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Cashiers and baggers who don't know how to properly bag, even if you pre-sort everything for them!!

And from my experience on the other side of the cash register, I have to say, people who ignore the express lane item requirement, and who abandon their groceries on the conveyor belt without saying anything.

My worse experience however was someone who had $400 worth of groceries, but had less than $100 to pay for it. That was a huge waste of my time, as I had to stand there and wait for her to decide what items to put back.

Sometimes the colour organization is actually practical. As a student, I have a number of cheap translated books from Penguin Publishers, which are all the same general height AND colour (black). The same thing seems to go for the cheap photocopied old translations (~1800s) from Chapters -- all the books are the same height and have the same yellow cover. I find that quite often, similar types of books have similar colours, so it can be very easy to organize this way.

You can usually find special underwear and bras that are designed to dry quickly (expensive and not so pretty, but definitely worth it when you consider the suitcase space and washing time you will save!). When I was travelling for 5 weeks in Turkey, I just brought an iPod to contact home -- it's small, and perfect if you are going to a country that regularly has wifi. I also brought my lug bag, because it has a compartment in the bottom for your shoes -- that means when you go to temples or mosques, you can put your shoes in your bag. Nobody accidentally takes your shoes, and nothing in your bag gets dirty! I also found small laundry soap sheets. It was perfect for doing laundry. A container the size of a matchbox held enough for over 50 loads! (Think of the crest breath-strip things, but the strip is soap). I also mailed back anything bulky that I purchased, and bought a purse while I was there specifically for bringing home breakable souvenirs.

Things I would add to the list: bedbug bag for your suitcase, and medication like Imodium and gravol. This is one example where I would prefer to have them and NOT need them than to not have them and need them.