<b>By Colin Allcabs
Consumer correspondent

Men admitted last night that they crumbled under the pressure of filling their bags efficently and quickly at supermarket checkouts.</b>

While women can pack away with no fuss whatsoever, men became flustered as the first goods rolled across the scanner and down into the packing area.

With a queue of impatient customers waiting in line, and a checkout person scanning items at seemingly lightening speed, men became overwhelmed by a troubling sense of inadequency.

As nerves hit crisis point, they bungled trying to prize open the top of plastic carrier bags - causing scanned items to clog up and leaving the checkout person twiddling their thumbs. Meawnhile, women in the queue begin tutting, pointing and shaking their heads.

Chris Green, of Mildenhall, Suffolk, said: "I'm quite good at speeding around the supermaket selecting all the goods I need. But once I have filled my trolley and head for the checkout, my problems begin.

"Men are just not programmed to be efficient when it comes to packing the bags. We even struggle opening the things. Women seem to be able to pack all types of good together in the same bag - so a bag of cheese, another of meat, a couple for veg, and even seperate ones for toileteries.

"But we end up cramming everything together just to try and speed up and avoid the glares of other waiting customers.

"My mates are the same - we end up with a bag that might have toothpaste, wine, a joint of beef, cream and crisps all together. I dare not even contemplate what happens to the eggs."









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