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[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 149 points 6 days ago (5 children)

If you purposefully don't use the divider, you shouldn't be allowed to shop there. Also, what the hell does this have to do with race?

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 49 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Right? I'm not paying for your shit!

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago (16 children)

it’s sneaky racism, the implication being, ‘black people are rude and inconsiderate’
which is, of course, a common racist stereotype.
blackpeopletwitter on reddit is about 100% dedicated to furthering that…
….
nazis have been strategizing ways to spread their hate online since before computers had pictures on them.

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[–] traceur201@piefed.social 15 points 6 days ago

4chan style racial garbage? in my fediverse? it's more likely than I think 😔

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

It just seems such a self-own to say how the divider is a white people thing. You're putting yourself down there lol

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 103 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Yeah fuck that noise! You're supposed to wait until they accidentally scan the next persons items and then make them get a manager to make the correction like God intended!

Or you can just avoid that and use the divider so the cashier knows when they're done with your items...

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 84 points 6 days ago (5 children)

"Huhuh you use a thing that makes social interactions in an often stressful and tiring situation a bit easier. You weirdo."

(...?)

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 78 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Stupid cashiers.. I always put those separators on the belt, but they always stop me from buying one.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They're complimentary. Pocket it and walk out.

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[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (5 children)

The stick is a universal if you have a cart of groceries, we all need the stick in those times to guide us. The thing that gets me is when I put a hand basket on the belt and the person in front of me gives me the stink eye and slaps the stick between their loose groceries and my contained and obviously separate basket of groceries like I was trying to trick them to pay for my stuff. It’s not just white or old people, though, being a douche is a human quality, not a racial or generational thing.

[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I thought basket of groceries on the belt was a social faux pas?

Because then the check out people can't plan their bagging of heavy / light?

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[–] alk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Is that a white thing? I do love it, but I don't know if it has anything to do with my race. It makes it easier for the cashier to tell when one person's groceries end without having to pay attention to who is putting what on the belt.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 23 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I put one down behind my items just yesterday, and the Black woman behind me thanked me for doing so. So there’s a data point.

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[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

No, it's not. Just people making stupid shit for online acceptance.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What? As an Asian American I and my family love that damn stick.

Don't be lumping my flavorful ingredients with some white guys bland crap at the Chinese grocery store.

But seriously everyone should use that thing because it makes the cashier's job easier, faster, and smoother for everyone.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

This is no stick. This is a KUNDENDIFFERENZIERUNGSMODUL

No it's obviously a WARENTRENNER

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 days ago

That stick is a fine line between order and chaos.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 27 points 6 days ago

I don't get it. I don't want to stand in line longer waiting while the cashier unscans my items from the person ahead's order or unscans the next persons items from my order. They also often fuck it up anyway but still

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

"You ever notice how _____ people do [insert common, innocuous, rational behavior]..."

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Someone will try to make everything about race.

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

I wouldn't have any problem with not having this stick, but cashiers can't seem to tell that a six-inch distance between my order and the next order is a good place to stop. Then we're all sitting around for an extra couple of minutes while they try to get someone to come and authorize voiding the items.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 points 5 days ago

Black people twitter is such a cesspit.

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 20 points 6 days ago

Race baiting has really fallen off as a profession, I see.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

So desegregate it and pay for the groceries of the ones loading behind you

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't want some filthy poor persons grocceries touching my filthy poor person grocceries

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[–] StarMerchant938@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

You're right, from now on I'll wait until they scan the next person's item and then go "ew, god no. you really think I'd buy that garbage?"

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 15 points 6 days ago

Only white people use them? I moved from the PNW down south and I can say they get used much less down here. Haven't paid attention to race though

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 15 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I just realized I haven't used a conveyor belt checkout since before the pandemic. It's either grocery delivery or self-checkout.

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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 7 points 6 days ago

Throw it in a crowd of white people and watch us fight over it like a pack of yorkshire terriers fighting over a milk bone.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

My brother used to say that if you had enough of those dividers you could solve every property dispute because nobody violates that line.

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