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Speechless Sunday ~ The Line Curse. Do You Have It?

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

A little note to this post ~ I have always laughed at this anomaly in my life that I am sure some people have too and I call it the LINE CURSE. The basic rule of the line curse is THE OTHER LINE MOVES FASTER. Whether the grocery store, the department store, customer service to return something, renewing the driver's license, airport baggage check in, WHATEVER line I pick, I look at the other line and it moves faster. EVEN for me the shortest line with ONE person in front of me, they get to the cashier and they have some German Driver's License that they have to get on the Intercom and call the store manager to approve it. One lady had a little booklet of all written down prices for items and compared them to her sales slip, and then there are the people with a coupon for everything. I almost want to buy their groceries for them. It is hilarious to me why this happens, but I have been tagged with it I swear to practice patience daily. I STILL am terrible with patience. I guess I am an incredibly slow learner. A video to illustrate MY life, and maybe some of you too.

 

Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Central CT Real Estate Broker Serving all equally

I tried to open up the video but it shows that there's an error   I do not however, like lines

Feb 21, 2015 10:40 PM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Ed: Initially there was an error with the video, it should work now.

Feb 21, 2015 10:44 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

I saw the video...hilarious...my hubby does this at the grocery store LOL!

Feb 21, 2015 10:45 PM
John G. Johnston
John G. Johnston & Associates, LLC - Westcliffe, CO
An Exclusive Buyer's Agent ~ Westcliffe, CO

Patience...learning I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.  I'm still studying that one!  

Feb 21, 2015 10:59 PM
Sharon Lee
Sharon Lee's Virtual Assistance - Jonesborough, TN
Retired and loving life

Ha-What was it you told me yesterday when I was stuck in a traffic jam in Charlotte, PATIENCE.  love the video. I get stuck sometimes in those kinds of lines, One of the reasons I like the self check outs.

Feb 21, 2015 11:10 PM
Sally Dunbar
Lyon Real Estate, Fair Oaks CA (Sacramento Area) - Fair Oaks, CA
Fair Oaks Realtor - Fair Oaks Homes for Sale

Been there.  I jsut always chose the longest line, then I get there first!

Feb 21, 2015 11:25 PM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

So funny Gary,  I do all the grocery shopping so I been there and which line do I go into?

Feb 21, 2015 11:58 PM
Sheila Anderson
Referral Group Incorporated - East Brunswick, NJ
The Real Estate Whisperer Who Listens 732-715-1133

Good morning Gary. This is a hoot: I love the cartoon and I can relate.

Feb 22, 2015 12:18 AM
Cara Marcelle Mancuso
Golden Girls with SW Desert Homes - Tucson, AZ
Call a Marana neighbor, I'm THERE!

So funny.  I, too, have the line curse, and the restaurant curse as well.  Last time it struck, there were five of us at a table, and several tables of four and of two were waited on and served food while we still waited to give our order.  When I "accosted" the waitress, she said that "large" tables have to go last!  So then of course, our food had to wait as well!  It was 1:15 from entrance to when our food was served, and the place had only one other table seated at our arrival.  I might have taken it in stride until the waitress rolled her eyes at us.  Oh boy...now the curse is on her.  No tip...and no return visit.  :)

Feb 22, 2015 12:20 AM
Dick Greenberg
New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO
Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi Gary - Everyone has that curse (except the guys in the other line) - it's a universal rule. And if we somehow manage to avoid it on rare occasions, it's a cause for huge celebration and will make us feel good all day. The universe operates on the principle of Maximum Perversity.

Feb 22, 2015 01:12 AM
Susan Emo
Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON
Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

I'm the exact opposite: I'm the one that they always ask if they can open a new checkout for me.  Haters gonna hate  LOL

Feb 22, 2015 01:20 AM
Belinda Spillman
Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO
Colorado Living!

That's funny.  I have been there too.  That's why I shoose the Self Check line whenever I can.  Then its just me holding myself up in the line.

Feb 22, 2015 01:41 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

If you have a 50/50 chance on what line willmove faster, 90% of the time you will pick wrong.

Feb 22, 2015 03:43 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Cute video, Gary!  And it illustrates why I love our local Trader Joe's.  The lines can wind all around the store, and it's OK because there is only one of them! 

Feb 23, 2015 12:51 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Gary

Life is trying to figure which line to get into . . . . Pat Kennedy has it right about Trader Joe's been in the long lines there but it was worth it.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Feb 23, 2015 01:50 AM
Gayle Rich-Boxman Fishhawk Lake Real Estate
John L Scott Market Center - Birkenfeld, OR
"Your Local Expert!" 503-739-3843

Oh, Gary, preachin' to the choir! Very funny video. Pick a line and STAY PUT. And take a deep breath. I also get the ONE CAR in front of me out on a country road with no other traffic that is going 20 miles below the speedlimit and I can't pass. I think to myself, now there is a REASON why I am supposed to S-L-O-W down. (When I'm in a fairly balanced state-of-mind I realize this...not always!)

Feb 23, 2015 05:25 AM
William Johnson
Retired - La Jolla, CA
Retired

Hi Gary, Pretty funny and so true. I think it is about view. We have to look from behind the line. If you could see from the front, you might actually pick a different line.

Feb 24, 2015 04:16 AM
Jon Zolsky, Daytona Beach, FL
Daytona Condo Realty, 386-405-4408 - Daytona Beach, FL
Buy Daytona condos for heavenly good prices

Gary - you stole the story of my life. It was me there in this wonderful to watch but terrible to live video.

I do not like more than one lane roads, because the other lane is always faster. I call it antisemitism... what else could it be?

Feb 24, 2015 01:55 PM
Dale Bledsoe
Crown Key Realty - Tracy, CA
Realtor in Tracy, California

Good video and an interesting perspective on ones own life. I am sure that most of us have felt the same way at one time or another.

Feb 27, 2015 01:30 AM