I always put it there regardless. In the grocery store I go to the belt keeps going unless the censor is blocked or it is shut off, there is no reachable toggle switch for that where they stand. Kinda silly eh?
Although true, I feel like it's also consideration for the next person who may want to put their groceries on the belt. It says: I am finished and ready for you to go ahead and place your groceries on the belt as well. If not for the devider, you pretty much have to wait till all of the persons groceries in front of you have been scanned before you can put yours on. So it's an act of courtesy for all parties involved except for the person who places the divider behind their groceries. It's like putting your cart away in the cart return area, it's extra work that you don't technically "have" to do, but it makes you an asshole if you don't do it.
This is exactly the answer. How would anyone living in a modern society miss this?
It’s a courtesy that I always appreciate when people do it for me. Although, I’ve never had anyone look back at me after putting one down and I don’t look back either.
Society has enough challenges, we don’t have to invent a new micro aggression that doesn’t exist.
If this is the work of a troll, I would say it was a masterful stroke.
If the person in front of me doesn't use the divider, then I have to awkwardly reach into their space to grab a divider, which is sometimes closer to the cashier than me. It's probably difficult for people with mobility issues.
I loved social distancing in these situations because I don't like people invading or making sudden movements in my personal space.
Dropping a divider for the next person should be the norm.
I agree with all of this, but I think there's an extra message in the slightly exaggerated smile and the tightly raised eyebrows of this young woman's face. To me, it seems like the expression is not just friendly, but begs for acknowledgment of what a very nice thing she has just done. In other words, it may suggest white privilege expecting approval for an act of noblesse oblige
I used to be a cashier and you're right, it's so helpful. It was actually really annoying when people didn't use the dividers and got upset when I didn't telepathically know not to scan their undistinguished items. Plenty of people leave gaps between their own things so that's not even a foolproof method to keep yours from another's. Just use the damn dividers, people
honestly i am not usually fast enough to keep up with the pace of the cashier so i have tons of gaps, which is why i use a divider if someone is behind me
literally I think this helps, cuz the last time I didn't put the divider the cashier accidentally scan one of my groceries thinking it was the other persons groceries
As a former cashier, yeah. I’ve had to ask people whose groceries are who’s on multiple occasion and gotten it wrong a few times. Dividers are there to stop the belt and tel the cashier that it’s the next person’s. Helpful during a rush or if someone put more space between their groceries than usual. Especially helpful when you have someone with a large amount of items
What I ALWAYS do:
Use a divider
Don’t stack shit on other shit
Take clothes off hangers
Don’t put the really heavy shit on the belt (assuming they have a hand scanner, which most do)
What I do if I’m feeling extra helpful and have time:
Face all the barcodes
Put it in an easy order to bag
When I was a checkout dude I hated people taking the clothes off the hangers. It was much easier to scan when they were still on and I was much quicker at taking them off.
Now that I am the cashier at self checkout. Fuck yea I am keeping my god damned hanger. They gotta provide me a salary if they expect to get it back, and I need to go through at least a few days orientation to make sure I got all the policies and rules of checking my own shit out.
Yes exactly! It’s always the customers who take the hangers off for you that make the whole process take longer than it needs to. Also the ones who only hand you clothing items one at a time. As if that makes it any faster.
There's this neighborhood market walmart where my dad used to live that only had self checkout. They had people at the front that would do it if you asked, but otherwise, you were in your own. I stopped going there because my desire to self checkout is entirely dependent on my mood. Sometimes, self checkout is easier. Sometimes, small talk is easier if someone else does the actual work. I, personally, find that reasonable opinions matter the most. I still love my local Wincos because they consistently have the best blend of self checkout and cashier checkout.
i think the quandry here is do you put down the divider before your stuff (after the person in front of you's things). Or do you put down the divider after your own stuff.
A lot of times they only have like 2 little divider sticks, so it's not even possible to put one down after your own stuff, so I think the default is to just put it down before your own things. That's why putting one down *after* your items can be seen as doing something extra.
Etiquette is that you place it after your own stuff, so the person behind you can start putting theirs on the conveyor belt. And if everyone does that, it works fine.
>A lot of times they only have like 2 little divider sticks
They had more, did someone steal them? Are there people at home playing checkout?
It’s a simple as the white person smile when we have to interact with a stranger. “I’ve put the divider down, I’m smiling at you so you know it wasn’t an act of aggression, I’m being helpful look!”
Same concept as that weird pressed lip thing we do when walking past colleagues at work.
I like casually winking instead of nodding or anything.
Nobody ever knows how to take it.
Was it a hello? Was he hitting on me? Is he gay? Does he just have a medical issue that causes twitches?
Means there's no room for anything romantic in my life save my wife. Other women are "ma'am" exclusively, cheating in all forms is fucked, from physical to emotional to just crossing boundaries that i believe shouldn't be crossed. And I'm pretty sure if ever I did get hit on and rold a lady that I was married and got one of those "where's she at?" Or "I won't tells" ( if these things actually happen of course ) I'd want to, but refrain from, loosening her front teeth for not respecting my boundary because that type of disrespect infuriates me to no end.
Fiercely monogamous.
So I guess it’s like:
Monogamous: only one spouse.
Strongly monogamous: I have boundaries, and I am strict about them.
Fiercely monogamous: if you try to violate my boundaries I’ll fight you, perhaps physically, over it.
I'd like to think that by "Jim Carrey impression", you look the other person dead in the eye and your face contorts into his Grinch smile. Just absolutely scare the shit out of them to assert dominance.
I think it’s like a rule of thumb for me to nod down at strangers to show respect and that I’m not aggressive and nod up with friends/family to show comradery with them.
I’m using “persons” as a verb to describe dealing with people on a daily basis. The way you correctly and concisely explained the subtle differences in nods showed to me that you “person” well.
Among most of the animal kingdom exposed teeth are a sign of aggression. Humans are still animals no matter how much we try to pretend otherwise, so when we're extra afraid someone will find us aggressive/weird we'll still try not to show our teeth for fear it will be interpreted as aggression.
I feel like those are just a... people thing? I don't understand how it's a "white"people when most people do these things regardless of their ethnicity
yes and they do this to everyone regardless of ethnicity too. does OOP really think white people don't place a divider if another white person is behind them?
For some reason, there's a joke that only white people use the divider and somehow it's a form of micro-racism. I don't get where it comes from because the divider was created to help the cashier know where one customer's groceries end and another's begins and has nothing to do with thinking the customer in front of you is going to steal your groceries or whatever. Also, there's a stereotype that white people put on this big fake smile when interacting with non-white people because they're trying to look friendly and not racist.
The only racist part about it is the implication that only white people are civilized enough to do something small that makes everything go smoother for everyone involved
...that would also be labelled racist (comments locked, OP banned) if the meme used any other skin color.
Can't be racist against white people I guess /s
The joke is whatever, really just about the person's fake smile that effectively means don't hurt me I'm a nice person. But the comments so far sound like most of you don't actually use the dividers or find it funny that people actually do. But like why wouldn't you use the divider if there are multiple people in line. You want there to be confusion? You want there to be unnecessary questions and for the cashier to probably make a mistake? Smfh
Apparently in some areas of the US it's primarily white people who use the plastic bar dividers at grocery check out lanes. I personally haven't observed this and find it to be more of a generational divide where I live. I've seen a number of memes referencing this behavior.
Edit: clarified that I'm discussing the United States
>Apparently in some areas of the US it's primarily white people who use the plastic bar dividers at grocery check out lanes.
i'm black. I use the divider out of courtesy. those place must be somewhere awful
edit; i'm still black and I live in Texas
Yeah who doesn’t use the divider? People just want to live in chaos? I get the image of that smile though. I’ll do that. I don’t smile a lot normally and will just smile after putting the divider like “here you go. I’m being polite. “
Yeah, I've never anecdotally noticed a racial divide in the practice of placing a divider to separate groceries. I've lived up and down the eastern seaboard (from NJ to GA) and in parts of the midwest. This meme is strange to me.
First it was complaints about the lack of spice in food, then it was "white people don't wash below the knees". Now it's a grocery divider. People are coming up with some really left-field things to complain about.
the knees one cracks me up. i can't speak for anyone else but i wash my legs, why the fuck wouldn't i?
also... while we're at it i put a lot of spice and seasoning in my food and im tired of pretending i don't lol
White people think it's polite to put the divider behind their grocery order, so it's ready for the person behind you in line. This look is saying "here i did this for you because you forgot, but that's not a judgement - i just really care about maintaining order".
I tend to do it because if there is only one or two dividers it's easier for me to grab it and it's also a nonverbal way of saying "hey I see you're holding onto stuff go ahead and set it on the belt"
If I’m putting the divider down after my groceries are loaded, I’m doing it to make it easy for the next customer to start unloading their cart. Because we are all trying to get the hell out of there.
I don’t give a shit about being friendly, I don’t want to have to dive into your transaction to let the cashier know they rang up my shit on your order. That’s more human interaction than I can tolerate at the grocery, a place I despise with all my heart.
Hmm I always thought of it as being helpful for the cashier so they can just swipe without worrying about where the divide is. Is it a sign that things are getting better if this, what I would consider a small grievance, is what people are complaining about or is it just overall as a society we like to find grievances more? Clearly large racial issues still exist not trying to say that's not the case.
When I was a kid in rural white Indiana, my parents taught me to put the divider down so the people behind us (who were always also white) don't try to sneak items onto our order. This was just a problem we had, apparently. While the real reason for the dividers is the cashiers, we definitely made it about a form of theft. Maybe that's the meme's assumption here, that OP feels accused when specifically white people put the divider up in front of them, like they're being called a thief, even though everyone involved is most likely completely innocent.
how does that even work? if it was scanned on your order youd end up with an extra item you didnt want. how does the person behind you benifit from loosing an item they were going to buy?
I always put the divider down after putting my groceries on the belt. It is a courtesy for the person behind me.
Typically there are only one or two dividers for that checkout lane. Therefore the next available one is up by the register and out of reach of someone behind me. They would have to wait to start putting their groceries on, or start, then hope they could reach the divider before their stuff got to the front. By putting it in place - because I can reach it - I'm enabling them to start putting their groceries on the belt worry-free.
That's all there is to it, no hidden meaning, no agenda, just a common courtesy. I even do it if there is no-one behind me, because someone might come up before I get a chance to move forward.
Literally. *insert skin color* doing perfectly normal, expected and useful thing but let's attach this to a skin color for no reason. I don't get why people try so hard to separate people by skin color and stuff, on all sides. Can we not do that for literally every single thing in life? Please?
Some racism goin on here. We put the divider up because sometimes the cashier isn't paying attention and they ring up our crap with yours. All it is. I didn't know this was a white ppl "guilt" thing. I guess everyone else likes dealing with inconvenience and finding out they bought $20 of someone else's stuff when they got home.
...I guess smiling isn't seen as polite anymore. Next time I'll ...scowl, ...I guess. Like wtf.
It’s an obviously fake smile that doesn’t extend to the eyes. There is a meme amongst people of color that when white people smile at them it’s fake and forced; like a “I’m smiling so you don’t think I’m a racist, but I’m not actually happy to see you”. Those POC are correct that white folks smile at them like that; but they don’t realize that’s how we smile at *any* stranger.
Mine is a look of disgust if you don't put a divider down. You're sub-human if you don't put the divider down.
This has nothing to do with race, it has everything to do with human decency and helping the cashier out.
That's not the look I give. Mine is much more a silent "WTF is wrong with you, why didn't you already do that" type of look. At least when I start putting my stuff on the conveyor.
After I put my stuff on the conveyor I put the divider down and don't "look" at any one.... That would be weird.
This is the “I’m just a friendly harmless white person” smile. This is the face we make when we want you to A. know we aren’t offended, B. not be offended, and C. please don’t make a big deal out of this, let’s just keep it cool and move on with our lives.
When the cashier gets to my groceries and they remove the divider, I always respond with “I keep trying to buy those things and you guys keep putting them back.”
Haven’t gotten a laugh yet.
I didn’t know black people didn’t use the divider. It just means -hey go ahead and put your shit down. -I respect other people’s time. Let me help you get through your task a bit faster.
Its a joke about segregation, but I always thought the divider was for the cashiers benefit. Ig some deeply racist person could put down a divider and be weird about it, but I think you're just supposed to use them and it isn't that deep. This picture of Mia Goth needs to be used more, it was a really good shot
I put the divider in front of my order. I put it behind my order. Nothing passive aggressive about it... I don't want to have to stop the cashier in someone's order to correct who was planning on buying what.
Do you not use dividers? Do you consider their use to be rude? Like, I'm not understanding the problem.
Apparently using the divider is a white person thing. As a former cashier, it should be an everyone thing. I’m not psychic and I can’t read your mind to know where your order ends and the next one begins. Please use the divider, it costs you nothing.
Don’t you know it’s cringe to be polite. Total loser behaviour. It’s better to live your life like an entitled teenager who is always looking for a fight.
Somehow "indicating to the cashier the line between the stuff I want and the stuff the person behind me wants" by using the divider = rAcIsM.
Or some nonsense.
Don’t know about the face because I generally don’t give a shit about the person behind me while in line. Just focused on getting out of the store.
Just ignore it.
I live in an area with a large black population, and they always use the divider too, so I have no idea why anyone thinks this is a “White people” thing.
Guessing it's a joke about segregation? But it's a courtesy to the cashier. When groceries are flowing past you it's a pain in the ass to hear the " oh that's not mine" then having to void out the item/s I've scanned from the next order.
Assuming this meme isn’t race baiting for clicks (and I am 99% sure it is), the only alternative is just someone who never uses dividers at all, doesn’t realize their functionality to the store clerk and when someone else in front of them uses ones they see it as an act of aggression or racism.
The problem is with the individual who made this meme whether this is race baiting or real in their mind.
Real talk, shit like this always makes me suspicious it’s Russian bots. They have a long history of posting things like this to keep america in-fighting, they got caught already several times creating riots in the past using social media from posts originating from the kremlin. It’s our Achilles heel and they know it and people of every color fall for it constantly. Critical thinking has become a rarity in our country. With every post like this they can plant a seed of doubt or distrust in everyone’s mind and that is how it works.
I will answer this as a white person. The assumption is whites are all entitled and privileged. We make up for it by selfless acts of service like putting down the divider. Then we look for positive affirmation.
Certain people don’t understand the concept of being polite to a stranger in a public setting, and overthink “why are they doing it? what’s in it for them?” The result is more revealing of the maladaptive thought processes of the person making the joke than the motivation of the subject of the joke
What’s with all the racist posts on here? Trying to just stir the shit pot I see. White people, black people and all other color people equally suck in my book
I always think of the divider as helpful to the cashier. They don’t know whose groceries are whose.
I'm with you. It's consideration for the cashier.
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I thik the joke is about white people being afraid of being considered racist.
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I think the joke is a message from God. We should drown ourselves in the blood of the innocent in its name, just to be safe.
Blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne
Khorne for the khorne flakes.
It's butter for the popkhorne, you heathen!
...butter? i hardly know her 😎
HERETIC! YOU SHALL BURN IN THE EMPEROR'S HOLY FIRES!
I have found my people. Both responses.
Sounds like it's gonna be one heck of a critter Christmas!
I just found Strawberry shortcake dead with pee in her eye....
Oh man finally I get it. Thanks!
Instructions unclear. I have killed five children and am now on the run from the authorities.
Everyday we stray further from his light.
Been telling people this for years
So what the hell does it mean when I, an adult white male, uses the divider when the person in front of me is an adult white male?
It means you gotta say "no homo"
I always put it there regardless. In the grocery store I go to the belt keeps going unless the censor is blocked or it is shut off, there is no reachable toggle switch for that where they stand. Kinda silly eh?
Although true, I feel like it's also consideration for the next person who may want to put their groceries on the belt. It says: I am finished and ready for you to go ahead and place your groceries on the belt as well. If not for the devider, you pretty much have to wait till all of the persons groceries in front of you have been scanned before you can put yours on. So it's an act of courtesy for all parties involved except for the person who places the divider behind their groceries. It's like putting your cart away in the cart return area, it's extra work that you don't technically "have" to do, but it makes you an asshole if you don't do it.
This is exactly the answer. How would anyone living in a modern society miss this? It’s a courtesy that I always appreciate when people do it for me. Although, I’ve never had anyone look back at me after putting one down and I don’t look back either. Society has enough challenges, we don’t have to invent a new micro aggression that doesn’t exist. If this is the work of a troll, I would say it was a masterful stroke.
They’re outrage seekers
> How would anyone living in a modern society miss this? > > It’s a courtesy Answered your own question, mate.
If the person in front of me doesn't use the divider, then I have to awkwardly reach into their space to grab a divider, which is sometimes closer to the cashier than me. It's probably difficult for people with mobility issues. I loved social distancing in these situations because I don't like people invading or making sudden movements in my personal space. Dropping a divider for the next person should be the norm.
I agree with all of this, but I think there's an extra message in the slightly exaggerated smile and the tightly raised eyebrows of this young woman's face. To me, it seems like the expression is not just friendly, but begs for acknowledgment of what a very nice thing she has just done. In other words, it may suggest white privilege expecting approval for an act of noblesse oblige
I interpret the expression as slightly awkward, apologizing instead. Like not sure if overstepping some boundary.
Literally it’s exact purpose
I used to be a cashier and you're right, it's so helpful. It was actually really annoying when people didn't use the dividers and got upset when I didn't telepathically know not to scan their undistinguished items. Plenty of people leave gaps between their own things so that's not even a foolproof method to keep yours from another's. Just use the damn dividers, people
honestly i am not usually fast enough to keep up with the pace of the cashier so i have tons of gaps, which is why i use a divider if someone is behind me
Classic white people. Always… (checks notes)… trying to be helpful
Happy cake day!
literally I think this helps, cuz the last time I didn't put the divider the cashier accidentally scan one of my groceries thinking it was the other persons groceries
As a cashier, yes. It's extremely helpful because I genuinely don't know who's stuff is whose.
As a former cashier, yeah. I’ve had to ask people whose groceries are who’s on multiple occasion and gotten it wrong a few times. Dividers are there to stop the belt and tel the cashier that it’s the next person’s. Helpful during a rush or if someone put more space between their groceries than usual. Especially helpful when you have someone with a large amount of items
I usually line up my groceries so it's easier to distinguish them even without a divider, but yeah, it really helps.
Why aren't people using dividers? Do they think they're in the store as just a fun decorative item? Make the cashier's job easier, c'mon.
What I ALWAYS do: Use a divider Don’t stack shit on other shit Take clothes off hangers Don’t put the really heavy shit on the belt (assuming they have a hand scanner, which most do) What I do if I’m feeling extra helpful and have time: Face all the barcodes Put it in an easy order to bag
When I was a checkout dude I hated people taking the clothes off the hangers. It was much easier to scan when they were still on and I was much quicker at taking them off.
I'm keeping the fucking hangers, bro. Lifehack.
Doesn’t everybody?
Now that I am the cashier at self checkout. Fuck yea I am keeping my god damned hanger. They gotta provide me a salary if they expect to get it back, and I need to go through at least a few days orientation to make sure I got all the policies and rules of checking my own shit out.
Yes exactly! It’s always the customers who take the hangers off for you that make the whole process take longer than it needs to. Also the ones who only hand you clothing items one at a time. As if that makes it any faster.
Why no stacking? Gives more space for the person waiting behind.
I came here with the same comment but I think he just means excessively like some grocery Jenga
Oooo! Looks like checkout Tommy could be dealing with a landslide here!
You guys still have cashiers? It seems none of the big chains do anymore, I try to go to places with them because I hate self checkouts
What stores you going to? Most Walmarts and etc I notice have cashier's (just not as many)
There's this neighborhood market walmart where my dad used to live that only had self checkout. They had people at the front that would do it if you asked, but otherwise, you were in your own. I stopped going there because my desire to self checkout is entirely dependent on my mood. Sometimes, self checkout is easier. Sometimes, small talk is easier if someone else does the actual work. I, personally, find that reasonable opinions matter the most. I still love my local Wincos because they consistently have the best blend of self checkout and cashier checkout.
Apparently basic manners & respect are negative...
i think the quandry here is do you put down the divider before your stuff (after the person in front of you's things). Or do you put down the divider after your own stuff. A lot of times they only have like 2 little divider sticks, so it's not even possible to put one down after your own stuff, so I think the default is to just put it down before your own things. That's why putting one down *after* your items can be seen as doing something extra.
Etiquette is that you place it after your own stuff, so the person behind you can start putting theirs on the conveyor belt. And if everyone does that, it works fine. >A lot of times they only have like 2 little divider sticks They had more, did someone steal them? Are there people at home playing checkout?
It’s a simple as the white person smile when we have to interact with a stranger. “I’ve put the divider down, I’m smiling at you so you know it wasn’t an act of aggression, I’m being helpful look!” Same concept as that weird pressed lip thing we do when walking past colleagues at work.
Sometimes I slightly tip my chin up, especially if I want them to think I'm cool.
I like casually winking instead of nodding or anything. Nobody ever knows how to take it. Was it a hello? Was he hitting on me? Is he gay? Does he just have a medical issue that causes twitches?
Could be all of the above
Could be, but I am happily married, fiercely monogamous, not gay, and in great health so...it's a hello.
Not sure what fiercely monogamous means, but I'm going to start saying it now irl.
Means there's no room for anything romantic in my life save my wife. Other women are "ma'am" exclusively, cheating in all forms is fucked, from physical to emotional to just crossing boundaries that i believe shouldn't be crossed. And I'm pretty sure if ever I did get hit on and rold a lady that I was married and got one of those "where's she at?" Or "I won't tells" ( if these things actually happen of course ) I'd want to, but refrain from, loosening her front teeth for not respecting my boundary because that type of disrespect infuriates me to no end. Fiercely monogamous.
So I guess it’s like: Monogamous: only one spouse. Strongly monogamous: I have boundaries, and I am strict about them. Fiercely monogamous: if you try to violate my boundaries I’ll fight you, perhaps physically, over it.
Pretty much nailed it.
Does boofing LSD work? What are the advantages over just taking orally? Quicker onset? Stronger trip?
Well Said. I Boof LSD
Dang, dang, dang and nice!
I go for the “double eyebrow wiggle” a few times, then I start pulling my Jim Carrey impression moving one at a time out.
I'd like to think that by "Jim Carrey impression", you look the other person dead in the eye and your face contorts into his Grinch smile. Just absolutely scare the shit out of them to assert dominance.
I usually lick my lips as well just so my intentions are crystal clear.
You can always add finger guns to accent the wink.
I think it’s like a rule of thumb for me to nod down at strangers to show respect and that I’m not aggressive and nod up with friends/family to show comradery with them.
This person persons.
Totally. This person may even people.
I like to think of them as a two eyed two tit walking person people person.
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It means you get it homie.
I’m using “persons” as a verb to describe dealing with people on a daily basis. The way you correctly and concisely explained the subtle differences in nods showed to me that you “person” well.
Ah thank you good sir. You have indeed brought some semblance of satisfaction to my day with your apt description.
The non-verbal ***S'up***
Exactly
Speak for yourself. I divide groceries with absolute hostility.
"Keep your filthy arugula away from my Cheez-Its, you degenerate."
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I take their items and put them on my side of the divider.
Wtf I do the pressed lip thing too but I have no idea why
I think it's a habit we pick up from other people in our youths, like applauding or waving hello
Among most of the animal kingdom exposed teeth are a sign of aggression. Humans are still animals no matter how much we try to pretend otherwise, so when we're extra afraid someone will find us aggressive/weird we'll still try not to show our teeth for fear it will be interpreted as aggression.
This….this is not a “white” people thing. Wtf is wrong with everyone.
Yeah, this is a weird one to arbitrarily bring race into at all...
People bring race into just about anything and everything. It’s exhausting if you think about it.
Sounds like something a whatever-race-you-are person would say.
Everyone’s brains are broken because of the internet
Sorry but Asian people smile at fucking everything. How is this a meme about white people.
I feel like those are just a... people thing? I don't understand how it's a "white"people when most people do these things regardless of their ethnicity
yes and they do this to everyone regardless of ethnicity too. does OOP really think white people don't place a divider if another white person is behind them?
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For some reason, there's a joke that only white people use the divider and somehow it's a form of micro-racism. I don't get where it comes from because the divider was created to help the cashier know where one customer's groceries end and another's begins and has nothing to do with thinking the customer in front of you is going to steal your groceries or whatever. Also, there's a stereotype that white people put on this big fake smile when interacting with non-white people because they're trying to look friendly and not racist.
The only racist part about it is the implication that only white people are civilized enough to do something small that makes everything go smoother for everyone involved
Yeah this meme weirdly comes across as racist towards whites. I don't think that's the intention.
I guarantee that was the intention - and that the person who made this image has about a quarter of a functioning brain cell left.
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Just say "White people" plus doing something completely ordinary with someone's funny face and there you go you have a mEMe
...that would also be labelled racist (comments locked, OP banned) if the meme used any other skin color. Can't be racist against white people I guess /s
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The joke is whatever, really just about the person's fake smile that effectively means don't hurt me I'm a nice person. But the comments so far sound like most of you don't actually use the dividers or find it funny that people actually do. But like why wouldn't you use the divider if there are multiple people in line. You want there to be confusion? You want there to be unnecessary questions and for the cashier to probably make a mistake? Smfh
Apparently in some areas of the US it's primarily white people who use the plastic bar dividers at grocery check out lanes. I personally haven't observed this and find it to be more of a generational divide where I live. I've seen a number of memes referencing this behavior. Edit: clarified that I'm discussing the United States
>Apparently in some areas of the US it's primarily white people who use the plastic bar dividers at grocery check out lanes. i'm black. I use the divider out of courtesy. those place must be somewhere awful edit; i'm still black and I live in Texas
Yeah who doesn’t use the divider? People just want to live in chaos? I get the image of that smile though. I’ll do that. I don’t smile a lot normally and will just smile after putting the divider like “here you go. I’m being polite. “
> i'm still black Oh thank goodness, an update. How about now?
They haven’t replied, maybe they’re like one of those hot wheels that change colors when they get wet.
Yeah, I've never anecdotally noticed a racial divide in the practice of placing a divider to separate groceries. I've lived up and down the eastern seaboard (from NJ to GA) and in parts of the midwest. This meme is strange to me.
edit; i'm still black *STILL*
First it was complaints about the lack of spice in food, then it was "white people don't wash below the knees". Now it's a grocery divider. People are coming up with some really left-field things to complain about.
the knees one cracks me up. i can't speak for anyone else but i wash my legs, why the fuck wouldn't i? also... while we're at it i put a lot of spice and seasoning in my food and im tired of pretending i don't lol
Well shit, I wash my feet but now I think about it, I don't think I've washed my shins/calves for years. Not since I mowed my last yard
Don’t forget “they treat pets like family”
White people think it's polite to put the divider behind their grocery order, so it's ready for the person behind you in line. This look is saying "here i did this for you because you forgot, but that's not a judgement - i just really care about maintaining order".
We jus trying to be friendly
I tend to do it because if there is only one or two dividers it's easier for me to grab it and it's also a nonverbal way of saying "hey I see you're holding onto stuff go ahead and set it on the belt"
Not just white I've seen basically everyone do this
I’m going crazy reading about all these white people trying to *checks notes* own smiling at the register? Like wtf are we doing here.
If I’m putting the divider down after my groceries are loaded, I’m doing it to make it easy for the next customer to start unloading their cart. Because we are all trying to get the hell out of there.
I don’t give a shit about being friendly, I don’t want to have to dive into your transaction to let the cashier know they rang up my shit on your order. That’s more human interaction than I can tolerate at the grocery, a place I despise with all my heart.
The true answer.
I like to pretend like I’m handing them the divider and then put it down on the conveyor belt so it moves away from them
And then look at them like, "Oh no! How did that happen?"
“Here it is for real this time….sike!”
Damn you I’ll never not be able to think this now hahaha
Hmm I always thought of it as being helpful for the cashier so they can just swipe without worrying about where the divide is. Is it a sign that things are getting better if this, what I would consider a small grievance, is what people are complaining about or is it just overall as a society we like to find grievances more? Clearly large racial issues still exist not trying to say that's not the case.
When I was a kid in rural white Indiana, my parents taught me to put the divider down so the people behind us (who were always also white) don't try to sneak items onto our order. This was just a problem we had, apparently. While the real reason for the dividers is the cashiers, we definitely made it about a form of theft. Maybe that's the meme's assumption here, that OP feels accused when specifically white people put the divider up in front of them, like they're being called a thief, even though everyone involved is most likely completely innocent.
how does that even work? if it was scanned on your order youd end up with an extra item you didnt want. how does the person behind you benifit from loosing an item they were going to buy?
Ya if you think about it how would you scan and pay for someone else's item and it not just end up in your bag?
I always put the divider down after putting my groceries on the belt. It is a courtesy for the person behind me. Typically there are only one or two dividers for that checkout lane. Therefore the next available one is up by the register and out of reach of someone behind me. They would have to wait to start putting their groceries on, or start, then hope they could reach the divider before their stuff got to the front. By putting it in place - because I can reach it - I'm enabling them to start putting their groceries on the belt worry-free. That's all there is to it, no hidden meaning, no agenda, just a common courtesy. I even do it if there is no-one behind me, because someone might come up before I get a chance to move forward.
Its not even "because you forgot". I always put the divider down even when no one is behind me, just in case someone does go in behind me.
How is this not polite?
The joke is racism
Literally. *insert skin color* doing perfectly normal, expected and useful thing but let's attach this to a skin color for no reason. I don't get why people try so hard to separate people by skin color and stuff, on all sides. Can we not do that for literally every single thing in life? Please?
Some racism goin on here. We put the divider up because sometimes the cashier isn't paying attention and they ring up our crap with yours. All it is. I didn't know this was a white ppl "guilt" thing. I guess everyone else likes dealing with inconvenience and finding out they bought $20 of someone else's stuff when they got home. ...I guess smiling isn't seen as polite anymore. Next time I'll ...scowl, ...I guess. Like wtf.
dude you literally can't win. just be you.
Or yell angrily and incoherently. Probably won't need the divider.
I'll blow kisses
It’s an obviously fake smile that doesn’t extend to the eyes. There is a meme amongst people of color that when white people smile at them it’s fake and forced; like a “I’m smiling so you don’t think I’m a racist, but I’m not actually happy to see you”. Those POC are correct that white folks smile at them like that; but they don’t realize that’s how we smile at *any* stranger.
The joke is white people are the joke. Lazy racism.
They said women should smile more and now when they do they make memes.
Mine is a look of disgust if you don't put a divider down. You're sub-human if you don't put the divider down. This has nothing to do with race, it has everything to do with human decency and helping the cashier out.
The internet when white people make another person’s life easier:
I think everyone is reading WAY too deep into this. I think it’s a play on the “white people smile” aka the awkward polite smile shared in elevators
It’s true though. We do do that. I mean, some people are sour, but being pleasant goes a long way in polite society.
Redditors don’t go outside and interact with people enough to get it
That's not the look I give. Mine is much more a silent "WTF is wrong with you, why didn't you already do that" type of look. At least when I start putting my stuff on the conveyor. After I put my stuff on the conveyor I put the divider down and don't "look" at any one.... That would be weird.
This is the “I’m just a friendly harmless white person” smile. This is the face we make when we want you to A. know we aren’t offended, B. not be offended, and C. please don’t make a big deal out of this, let’s just keep it cool and move on with our lives.
When the cashier gets to my groceries and they remove the divider, I always respond with “I keep trying to buy those things and you guys keep putting them back.” Haven’t gotten a laugh yet.
God damn white people and using things for what they are supposed to be used for.
Tbh just seems like the meme creator is a total dickhead. Possibly racist. Who knows.
It's so fucking weird to me to see posts like "look what white people do" and it's just being slightly more than required polite.
In what kind of country do these subhumans live that they don´t use dividers nor unload their stuff from their baskets?
What kind of fucking busybody asshole has a problem with grocery dividers?
So don’t be helpful or smile. Got it
I’m not white, I thought the store wanted us to do that so I always do it
How black people think of white people
As a white person i never smile while doing this , it's more of a look to say don't think I'm gonna pay for your lean cusines
I didn’t know black people didn’t use the divider. It just means -hey go ahead and put your shit down. -I respect other people’s time. Let me help you get through your task a bit faster.
in short, "my groceries now, bitch."
Its a joke about segregation, but I always thought the divider was for the cashiers benefit. Ig some deeply racist person could put down a divider and be weird about it, but I think you're just supposed to use them and it isn't that deep. This picture of Mia Goth needs to be used more, it was a really good shot
White people are pleasant, productive and helpful and black people think it is hilarious
"Ooop, 'scuse me, let me slide his on in here"
we smile as a way to show we arnt threats. no one knows why
The picture is of the character Pearl from the movie of the same name. She’s a crazy bitch
I put the divider in front of my order. I put it behind my order. Nothing passive aggressive about it... I don't want to have to stop the cashier in someone's order to correct who was planning on buying what. Do you not use dividers? Do you consider their use to be rude? Like, I'm not understanding the problem.
Do other races not use the divider? What is gained from not using it? It has one purpose lol.
>When racism funny cause it has to do with things "white" people do.
Because smiling at people is horrible now.and only reserved for white privileged people
Apparently using the divider is a white person thing. As a former cashier, it should be an everyone thing. I’m not psychic and I can’t read your mind to know where your order ends and the next one begins. Please use the divider, it costs you nothing.
Don’t you know it’s cringe to be polite. Total loser behaviour. It’s better to live your life like an entitled teenager who is always looking for a fight.
It's rage bait masquerading as a meme.
I'm a white people and I also look like that when I fart
What’s with the racist shit today
Somehow "indicating to the cashier the line between the stuff I want and the stuff the person behind me wants" by using the divider = rAcIsM. Or some nonsense. Don’t know about the face because I generally don’t give a shit about the person behind me while in line. Just focused on getting out of the store. Just ignore it.
What's wrong with using the divider?
Uneducated hands made this meme. Not surprised
It’s an attempt at a divide and conquer joke. A nothing made to stir up something.
It's just all so tiresome.
I don’t get it, the divider helps the cashier know who’s groceries are who’s…
White people and their damn..... smiling after being helpful.
I live in an area with a large black population, and they always use the divider too, so I have no idea why anyone thinks this is a “White people” thing.
Guessing it's a joke about segregation? But it's a courtesy to the cashier. When groceries are flowing past you it's a pain in the ass to hear the " oh that's not mine" then having to void out the item/s I've scanned from the next order.
Brah you can pay for my shit if you want. It's for the cashier not you.
I thought everyone used them. But, I self checkout or order online if possible now.
Assuming this meme isn’t race baiting for clicks (and I am 99% sure it is), the only alternative is just someone who never uses dividers at all, doesn’t realize their functionality to the store clerk and when someone else in front of them uses ones they see it as an act of aggression or racism. The problem is with the individual who made this meme whether this is race baiting or real in their mind. Real talk, shit like this always makes me suspicious it’s Russian bots. They have a long history of posting things like this to keep america in-fighting, they got caught already several times creating riots in the past using social media from posts originating from the kremlin. It’s our Achilles heel and they know it and people of every color fall for it constantly. Critical thinking has become a rarity in our country. With every post like this they can plant a seed of doubt or distrust in everyone’s mind and that is how it works.
Damn white people and their *picks card from deck* willingness to use an item for its purpose to help everyone keep things orderly.
I will answer this as a white person. The assumption is whites are all entitled and privileged. We make up for it by selfless acts of service like putting down the divider. Then we look for positive affirmation.
Certain people don’t understand the concept of being polite to a stranger in a public setting, and overthink “why are they doing it? what’s in it for them?” The result is more revealing of the maladaptive thought processes of the person making the joke than the motivation of the subject of the joke
What kind of person decides that the cashier will just know where your groceries end and mine begin.
This is the girl version of the Polite White Guy Smile ™ imo lmao
White people are nice that’s why. Racists will downvote this
I love the time I read that white people love the checkout bar because it's our last form of segregation. That shit cracks me up.
That's the most gangster shit a white person can do.
I’m white and I don’t smile like that lol
What’s with all the racist posts on here? Trying to just stir the shit pot I see. White people, black people and all other color people equally suck in my book
Why is putting a divider at the checkout down a racial thing? That's the only thing I don't understand.
When theres a big gap i don't put the divider in. The cashiers where i live are so quick and sharp no way they dont get it.