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While I generally reserve enough time for shopping groceries so that I never need to hurry, I do exercise some preference between cashiers. It, however, isn't necessarily for the fastest route but the most pleasurable route.

My highly scientific method (=i.e. where chemistry kicks in) to ensure this goes like this:

- Prefer younger cashiers to older cashiers: I empirically know that middle-aged and older people can be unbearably slow. Note that I don't mind queueing as long as I see some progress: unbearably slow is slower than that.

- Prefer women to men: they're not necessarily faster but I find it more pleasurable to spend my time queueing while observing a female cashier.

- Prefer attractive women to others. They're not necessarily faster but I find it much more pleasurable to watch them while standing in the queue. Moreover, given the (speed-wise) age range from the first bullet, the woman's age doesn't really matter. General looks and vibes matter most. Breasts do play a part.

Yeah, I'm a man.



I disagree: give me a cashier in their forties or fifties anytime. They are work fast and are more experienced than a young temp or weekend worker. For me the people who are waiting makes a big difference. Couples are good, because when one is paying the other will be handeling the groceries.


People usually queue so that the queues of the same length in meters when I arrive --- so I go for the queue that has the least amount of stuff in it.




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