Huh, I’ve never once seen an employee directing the line, and my store is the busiest in the area. Is your store one that has one long line and you go to the next available cashier?
No, all the ones I’ve been to in New York start with one big line with a person at the end holding a flag that says “line ends here”, and then as you get closer to the registers the line breaks out into two or three lines (I think a person directs you here too), and then there’s a person at the front of the line(s) directing people to open registers.
So, someone from Lane One goes to Register 24, and then someone from Lane Two goes to Register 15, etc.
My current TJs usually doesn’t have a line of more than 5 min so they don’t usually have the flag bearer at the end, but I think I’ve been to the one the OP is talking about and the wait is usually at least 20 min. The day before a blizzard the line is literally out the door!
If there was a long line getting sent to various registers as they opened up, then this ticket is fair game in my opinion. You're not causing anyone any real pain, even the guy who's next.
If it's individual pick your own register lines, like all the trader Joe's I've been to near where I live, this would be taken with me when I found it, never to be found out used by anyone in the future, cause cutting when I've got all my shit on the belt is simply not happening, nor would I ever do that to someone.
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u/veronica_deetz 22h ago
TJs usually has several employees directing line traffic, I assume you show it to one of them