today’s pet peeve: people in front of you in line

today’s pet peeve: people in front of you in line at the cashier who have completed their transaction, but have not relinquished the purchaser’s position at the register and instead take advantage of the counter space to organize their purse, wallet, bags, etc. thus forcing you to make your transaction over their shoulder or from an necessarily long distance from the cashier.

Variation: the person ahead of you in the drive thru who has either completed the “pay at window #1″ procedure or the “get the food at window #2 or #3″ procedure but do not drive forward due to their desperate need to distribute food to the passengers within the vehicle or to settle up who owes what from the final total.