Do you have any idea why some women use a money purse that has several compartments? I don't. Here you are, standing in the supermarket checkout queue, waiting for your turn with the last ounce of patience that you can muster when the employee at the counter announces the bill amount to the lady standing ahead of you. You are relieved that finally it will be your turn to get the checkout done and walk out. The lady slowly opens up her multi-compartment purse. She fumbles for the supermarket membership card. You count your lucky stars if she finds it in the first compartment she checks in. She waits for the employee to finish swiping the card and only then starts fishing for the money. You resist the urge to ask her why she couldn't do that while the swiping was in progress. In the meantime, the lady looks through more than one compartment and hands over the cash. You look heavenwards the way Sachin Tendulkar does when he scores a century. More often than not, the employee asks for some change. You stifle the urge to yell in frustration. More fumbling in the purse and the change is handed over. You heave a big sigh of relief when the lady marches away with her grocery.

I have gone through this situation so many times that these days I never join a queue when I see a lady with that multi-compartment money purse. :-)