/nods/ Yeah, I definitely hated it. I kid you not one time I spent at least an hour just waiting to be checked out because I kept having to let everybody else in front of me. Eventually, the cashiers felt sorry for me and finally allowed me to get checked out and all I had was one measly item. I would have gotten out of line long ago, but I really wanted the item and it was the last one we had. I was trying to act like I didn't realize there were people behind me with the hopes of being checked out sooner, but the cashiers for some reason really wanted to obey the rule, so they refused to check me out until everybody else got checked out first. So annoying!
Thankfully, my new job does not have this stupid rule.