's either culpably inconsiderate of everyone else in line, or else it's a deliberate "fuck you" to everyone behind them.

[jmowreader]

59. People buying gasoline who fuel at the diesel pump

If all the gasoline-only pumps were in use, okay. But in my town most of the gas stations have two pumps with both gasoline and diesel nozzles, normally placed where you have to drive past a LOT of gas-only pumps to get to them. And no matter how few people are at the station, the gas-car drivers always go to the diesel pumps...so I either get to sit there and wait twenty minutes for you to gas up your car, or go somewhere else.

[WinkyDink]

60. They keep selling me losing tickets!

[shenmue]

61. When they're out of jawbreaker candies