the local grocery store

I just had to pick up A COUPLE things. That's it. Just mozzarella, pesto and apples. (I'm making pesto pizza for dinner... apples not included, they are for another project).

Here is what I encountered...

A woman with a large SNAKE around her neck outside chatting it up with some friend. First, who hangs out outside of the grocery store. Second, who does that WITH their large snake friend. Weird.
Then I pick up my few groceries, listed above.
Get into the check out line, the only line open. I wait while a woman pays for her groceries, with a check. Who does that anymore? I know, people who don't value my time. Ugh.
Next line over, is now open and the check out man says next one in line. That is me. I think: stay in line or move. Hmmm. I decide to move lines. In the few seconds it takes me to decide to move and then do the actual moving, FOUR people get in the new line ahead of me. So do I move back to the old line? No, I can't because thousands of people have now joined that line. I am stuck in the new line, farther back then I began.
And that's when the people in front of me decide to all use checks. Please refer to my above rant about this.
In the end, it took far too long. I left with few groceries and much time wasted.

The lady with the snake was still outside. What? Why? I don't know either.