At the tail end of every supermarket visit you have to find a line to go and stand in. Obviously you want to be standing there for the least amount of time possible, so surveying the scene is always a good idea.
First you check out who will be ringing up your purchases and exchanging money. The more you go to the same store the more you start recognizing the people that have worked there for a while. The ones that excel at their job and the others that don't. Next you have to take a look at who will be standing in front of you in the line. Maybe a crass judgement, but old women being some of the worst people to be caught behind. They are the ones most likely to have a complaint of some sort, be using some kind of out of date coupon, misplace money or any old thing from their purse, need help out to their car, and definitely shoot a nasty look my direction.
Sometimes I find myself walking up and down the grocery store before settling on a line-up to stand in. And once I've finally settled I'm still watching the progress of the other lines. Sometimes you catch yourself making a snap judgement, switching lineups and now the race is on. You're watching the other line as much as you're paying attention to your own inevitably leading to you slipping up when packing groceries into your backpack or attempting to legibly spit out your phone number to the cute girl attendant. Yes, sadly that is also something you take into account when picking out a cashier. The cute ones usually prove to be the fastest, probably just trying to get this beastly looking boy out of her line up, but can't blame a girl for being good at her job.
You usually avoid the hot chick line up when buying the family pack of hot dogs.
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