Schyler. (the obnoxious kid) Cindy Bakersfeld. (Burt's Wife) Marcus Rathbone (actually, he DOES get smacked now that I think about it!)The lady smuggler. These are the folks who are invariably in the Express lane at the supermarket with 40-50 items. They usually work for the dept. of motor vehicles.
shareAnd why am I always stuck behind a lady who pays for 3 things with a check? Have you ever seen a man pay for anything at the grocery store with a check? It's so damned rude. Put some GD money in that stupid purse with the ten thousand other pieces of crap you're carrying around.
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Yeah Single Spud. And they always wait until the bill ias totaled before saying, "Oh let me FIND my check book." Then they make you wait while they balance it!
... and 4 minutes to repack their g.d. purse.
"I'd like to get to the debit swiper-machine ma'am. Could you pull your tragic ass together, and move on please?"
HIM:
1. Pull up to ATM
2. Insert card
3. Enter PIN number and account
4. Take cash, card and receipt
HER:
1. Pull up to ATM
2. Check makeup in rearview mirror
3. Shut off engine
4. Put keys in purse
5. Get out of car b/c you're too far from machine
6. Hunt for card in purse
7. Insert card
8. Hunt in purse for tampon wrapper with PIN number written on it
9. Enter PIN number
10. Study instructions for at least 2 minutes.
11. Hit "cancel"
12. Re-enter correct PIN number
12A Hit "cancel"
12B Call husband to get correct PIN number
13. Check balance
14. Look for envelope
15. Look in purse for pen
16. Make out deposit slip
17. Endorse checks
18. Make deposit
19. Study instructions
20. Make cash withdrawal
21. Get in car
22. Check makeup
23. Look for keys
24. Start car
25. Check makeup
26. Start pulling away
27. STOP
28. Back up to machine
29. Get out of car
30. Take card and receipt
31. Get back in car
32. Put card in wallet
33. Put receipt in checkbook
34. Enter deposits and withdrawals in checkbook
35. Clear area in purse for wallet and checkbook
36. Check makeup
37. Put car in gear, reverse
38. Put car in drive
39. Drive away from machine
40. Travel 3 miles
41. Release parking brake
OMG .... you're F'n BRILLIANT, HoJohn.
But you forgot to mention the 20min pause to scrape the paperboy off the front grill!
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It's the 21st Century, I have never seen ANYONE pay for anything at a grocery store with a check. Old ladies usually always carry cash, everyone else uses debit cards.
shareReally I wish that was my luck. I have seen it many times over many yrs at Walmart. I will get behind someone that has to write a check I am thinking why cant you use a debit card. There are some stupid stubborn or ignorant people that do not want to change old habits. It kills me. I see people drive up to a teller window all the time at the bank to do business. I rarely have done that or went inside. I always use the ATM machine there is usually no one in the ATM line so I am thinking what is wrong with those people. It is so simple and quick to use an ATM.
shareTotally OT, but you're right that many people don't want to change old habits even when the new ones are easier. At the movie theater I go to, for example, there will be 50 people waiting in line to buy tickets at the box office while the automatic ticket machines stand unused (except by me).
And don't get me started on the people who apparently haven't eaten for a month or been to a movie since 1966 and thus have to stare at the menu over the concession stand for five minutes deciding which ridiculously overpriced fat-salt-sugar treats to buy due to their apparent inability to sit through a 90-minute movie without eating enough to feed an army for a week. Popcorn and soda, people. That's enough ... and if you want candy, the selections haven't changed in decades (in fact, the stuff has probably been sitting there for 20 years!). Know what you want before you get to the counter, or no movie for you!
Nearly every character in this movie needed to be smacked.
Mrs. Livingston for having an affair with Mel.
Mel for having an affair with Tanya.
Dean Martin for being such a jerk.
Dean's wife for putting up with it.
Dean's bimbo for being a mistress.
Mrs. Quonset for being a thief of services.
Mrs. Quonset's shadow for falling for her ruse.
Patroni for his stupid one liners.
Do you like the characters in any films other than Disney cartoons?
shareJust about every character in this movie except Barbara Hale.
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"Cindy Bakersfeld. (Burt's Wife)"
Uhm, how about Burt???
I write checks at the grocery store. Since I always have the check filled out and signed, except for the amount, before the clerk is finished scanning my purchases, I'm actually faster than all the sheep using their stupid cards. But I'm glad it pisses you off. Suck it up.
shareSchyler. (the obnoxious kid) Cindy Bakersfeld. (Burt's Wife) Marcus Rathbone (actually, he DOES get smacked now that I think about it!)The lady smuggler.
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Marcus Rathbone is the most villainous person in the movie. Even the bomber (mad?) is kinda sad.
The movie did something interesting with the character.
In the book, Rathbone is introduced only as Dean Martin grabs the briefcase from Van Heflin. Author Arthur Hailey wrote someting like "And the incident -- except for restraining Guerrero and turning him over later -- should have been over. That it was not was due to a man across the aisle: Marcus Rathbone." Hailey then gives us a paragraph of background on Rathbone as a lifelong misanthrope, gadfly and ruiner of other people's fun.. And Rathbone gives the briefcase back to Guerrero.
There's no time to stop the movie for a "flashback biography of Marcus Rathbone," so the script smartly introduces us to Rathbone early in the movie and in little scenes along the way, always loudly complaining: on the bus; at the ticket counter; on the plane. Thus, when it comes time for the "big briefcase grab," we just KNOW that Rathbone is going to ruin things and then he ruins them one more time -- yelling "he's got a bomb!" just when Gurerro was going to give up the case.
Yep, whatever one thinks of Airport, Marcus Rathbone is one of the great hateable movie characters of all time. Acted by Peter Turgeon -- his little piece of movie history.