Checkout Stick
A term to describe someone or something as useless as a grocery checkout lane divider.
"Dont talk to Ethan, he's being an absolute checkout stick right now"
Checkout Stick
A stick used to strike vicious, unleashed dogs when they approach you on the beach.
“See this checkout stick? I’m going to use it to check your dog out of this world if you don’t put it back on the leash. Yuppy.”