Post by venice2007 on Sept 25, 2017 18:57:27 GMT -5
When I self check obviously yes Other than that I go to WF and they bag but once I while there is no bagger, I go mornings, so I bag to help. They are always appreciative
I bring my own bags though every time no matter where I go so if I don't send check I offer to bag as I get a heavy sigh when they see I have my own bags. 🤷🏼♀️ They prefer I bag I guess if I gave my own
I always bag. I hate the supermarket and I don't want to be there any longer than I have to be. I'm certainly not going to stand there doing nothing. I don't have to climb up on the register to do it or go through her pockets looking for bags. They're right there at the end where the groceries end up.
I feel like some of us need to post pictures of what your normal checkout setup is like. The descriptions I'm reading seem odd. My stuff goes down to the end where it's just as easy for me to grab stuff and put it in a bag as it is the cashier. There's no getting next to them involved!
Absolutely never unless it's self checkout. Even better is when I can manage to go to the grocery store that unloads your cart for you. You just bring them this piled high mess of confusion and they miraculously turn it into relatively organized bags of groceries.
I so miss grocery stores that unload the cart for me. My regular store in Colorado did that, but where I live now they don't. It's so much more efficient. Also they suck at bagging here.
I feel like some of us need to post pictures of what your normal checkout setup is like. The descriptions I'm reading seem odd. My stuff goes down to the end where it's just as easy for me to grab stuff and put it in a bag as it is the cashier. There's no getting next to them involved!
if you’re on the other side of the counter, you’re too close.
Post by birdistheword on Sept 25, 2017 20:36:22 GMT -5
I want to know which stores are hiring all these alleged people who don't know not to bag meat with bleach, or not to put heavy things on top of bread. This really happens THAT much?
I have literally never bagged my own groceries, and I've never seen another customer do it. It really must be #regional.
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I want to know which stores are hiring all these alleged people who don't know not to bag meat with bleach, or not to put heavy things on top of bread. This really happens THAT much?
I have literally never bagged my own groceries, and I've never seen another customer do it. It really must be #regional.
Yes! I hate how others bag. I've had times they've tried to put cleaning products with my food. Nope. Bag in the groupings how I put on the belt... don't reach over what I want in the bag to find something completely unrelated to jam in the bag.
I want to know which stores are hiring all these alleged people who don't know not to bag meat with bleach, or not to put heavy things on top of bread. This really happens THAT much?
I have literally never bagged my own groceries, and I've never seen another customer do it. It really must be #regional.
Yes! I hate how others bag. I've had times they've tried to put cleaning products with my food. Nope. Bag in the groupings how I put on the belt... don't reach over what I want in the bag to find something completely unrelated to jam in the bag.
are you taking these bagged groceries on a world tour, or just putting them in your car to drive home? I’m not crazy about how they bag my stuff most of the time, but somehow I manage.
I feel like some of us need to post pictures of what your normal checkout setup is like. The descriptions I'm reading seem odd. My stuff goes down to the end where it's just as easy for me to grab stuff and put it in a bag as it is the cashier. There's no getting next to them involved!
if you’re on the other side of the counter, you’re too close.
In this set up there is more distance if you are at the end bagging then if you're standing by the credit card machine gaping at the cashier!
Yes! I hate how others bag. I've had times they've tried to put cleaning products with my food. Nope. Bag in the groupings how I put on the belt... don't reach over what I want in the bag to find something completely unrelated to jam in the bag.
are you taking these bagged groceries on a world tour, or just putting them in your car to drive home? I’m not crazy about how they bag my stuff most of the time, but somehow I manage.
My bag ripped apart from the two boxes of cereal and 3 jars of sunbutter the girl felt the need to jam in a plastic bag. I usually have them rebag on at register but I wasn't in the mood. I also want my cold items packed in the same bag, not spread all over. I have a 30+ minute drive home and the frozen stuff gets soft if not packed together. I purposely buy extra veggies to pack around my ice cream.
Post by Shreddingbetty on Sept 25, 2017 22:05:14 GMT -5
If someone is there I won't but if it is just the cashier then of course I will. I often prefer it anyway because I can bag it the way I want to (although I admit since we've had the switch grocery stores they do a better job of bagging). I typically will actually unload the groceries with larger and heavier stuff first and then the smaller or more fragile items so that they don't just randomly throw shit in bags
I can't tell if this is a dig at me or not? Does tidying up a table where I'm finished eating really equate to washing my own dishes at a restaurant? But I mean, I was being serious about what I said.
I do it too as does my H. I blame our food service backgrounds, plus sitting there waiting for the bill amongst all that clutter makes me anxious.
Post by goldengirlz on Sept 25, 2017 22:23:22 GMT -5
I'll bag my own groceries if it feels natural to do it. In my county, we have to pay $0.10 for every bag we get from the store (#greenliving) so we always bring our own reusable bags. Therefore, I'm holding the bags already. If they ask for the bags, I'll hand them over. If it makes sense for me to do it, then I do it.
DH does most of the grocery shopping anyway so if I'm there it's usually for only a couple of items.
I can't tell if this is a dig at me or not? Does tidying up a table where I'm finished eating really equate to washing my own dishes at a restaurant? But I mean, I was being serious about what I said.
I can't tell if this is a dig at me or not? Does tidying up a table where I'm finished eating really equate to washing my own dishes at a restaurant? But I mean, I was being serious about what I said.
No, it was just a joke.
And now it’s not funny anymore because we had to explain it to you, farmvillelover.
I have never bagged at TJ's. Our big grocery store chain has baggers. Target...bags your stuff as they go. Our local smaller chain bags and then even sends a little charming high school kid out with your cart and loads into your trunk (which I often find annoying, because small talk, but it is kind of nice when you're alone with a kid).
So...no. Unless there's some unwritten code that says I'm a dick for not bagging at TJ's, but I've literally never seen anyone bag their own stuff there. They are so much faster than me, and I could never cram that much shit in a bag without mangling things.
I guess at Aldi and Costco, but there it's obvious, right? And you better have your own shit and get the hell out of the way before they start whipping the next person's shit across the scanner.
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.
On the EU mainland, it is very exceptional that someone is there to bag you stuff (sometimes scouts at Christmas or in stores in France).
Also, you have to bring your own re-useable bags (or buy new ones).
When I used to do the big weekly shopping during my marriage, I had a whole "bagging" routine. I'm very efficient.
Also, almost nobody leaves the carts in the parking lot, because you have to insert an 1 or 2 euro coin to get a cart (which you recover when you bring it back).
The baggers are pretty good where I go, except for when they bag fruit. About half of the time they put the bunch of bananas on top of my strawberries and raspberries. That's irritating because the berries don't have a chance under a bunch of bananas. I don't know why they think this is a good idea, but it's happened to me several times.
Post by fuckyourcouch on Sept 26, 2017 7:34:54 GMT -5
I can't stand the way my groceries end up bagged. Somehow 20 items will end up in 37 separate thin, halfway destroyed bags. If I hand over my reusable bags they act annoyed. Produce somehow is always at the bottom of a bag of cans. It never fails, except Costco, where they are usually super careful about how they put your stuff in the boxes if necessary.
It's just easier to self checkout or pick one without a bagger, and do it myself while they scan. I don't go behind the counter, it's down at the end as far from the cashier as possible.
I have never bagged at TJ's. Our big grocery store chain has baggers. Target...bags your stuff as they go. Our local smaller chain bags and then even sends a little charming high school kid out with your cart and loads into your trunk (which I often find annoying, because small talk, but it is kind of nice when you're alone with a kid).
So...no. Unless there's some unwritten code that says I'm a dick for not bagging at TJ's, but I've literally never seen anyone bag their own stuff there. They are so much faster than me, and I could never cram that much shit in a bag without mangling things.
I guess at Aldi and Costco, but there it's obvious, right? And you better have your own shit and get the hell out of the way before they start whipping the next person's shit across the scanner.
Your mention of Target is what made me say what I said before -
At my Target, the checkout is set up in a way that OF COURSE it makes sense for the cashier to bag. It gets rung up and goes straight into a bag. I would never try to bag there. And while the setup at TJs is different, the way they handle it- it's clear to me that the cashier is going to bag.
But when I go to most of the main grocery stores in my area (ShopRite, Giant, Safeway), the cashier pushes the groceries down a plank (sometimes a small conveyor belt) to a big area where the groceries just pile up if no one bags them. Yes- peopel will sometimes stand there and let the cashier finish ringing and then turn to bag all the groceries.
But it's this specific situation where I always bag. More so just so that I can get out of there faster! I don't care about how it's bagged (for the most part) as much as just want it done ASAP. Waiting for the cashier to bag is going to double my time.
If the cashier does it while they ring, I let them. This is how Wegmans is set up too.
Post by themysteriouswife on Sept 26, 2017 8:14:14 GMT -5
We went grocery shopping last night and I'm convinced our cashier post here. She went on a tangent about poorly bagged items and how it needs to be done correctly. It was the neatest bagged groceries I've ever had. H even commented on how well it was bagged.
Post by lightbulbsun on Sept 26, 2017 9:17:34 GMT -5
I always bag my own. I worked at a grocery store for 2 years in high school that didn't have baggers, and it was very rare when someone bagged their own. I also bring reusable bags, so it's easier for me to just do it myself.
Post by bugandbibs on Sept 26, 2017 12:00:31 GMT -5
I'm so perplexed by this post, that I'm convinced this must be regional. Every store here is set up like a Target, where you bag as you scan. I put my reusable bags on the belt first and the load them one at a time. The exception is Safeway which has another table at the end for bagging, out there is a courtesy clerk there 99% of the time. Bagging myself would be an intrusion.
The only thing I do that is odd, is keep my giant Costco freezer bag in my cart and have them hand me the freezer stuff after it is scanned. It's too unwieldy in the cashier area and it's too heavy once full to hand over the register.
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I'm so perplexed by this post, that I'm convinced this must be regional. Every store here is set up like a Target, where you bag as you scan. I put my reusable bags on the belt first and the load them one at a time. The exception is Safeway which has another table at the end for bagging, out there is a courtesy clerk there 99% of the time. Bagging myself would be an intrusion.
The only thing I do that is odd, is keep my giant Costco freezer bag in my cart and have them hand me the freezer stuff after it is scanned. It's too unwieldy in the cashier area and it's too heavy once full to hand over the register.
Perhaps it is regional. I guess I've never bought more than a handful of groceries outside of the midwest.
At the store I shop at the most, there is usually a cashier and a bagger. When the cashier puts down your stuff, they put it down and push it away to a bagging area. To reach the bagging area, the cashier actually has to either reach a couple of feet away from their standing area, or leave the register and walk around the counter to get to it. The bags are on the end of the counter, away from the cashier, where they could not reach them unless they stepped away from the cash register area (they may have some bags near them, I'm not sure I guess, but the bagger uses the bags outside of the counter that the cashier can't reach).
There is usually a bagger, but sometimes stuff happens and the bagger gets called away to do other things, or they are super busy in all the lines and for whatever reason there are not enough baggers present. That's when I help. I can either stand there doing nothing while the cashier scans, and then continue doing nothing while they walk around to the other side to bag my stuff, or I can help.
Post by gummybear on Sept 26, 2017 12:14:33 GMT -5
This is what it looks like most places here. See those people standing down at the end (I realize in this pic they are mostly employees but again, we don't have superfluous baggers here)? They aren't too close to the cashier. And the bags are there.
What gummybear, posted is what our Giant/Safeway/Shoprite basically looks like. But there are bags in the cashiers area too- so either the cashier or the bagger (or customer) can access bags.
I don't go at super busy times so there are rarely baggers there. I imagine when it's busy is when they get people to bag.
Post by kitkat1502 on Sept 26, 2017 12:24:28 GMT -5
Most of the time, I'm usually doing very large shopping trips so the cashier has started to bag some items before I'm done loading everything onto the belt which I like to make look like a game of Tetris with everything fitting perfectly together. My only annoyance with someone else bagging is if they don't notice a rip in a bag or double bag items that can poke through leading to a Kevin McCallister moment