Help the grammar-obsessed supermarket manager fix the express lane signs.

If you want to survive the express checkout lane, you must have fewer than ten items in your cart and significantly less patience for people who try to pay with pennies.

If you want to survive the express checkout lane, you must have fewer than ten items in your cart and significantly less patience for people who try to pay with pennies.

Use fewer for countable nouns (things you can count one by one, like items, apples, or coins).

Use less for uncountable nouns (abstract concepts or bulk quantities, like patience, water, or time).