When waiting in a check out line and the person behind you only has a couple of items do you let them ahead of you?

When waiting in a check out line and the person behind you only has a couple of items do you let them ahead of you?
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I always wave people in front of me if they have a small handful of items. I hate grocery shopping so tend to do it by the giant cartload very occasionally. I wouldn’t want to be in line behind me.
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