20 Items or Less-Questions from the Express Lane

If we buy five packs of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum is that considered one item or five?
One.

I have 47 seven items instead of 20 is that OK?
(sigh) Yes.

Do you take payroll checks?
Yes.

Will you take cash?
Yes.

Will you take a WIC voucher?
Yes.

Will you take my firstborn?
Yes.

Can you ring up alcohol?
Yes.

Is register 13 really the only line we can buy smokes at?
Yes.

Did you know that ‘20 items or less’ is actually grammatically incorrect? Less is used for quantities. Fewer is used for individual units. So technically, your sign should read ‘20 items or fewer’. Do you think your store planners realized that?

…No.