The Express Lane

What is the point of the express queue?
I mean, we all know what the intended purpose is, but that purpose died the day the idea was conceived. It is supposed to allow shoppers with only a few items to check out quickly by going to pay a cashier that specializes in handling small purchases.

Alrighty... Since you are going to let anyone with a shopping cart full of items to use the express lane, then there is no purpose in having it.

I personally think that the concept should be changed some.

For stores with hand-carts... perhaps they could have a lane for hand-cart shoppers only.
Or..perhaps there could be a rule that you can only use the express lane if you can easily carry every item you intend to purchase in your hands. Perhaps they could make the lane too narrow to fit a shopping cart into it. That would thwart most would-be express lane abusers. Though, I can picture someone parking their cart near the end of the lane and carrying the items one-by-one to the register.

Hmm.... Express lane bouncers maybe?