tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520459790235719452.post22825318444792669..comments2023-12-30T22:07:07.546+02:00Comments on Reb Mordechai Writes: Stories from Israeli Supermarket checkout countersReb Mordechai Reviewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16135349748761291865noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520459790235719452.post-76374927919340383392010-12-05T11:34:54.465+02:002010-12-05T11:34:54.465+02:00very funny article and so true.very funny article and so true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520459790235719452.post-39974083526747258302010-05-18T15:01:24.709+03:002010-05-18T15:01:24.709+03:00Yes, I had wondered what you meant by the comment ...Yes, I had wondered what you meant by the comment actually.<br /><br />It's true that I neglected to mention the new "take a number" scheme introduced in banks and Post Offices.<br /><br />This system breaks down when people leave the Post Office and come back after their number has been skipped at the counter. The clerk will wait only a few seconds and then increment the counter. The guy with the new number comes up and collides with the person with the previous number who has just walked in through the door having just returned from doing an errend. Then a big shouting match breaks out.<br /><br />What also happens is that you get a whole load of people hovering around the counters with expired tickets ready to push in as soon as a counter is free. You of course are the one with the ticket displayed on the counter but you can't get served because of the back log of expired ticket holders. This doesn't happen sometimes or even often. In the "snif" nearest my work (LOL) it happens all the time.Reb Mordechai Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135349748761291865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520459790235719452.post-38008126282118208192010-05-18T14:44:25.359+03:002010-05-18T14:44:25.359+03:00just to clarify - when I said been there done that...just to clarify - when I said been there done that ... I meant 'experienced that' not that I chas veshalom would play those nasty tricks - they also annoy me intensly - and when anyone asks me to save them a place behind me I say it depends on the person who comes after him - if agrees to let him go in front then fine.<br /><br />But if there are numbered tickets then I feel free to go away and do whatever I want until my turn.<br />I remember one busy day at the post office I took a number, went off and had the car mended at the garage, came back and still had another hour to go til my turn.Annhttp://livingandwritinginisrael.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8520459790235719452.post-88566068787833039882010-05-17T08:39:31.058+03:002010-05-17T08:39:31.058+03:00Been there – done that frequently.
That’s why I’m...Been there – done that frequently. <br />That’s why I’m so in favor of the take-a-ticket one-line that we now have in many banks and post offices.<br />One scenario you didn’t mention – which maybe doesn’t affect you - is the 4 children in one school, parent-teachers evening. <br />You put your name on the list outside the appropriate teachers’ doors and then spend the entire evening running around seeing just where each teacher is up to. Well at least it keeps you awake for the many hours you spend there.<br />As each parent comes out they’re supposed to cross their name out so you can see which number is inside but of course half of them forget and the other half are in the same situation as you ( multiple children in the school) and so have missed their turn in some places and come back late for their turn.<br />I don’t see a way out of this until the teachers organize a more workable method of timing their meetings and sticking to the schedule.Annhttp://livingandwritinginisrael.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com