Forget the Big Five and all the personality tests in the world, yes, even the ones in the BRAVO (even if they are almost unbeatable) … You will never find out as much about a person as the moment another cash register opens.
The Big Five test may be good, the box office test is better. Because if another till opens at REWE, EDEKA, ALDI, LIDL and Co., it immediately shows which of the following five personalities are in front of and behind you (and to which one belongs).
Type 1: The pensioner in a hurry
You are definitely not in a hurry, but with these gentlemen, time is still not a good that you like to make available to the general public. As far as it is somehow feasible in terms of health, the hasty pensioners push, jostle and abuse themselves to the front line, no matter what the cost. Crying children, working people on their lunch break … they would never let anyone or anything in voluntarily. Who else could you annoy with a little chat with the cashier and a five-minute search for two cents when no one is behind you?
Distinguishing marks in the wild: gray hair, tense jaw, trembling lower lip, angry bourgeois look
Type 2: The strategist
Strategists don't just line up at checkout 2, no no. You stand in the middle between 2 and 3, groan skillfully in the direction of the till and then storm off at the same moment as the crackling of the loudspeakers announces an upcoming announcement. What about the others? The strategist doesn't care at all.
Natural enemy: the superintendent
Type 3: The unlucky fellow
Oh, if he'd like to be a strategist, the unlucky fellow … but unfortunately fate is a lousy traitor. Unlucky people always end up where the cash register fails, a price is sought or the trainee sits on the first day of work. Even if they are the first to arrive at the till. You can recognize unlucky people by the tortured look, by the hopelessness that oozes out of every pore. After all, they have long known the procedure. And that's why they feel the misfortune even when it isn't there. Oh yes, life is difficult …
Life motto: If life gives you lemons, howl and overlook the tequila in tears.
Type 4: The Mother Teresa Buyer
As soon as a new till opens, Mother Teresa shoppers get nervous. They check the situation immediately and would like to call in the supermarket works council to do a social analysis. Whether the single parent with the screaming twins is poorer off than the old lady, who can hardly stand on her feet? Will the chilled teen notice that the nice man behind him is obviously in a hurry and has to get back to work? Question after question that Mother Teresa buyers will have plenty of time to answer. Because while they are still thinking, seven pensioners in a hurry and five strategists have squeezed themselves in front of everyone who needed it more (including all of Mother Teresa's). Too bad.
What we always wanted to say to you: THANK YOU! Nice to have you!
Type 5: The supervisor (female if possible)
Easily confused with the Mother Teresa buyers, just not quite as altruistic. Chief captains and women chiefs love justice. They would prefer to evaluate the surveillance cameras first so as not to take advantage of anyone. They are meticulous about not bouncing anyone and giving priority to anyone who was there before. But mercy for the hasty pensioner and the strategist! If you push, you get a proper enema from the supervisor. That's right!
Typical supervisor professions: teachers, police officers, judges