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I'm not entirely sure if this should be in Sucky Customers, but I just saw it, so I count it as a Sighting. Here goes:
I'm at the theater tonight (Harry Potter? Don't mind if I do...) and I'm in the line for snacks with a friend. The line was moving pretty slow, but whatever, I've got time. But apparently it's time for the cashier to go home or something, because she has to close her till. Cool, no problem, she's just going to serve the rest of us in the line and go home.
The problem comes when more people come in line. Does she put up a "This till is closed sign"? Does she announce in the lobby that this till is closed? Did she even tell the new people that the line is closed?
Er, no. She tells the person at the back of the line to tell everybody that the till was closed. Well, he's not interested in doing her job, so people keep entering the line, and she keeps telling this one guy to tell tham that the line is closed--she doesn't tell the people in the line, just this one guy. And this cashier is going so slow (I'm not sure why, I was paying attention to what this guy was saying about the cashier. I won't repeat it, but I think you can guess the gist of it.) that we almost missed getting seats for the show--and we got in line 30 before showtime. It was not cool.
I'm at the theater tonight (Harry Potter? Don't mind if I do...) and I'm in the line for snacks with a friend. The line was moving pretty slow, but whatever, I've got time. But apparently it's time for the cashier to go home or something, because she has to close her till. Cool, no problem, she's just going to serve the rest of us in the line and go home.
The problem comes when more people come in line. Does she put up a "This till is closed sign"? Does she announce in the lobby that this till is closed? Did she even tell the new people that the line is closed?
Er, no. She tells the person at the back of the line to tell everybody that the till was closed. Well, he's not interested in doing her job, so people keep entering the line, and she keeps telling this one guy to tell tham that the line is closed--she doesn't tell the people in the line, just this one guy. And this cashier is going so slow (I'm not sure why, I was paying attention to what this guy was saying about the cashier. I won't repeat it, but I think you can guess the gist of it.) that we almost missed getting seats for the show--and we got in line 30 before showtime. It was not cool.
I've done that. The thing is, if it is crowded, I might not be able to catch it when people join the line, and then people get pissy when I tell them I'm closing, because my manager is already there to collect me, but I have to finish the line I already have because they've been in line for a few minutes already, and no one is coming on to replace me because it's nearing the end of the night. 
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