What part of "10 items or less" is so hard to understand?

We spent some quality time playing in Bullcreek with Carlos and hist family on Sunday. Then on the way home, we made a "quick" stop at the HEB (Braker and MoPac) to pick up a bag of ice for our ice cream.

With only two items to check out, I headed for the self-check out line, hoping for a quick exist while Jfer, Magda and the dogs waited in the car. I should have known better. I ended up stuck behind a woman and her son who were slowly going through their groceries. And I mean slowly, since she seemed to have to think about every item and slide it across the scanner a couple of times before she managed to line up the barcode. And she had a bunch of produce which, of course, she didn't weigh and label in the produce section. So they had to lookup the produce codes -- and then she'd have her kid (slowly) enter the numbers.

This was at the 10 Items or Less checkout counter. Even if you count all the lose avocados and other vegetables she was herding around as one item, I bet I watched her go through a couple of dozen things before another register opened up and I breezed through it in under two minutes. As I was leaving, she still had a bunch of stuff in her basket, several plastic bags full of groceries and her total was quickly approaching a hundred bucks.

It looks like Tim had a similar experience on the other end of town a couple of hours later. However, considering that that women in front of me was operating a self-checkout register, it's safe to assume that a) she could read and b) she could count. With those posibilities eliminated, I'm left with the conclusion that, indeed, she was being an "inconsiderate asshole".

What a lesson to teach your kid, lady!