Oh, never at Target. The cashier bags as they go. I've been in a TJ's but never bought anything so I have no idea what they do here. The grocery store we go to has baggers during peak times but not all day, every day. I'm typically there right at a peak time.
Well the cashier's at target have like 6 bag displays available to them. I don't know why they can do it and not the grocery stores. It's a much better setup.
I don't mind helping bag or bagging myself when the situation arises. Yes, it's part of their job but they are not my servant and they are probably making around minimum wage so I feel weird just standing there waiting for them to do something I am capable of doing myself.
At what point do you not feel weird allowing a person to do her job?
I did at TJs until a cashier told me he preferred that I do not. When I inquired further, he said the cashiers prefer people not to help. So I've stood their awkwardly. Then recently I asked if it was okay if I helped, and the guy said sure. I told him what had happened before and he thought that was weird. So now I help always, until I guess someone tells me not to again.
Post by oregonpachey on Sept 25, 2017 13:47:33 GMT -5
I order groceries online and go pick them up. They come pre-bagged.
On the rare occasion that I go into the store, I have them bag. There is no way to do it since they scan and keep all the items behind the counter. Unless the checker were to hand all the items over the counter to me, which is not practical.
Post by mrsukyankee on Sept 25, 2017 13:50:54 GMT -5
It's a requirement in the UK (or at least in England) that you bag your own. I've gotten quite good at it and I now hate it when I visit the US and someone else does it.
I like similar items together so I don't mind bagging. At Whole Foods and TJ's, I help the cashier bag. If I'm at Kroger there's usually a bagger around and I don't have to bag.
If there is no bagger, I would start bagging and then the cashier typically helps finish if I have a lot of stuff. I actually try to help even if there is a bagger.
Our TJ cashiers are like tetris champions. The amount of stuff they can get in one bag is incredible. I let them do the bagging because of that and they are much faster then I would ever be. I also never felt like it wasn't their job to bag.
Yes. I put everything on the belt, set up my reusable bags in the cart, then move to the end and bag as the stuff is rung up. I have a system. Using a big Ikea bag helps because I can fit pretty much everything in it.
Yes. I put everything on the belt, set up my reusable bags in the cart, then move to the end and bag as the stuff is rung up. I have a system. Using a big Ikea bag helps because I can fit pretty much everything in it.
I bag my own groceries most of the time. I actually prefer doing it myself. I feel like when other people do I end up with bruised fruit and items get thrown together with unlike items. It's irritating to me.
I almost always bag my own groceries. I don't particularly like people mauling my produce or putting cleaning products in with things like meat, plus I often pick up stuff for my mother, so having her stuff bagged up together just makes my life easier.
At the Walmart 5 minutes from my house, they scan and then drop the items directly into one of those circular bag corrals. And the locally owned grocery store a minute from my house also places items directly into bags after scanning. There's really no point in the process where a customer could reach an item to bag it.
I was just at Trader Joe's this afternoon, and customers do not have access to the bags. They are all on the cashier side. I never buy an entire cartload of groceries there, so by the time they are done scanning, I have just fished out my debit card, reminded DS to stay standing next to me, and am now moving onto payment. They bag while I pay.
The large chain grocery store near us partners with Goodwill Industries. This is the only store I can think of that has a second conveyor where groceries are placed after scanning. The employees from GW with special needs do the majority of the bagging when I'm there.
Maybe it's my short stature, but isn't it difficult to maneuver past your cart, and over the ledge of the conveyor? Any time I have felt I "should" help bag at a large grocery store, it's a huge pain for me. Everything is angled for the cashier's convenience, not mine. And if I push my cart too far ahead, the person in line behind me inevitably moves forward and plants themselves directly in front of the credit card machine before I'm ready to swipe my card. I can't STAND that.
I generally do it (when the cashier will bag) bc it's faster and they don't do the way I want it to be done (keeping all cold things together, not putting cans in with the bread, etc). I don't think anyone is a diva if they expect a cashier to do their job. I mean----that's part of their job duties (unless that has changed from my teen years.)
My clients don't help me with surveillance and reports,lol.
I guess that is my question - is it part of the job? I was never a grocery cashier. I guess I always thought you were expected to bag your own stuff - and the people who have nothing to do float around and help when it's slow. I was shocked to see Walmart control everything recently, and Fresh Market seems super high end to me so I thought it was an added perk.
My cousin worked at Safeway for a while and one had to start as a bagger before they could promote to cashier, a position that was still expected to do bagging.
None of the stores I shop at regularly are configured in such a way that makes it easy for the shopper to bag their own items, so I don't except at self-checkout.
I'm adding this to the list of things I never knew was judge worthy until this place, but I also don't feel bad reclining my seat on airplanes, so there's that lol.
Yes. I put everything on the belt, set up my reusable bags in the cart, then move to the end and bag as the stuff is rung up. I have a system. Using a big Ikea bag helps because I can fit pretty much everything in it.
OMG. Thank you
It makes it much easier to carry everything into the house in one trip, especially since I live in the city.
Post by liverandonions on Sept 25, 2017 14:42:57 GMT -5
I help a little, but don't necessarily bag them. I shop at Safeway and it has the check writing counter and coin return thing all on my side so it's not the easiest to help. Plus, grocery shopping is somewhat like a mini vacation from my kids so i don't care how long it takes.
Maybe it's my short stature, but isn't it difficult to maneuver past your cart, and over the ledge of the conveyor? Any time I have felt I "should" help bag at a large grocery store, it's a huge pain for me. Everything is angled for the cashier's convenience, not mine. And if I push my cart too far ahead, the person in line behind me inevitably moves forward and plants themselves directly in front of the credit card machine before I'm ready to swipe my card. I can't STAND that.
I have never ever had this happen and I move up to bag a lot. The person behind me will move up - but they'll stay far enough back because they know that I have to go back and pay.
to the overall post- the store I tend to go to most often doesn't have a dedicated bagger and the cashier's are usually appreciative when I help. So- I help. If I can get out of there that much quicker, great.
TJs, though, is the one store that they usually do it as they go so I don't usually bag at TJ's. I also don't ask to help if someone is doing it.
There's a very large chain of stores in my home state where the cashiers do not bag and there are no baggers. Unless you get lucky and are there when the local high school hockey team is there bagging groceries for tip donations. Each register has 2 very long conveyor belts so they can check out the next customer while you're bagging your shit. One of my favorite things about moving out of state was discovering all the local grocery stores here bag your groceries for you!
Post by captainobvious on Sept 25, 2017 14:57:40 GMT -5
I honestly cannot think of a time when a TJs cashier bagged my groceries in such a manner that heavy items were on top of light items. They're like bag packing wizards.
I don't bag my own because bags aren't readily available (they cost $0.10 per bag so they are behind the cashier) and if I hand my bags to the checker, then they put them in an area I can't reach. Call me a diva I guess.
I'm always a little thrown off in Fresh Market because the cashier is almost in a stall/booth, whereas it's wide open at Shop Rite and I can angle my cart around at the end of the lane. It depends on the way the store is set up, I guess.
Bagging my own has the added bonus of getting me out quicker.
Post by kadams767 on Sept 25, 2017 15:07:47 GMT -5
Special snowflake? LOL. I bag my own at two local stores, because it's an easy set up to do myself. The cashier at Wegmans always bags for me unless I go through the amputee cashier's line, in which case I bag them myself because he has a special bag rack and can only use plastic bags. And I try to do my own at TJs, but it always gets a little awkward with me doing some and the cashier doing some at the same time, it throws my system off. I've never shopped anywhere that uses separate baggers, though.
I love bagging my own groceries. WEIRD. I go to two stores. One doesn't have the set up to do it yourself (they scan and go straight to bag) and at Whole Foods they're always well-staffed, so there's a bagger 95% of the time.
Post by penguingrrl on Sept 25, 2017 15:17:09 GMT -5
I generally bag for myself, and all the stores I regularly shop in are definitely designed with the assumption that the customer is doing their own bagging. I've rarely seen dedicated naggers and I'm usually in way too much of a rush to wait for the cashier to finish ringing everything up then turn around to where it's piled up and bag it all for me. And they usually don't organize it the way I would.
I'll admit that when I'm in a rush and end up behind someone who waits for the cashier to bag I get incredibly annoyed because it's slowing me down. When I worked in a grocery store in HS we weren't taught how to bag at all.