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I mean if the line is busy and theres people waiting behind you, the stick is awesome. But then ive also had times where the clerk is checking out the last few items of the person in line when i walk up, theres no one behind me, a big empty space on the conveyor belt, and when i start placing my items at rhe end of the belt clearly separated by the big empty space, the grandma in front of me passive aggressively slaps down the stick. Like wtf im not trying to sneak my shit in with your order, its pretty obvious whose is whose.
Uh, I do this but it's not to protect my thing or some shit, it's to provide more space to the other person, I'm trying to be nice.
Yep, in my experience leaving a bunch of space on the belt can sometimes cause confusion if the cashier gets distracted!
So it’s just kind of polite to use it so everyone isn’t relying on implicit cues.
that's just in your head. embrace the divider.
Yeah like the other commenter, I do this so you can use the whole belt and don't have to awkwardly shove things onto the end.