So you dare: fourth in line, another checkout

There I was with my classmate at the new supermarket, which so far only existed in the south of the country. I lived in Maastricht for the Theater Academy and did my shopping at Jumbo for the first time. Nowadays, this chain is known all over the country, but ten years ago (wow, mom is getting old...) there were only a handful of Jumbo supermarkets to be found. Unbeknownst to me, I was doing my shopping and happily frolicking around in this new environment, because you can't give me a greater pleasure than with a ‘strange’ supermarket with new brands and unknown products (to the great annoyance of my husband, who loses at least an hour during our shopping session on vacation). After an extensive round, I unsuspectingly arrived at the checkout, where a gigantic sign hung: 'Fourth in line, can we open another checkout? Free groceries'. It was quite busy, so all the lines certainly had more than four people waiting. What should I do now, shout at the staff? Come on, we live in a country where the motto is 'just do it normally', so no way I'm going to shout in the store that I should get my groceries for free. But while these thoughts were passing through my mind,.

my classmate shouted, loudly: 'Yes hello, we are fourth in line! Bring on those free groceries!' Student and actress turns out to be a good combo when it comes to assertiveness and free stuff. A little later, we walked out of the store with two shopping bags full, and it felt a bit like I had stolen something. But it is of course the best marketing stunt ever by a supermarket. So when I first shopped with Jon at Jumbo , we were again fourth in line and I suddenly started shouting, Jon didn't know where to look. As if we had just won the jackpot, he walked home as happy as a child with his groceries: ‘We have to do this every week, it's not normal!’ This is how my addiction to shopping at Jumbo and timing it so that you're fourth in line began. Just yesterday, I almost had an argument with the ladies behind the checkout who snapped back that there was still a line with three people waiting, so I could whistle for those free groceries (and then they were whispering about me in another language). Just wait, chicks, next week I'm going for revenge. in Amsterdam, Meanwhile, there are over 500 stores across the country and I genuinely wonder how often free groceries are handed out, although I still meet people who are completely unaware of this policy and look at me strangely when I tell them about it. So here it is: go forth and multiply this information!.

There I was with my classmate at the new supermarket, which so far only existed in the south of the country. I lived in Maastricht for the...