Supermarket Checkout Assistants

I decide one Saturday to put Amir and Zak in the car and take them to our local supermarket for the week's shopping. It's slow, tedious, but it's a nice break from the norm. They help, sing, talk, shout, jump, run, huff, puff and pretty much blow the supermarket down. But still, I enjoy it. We have a full trolley at the end of the shop and take it to the till where a supermarket checkout assistant is counting down the minutes till his/her break. But, but! She still has to be kind and say all the things she has been trained to say:

"Good afternoon sir."
"Afternoon." I replied.
"Aww, aren't they cuties?"
"Yeah, if only you knew."
"Would you like help with your packing?"

Now at this point I am thinking to myself, with the amount of shopping and the steady stream of stuff, I should be able to cope. I will say "No" and save the assistant some heavy labour before their tea break is due. And to thank you for your generosity, what do they do? They look at you in disgust and then before you even got round the other side and opened a bag, there's 10 items already down there! And, to top it off, the speed increases. You can tell by the beeps and how quick they follow each other. In fact some beeps don't even finish before the other starts.

Then you go to pay and automatically stick your card in the reader. "Erm, excuse me, can you take it out as it's not ready yet.". Literally 2 seconds later, "How are you paying sir?". "Erm, let me think, Card?" I replied, "Yes that's fine, please enter your card in the slot and follow the instructions.".

I think it's easier when you don't take your kids, or is it?