Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/18/21 07:41 PM
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danny clifton
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I dont like pumping my own fuel either. If your getting more than a hundred bucks your toast. Pump will shut off if you use a card at the pump. Have to go inside and give them your card or prepay an amount for more than you think you need. Pump your fuel and get back in line to either pay or get money refunded to your card and get your receipt.
I really really really miss just putting both thumbs up at the attendant. Having him wash all my glass including mirrors, bump my tires, check my oil and check my lights while he fills the truck. Giving me the option of just paying him and leaving or going inside to eat shower etc then paying at the fuel desk where my keys would be handed to me and told where my truck is parked.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/18/21 07:51 PM
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danny clifton
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True story happened Thursday.
Got fuel in Ottawa Kansas. Took my card inside and went out to pump fuel. Finished and went in to pay. Told the girl I got 90 gallons on pump two. She handed me a receipt for 20 bucks in gas and my card. Never ran the card for the 90 gallons of diesel. I told her this receipt is for 20 bucks and i just said I got 90 gallons. I have not paid yet. Girl asked me how much it was. I said I didnt look but it was 90 gallons, not 20 dollars. She said she didn't know 90 gallons was not 20 dollars and I was being rude. I think because I did gasp when she said she didnt know 90 gallons of fuel was more than 20 dollars. I said ,Ma'am I am pretty confident I just kept you from getting fired as I could have left with about 300 bucks in fuel. Huumph she says and go gets somebody else to ring me out.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/18/21 08:03 PM
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I dislike self checkouts too. I end up crashing the computer @ Lowe's one time. I don't go there very often these days.
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: danny clifton]
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09/18/21 08:34 PM
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True story happened Thursday.
Got fuel in Ottawa Kansas. Took my card inside and went out to pump fuel. Finished and went in to pay. Told the girl I got 90 gallons on pump two. She handed me a receipt for 20 bucks in gas and my card. Never ran the card for the 90 gallons of diesel. I told her this receipt is for 20 bucks and i just said I got 90 gallons. I have not paid yet. Girl asked me how much it was. I said I didnt look but it was 90 gallons, not 20 dollars. She said she didn't know 90 gallons was not 20 dollars and I was being rude. I think because I did gasp when she said she didnt know 90 gallons of fuel was more than 20 dollars. I said ,Ma'am I am pretty confident I just kept you from getting fired as I could have left with about 300 bucks in fuel. Huumph she says and go gets somebody else to ring me out. Prime example of what I'm talking about and why I just like doing stuff myself
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/19/21 10:11 AM
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Give those using self checkout a 5% discount and a lot more people will use it. If I'm in a big hurry I'll use one, otherwise I'll wait in line. I prefer shopping at places like Piggly Wiggly or Kroger where I don't even have to unload my cart, actually.
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Re: Amish at self check out
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09/19/21 11:02 AM
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Give those using self checkout a 5% discount and a lot more people will use it. If I'm in a big hurry I'll use one, otherwise I'll wait in line. I prefer shopping at places like Piggly Wiggly or Kroger where I don't even have to unload my cart, actually. yotetrapper30: . The cost of food in MS is a LOT !! cheaper , than here in NY. Over $1.00 cheaper on some items. Do you happen to know the cost for a gallon of Milk in that store ?
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/19/21 11:12 AM
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True story happened Thursday.
Got fuel in Ottawa Kansas. Took my card inside and went out to pump fuel. Finished and went in to pay. Told the girl I got 90 gallons on pump two. She handed me a receipt for 20 bucks in gas and my card. Never ran the card for the 90 gallons of diesel. I told her this receipt is for 20 bucks and i just said I got 90 gallons. I have not paid yet. Girl asked me how much it was. I said I didnt look but it was 90 gallons, not 20 dollars. She said she didn't know 90 gallons was not 20 dollars and I was being rude. I think because I did gasp when she said she didnt know 90 gallons of fuel was more than 20 dollars. I said ,Ma'am I am pretty confident I just kept you from getting fired as I could have left with about 300 bucks in fuel. Huumph she says and go gets somebody else to ring me out. Prime example of what I'm talking about and why I just like doing stuff myself This Nation is in trouble. I had an experience somewhat similar to Danny at a bakery that had no prices listed. I asked how much a dozen donuts were and she got mad and kind of sassy. She said and I quote “it’s buy 5, get 1 free.” I said so....how much is a dozen? She had to get someone else and said “this dudes wanting to know how much a dozen cost. I don’t know what that is.” I said a dozen is TWELVE. How much will 12 cookies cost? She told me how much (2) buy 5, get 1 free’s cost, I paid, and she gave me 13 cookies. This girl looked to be in her mid-20s, and she worked at a bakery, yet she still didn’t know what a DOZEN meant! In no way was I trying to laugh at her. In fact I was kind of having a hard time with the conversation because I’d never met an adult that didn’t know what a dozen was. Now I don’t take conversations lightly
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/19/21 11:44 AM
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The ones in Wolfies story were probably Mennonite. They go by different rules than "true" Amish. Just to be technical, there are 3 sects of old German Anabaptist that came out of the Reformation in the 1500s: Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites. The Amish are the most "traditionalist" and don't (supposedly) use motor vehicles and electricity unless forced by the government to keep their milk cold for typical wholesale selling. They live in individual houses but not on a communal farm. The Hutterites are sort of in the middle, with their women wearing traditional dark dresses and head scarves. They use modern machinery for their farming but don't own their own vehicles. They live in individual houses but on a collective farm, often called "colonies" by outsiders. The Mennonite are the most "liberal" (except maybe the Old Order) and live on their own and and drive their own vehicles but women still wear their hair up with head scarves in public and wear dresses. We have a couple of Mennoite gals who sell flower arrangements at our local "farmers" market. I don't know of any Amish that ended up in Imperial Russia before they came to North America, maybe some did. There may have been some Mennoites that never where in old Russia but at least some immigrated from there in the late 1800s. All the Hutterites came out of Imperial Russia, their last European "refuge" after being persecuted in various parts of the old Austrian empire in central and eastern Europe. At one time, the Hutterites were down to just 15 different family names...
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Re: Amish at self check out
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09/19/21 12:10 PM
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The ones in Wolfies story were probably Mennonite. They go by different rules than "true" Amish. Just to be technical, there are 3 sects of old German Anabaptist that came out of the Reformation in the 1500s: Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites. The Amish are the most "traditionalist" and don't (supposedly) use motor vehicles and electricity unless forced by the government to keep their milk cold for typical wholesale selling. They live in individual houses but not on a communal farm. The Hutterites are sort of in the middle, with their women wearing traditional dark dresses and head scarves. They use modern machinery for their farming but don't own their own vehicles. They live in individual houses but on a collective farm, often called "colonies" by outsiders. The Mennonite are the most "liberal" (except maybe the Old Order) and live on their own and and drive their own vehicles but women still wear their hair up with head scarves in public and wear dresses. We have a couple of Mennoite gals who sell flower arrangements at our local "farmers" market. I don't know of any Amish that ended up in Imperial Russia before they came to North America, maybe some did. There may have been some Mennoites that never where in old Russia but at least some immigrated from there in the late 1800s. All the Hutterites came out of Imperial Russia, their last European "refuge" after being persecuted in various parts of the old Austrian empire in central and eastern Europe. At one time, the Hutterites were down to just 15 different family names... We camped next to mennonites one weekend. Some women showed up, backed up the camper for the adults to sleep in, got it all set up, pitched all the tents for the kids, and started supper. The men showed up (presumably after work) and they had a good time. Those women weren’t afraid of work, I can vouch for that.
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Canvasback2]
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09/19/21 12:24 PM
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Give those using self checkout a 5% discount and a lot more people will use it. If I'm in a big hurry I'll use one, otherwise I'll wait in line. I prefer shopping at places like Piggly Wiggly or Kroger where I don't even have to unload my cart, actually. yotetrapper30: . The cost of food in MS is a LOT !! cheaper , than here in NY. Over $1.00 cheaper on some items. Do you happen to know the cost for a gallon of Milk in that store ? $3/gal for whole milk right now but it varies a lot. A couple weeks ago it was $3.60
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: NonPCfed]
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09/19/21 06:39 PM
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The ones in Wolfies story were probably Mennonite. They go by different rules than "true" Amish. Just to be technical, there are 3 sects of old German Anabaptist that came out of the Reformation in the 1500s: Amish, Hutterites, and Mennonites. The Amish are the most "traditionalist" and don't (supposedly) use motor vehicles and electricity unless forced by the government to keep their milk cold for typical wholesale selling. They live in individual houses but not on a communal farm. The Hutterites are sort of in the middle, with their women wearing traditional dark dresses and head scarves. They use modern machinery for their farming but don't own their own vehicles. They live in individual houses but on a collective farm, often called "colonies" by outsiders. The Mennonite are the most "liberal" (except maybe the Old Order) and live on their own and and drive their own vehicles but women still wear their hair up with head scarves in public and wear dresses. We have a couple of Mennoite gals who sell flower arrangements at our local "farmers" market. I don't know of any Amish that ended up in Imperial Russia before they came to North America, maybe some did. There may have been some Mennoites that never where in old Russia but at least some immigrated from there in the late 1800s. All the Hutterites came out of Imperial Russia, their last European "refuge" after being persecuted in various parts of the old Austrian empire in central and eastern Europe. At one time, the Hutterites were down to just 15 different family names... Out on the Steppes of western Russia near the Volga there were large German Anabaptist communities. They were invited by Queen Ekaterina. Once the germans fell out of favor whole villages emigrated to tye plains of America. Mamy of their children died in the blizzard of 1888.
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/19/21 06:43 PM
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Lots of Mennonites here. Some still wear home made clothes and have beards and some do not. Like every other religion it is changing. when i first moved here they only drove tractors. now even the home made clothes Mennonites drive cars. A lot of them are in the building trades. Skilled craftsmen most of them.
Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/19/21 06:50 PM
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I love self checkout. And twice I have paid a cashier and got more back in change than I gave them to begin with. One was on the rez so.........
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Amish at self check out
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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09/19/21 07:11 PM
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I left items in a cart yesterday, all registers were roped off. The more self checkouts are used, the less people will be working there.
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