Do you bag your own groceries?

[Exterous]

But it seems a lot of people would rather just stand there and watch the cashier scan all the groceries and then watch the cashier bag all of their groceries.

Yeah I see this a lot which prompted this thread

 

[NutBucket]

If there's a bagger I'll let them handle it. If not I'll do it just because I want to GTFO.

 

[Oyeve]

I assist in bagging my groceries. I usually end up doing most of it. I just want out. Back when I was in HS (1982) I worked at a store called "Red Apple" as a cashier. No scanning, we entered everything manually, we had to know which items were taxable items and we bagged all the groceries. We had no baggers or old homeless or kids bagging for tips. All for minimum wage, which, back in '82, was $3.35 an hour.

 

[BoomerD]

Depends on the store. A "full service" store like Safeway...fuck that..."Get my groceries in a bag!"

Someplace like Winco...of course I bag them myself.

 

[tynopik]

here they scan directly into the bag so it's not an option

 

[Stopsignhank]

Here in CA we have to bring in our own bags, or pay $0.10 a bag. I usually forget my bags in the car and I am not going to buy anymore. So I just have them throw everything back in the cart and then bag them when I put them in the trunk.

 

[pete6032]

Yeah I see this a lot which prompted this thread

I guess ATOT is just full of morally upstanding gentlemen who do not represent the average grocery store shopper.

 

[IronWing]

I guess ATOT is just full of morally upstanding gentlemen who do not represent the average grocery store shopper.

Talk to me when a store offers a discount for bagging my own.

 

[mindless1]

Yes I prefer to bag them myself. Otherwise bruised fruit, crushed baked goods, and too heavy when a lot of jars or cans are put into the same bag so the bag rips (if I didn't have my reusable cloth bags with me).

 

[zinfamous]

If I go to Aldis, then yes
If I go to Costco, then they dont go in a bag silly

yep: IN THE PANTS!

check my receipt now, asshole doorperson!

 

[zerocool84]

There's a chain called Food4Less where you bag your own stuff. I like going because it's cheap.

 

[Carson Dyle]

No. I'm not the sort to buy a shopping cart full of groceries anywhere I go. By the time I have my credit card out of my pocket, the cashier has bagged all of my groceries already.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Rarely, most places just do it for you. I figure they are getting paid for it. Though if it's really busy I'll assist. I avoid self check outs as much as possible, I rather help employed people be busy enough to justify their jobs.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I avoid self check outs as much as possible

I've grown to love the self-checkouts. Again, I don't buy carts full of groceries at a time. If I did then I might use the checkout. But probably not.

Because I KNOW that I'm getting through the checkout twice as fast if I do self checkout. Always a smaller line, or no line at all. No small talk with a cashier. Nobody asking me what kind of bags I want, or if I want my milk/pizza/tp in a bag, or if I'd like the meat bagged separately. Nobody asking if I want to donate to the random charity of the day. I know which buttons to press, I know how to turn off the annoying audio, I even know the PLU codes for things like green peppers and peaches.

 

[Paladin3]

My daughter, 17, is a courtesy clerk at a supermarket, and she had mixed feelings about folks who bag their own groceries. Some of the time they don't do it correct and squish stuff. Other times they yell at her like she doesn't know how to do her job, which she is excellent at. She will put something like eggs or bread aside to bag last and folks will grab it and toss it in the bag she's filling with something else. Then she gets dirty looks if she takes it back out to bag separately. Several times she's seen folks bring back squished or broken items after they bagged their own groceries.

Her biggest complaint is the folks who bring dirty, unwashed, moldy, bloody, reusable bags and don't put their meat or produce in a plastic bag of it's own. She says the smell makes her sick some times and has to be contaminating the food. Needless to say she is constantly washing her hands.

She says most customers are pretty cool, but just like any other customer service job there are folks who make the job harder than it has to be.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I never have seen it here that there is a bagger. I also would never allow it. I bag my own groceries and i do it properly. Everything heavy goes in the bottom after that things that do not break or fold easily and on top fresh vegetables and fruits to prevent damage to the fruit and vegetables that would cause premature decay/rotting and bad taste.

What i always do is line my groceries up on the conveyer belt while waiting with the heaviest groceries in front and so on as to be able to quikly fill my bag up.

 

[brianmanahan]

yep, my grocery shopping consists of aldi's and walmart self-checkout

 

[Stopsignhank]

When I am taking things out of the cart I always put the heaviest stuff first. That way if I remember my shopping bags then the heavy stuff goes in the bags first and back in the cart first.

 

[Brainonska511]

I always help bag my stuff. I like to consolidate stuff.

I also worked as a grocery cashier in HS. I kind of hated when people would buy a ton of stuff, then just stare at you as you bagged their stuff (and then get mad if you did it "wrong" in their eyes).

 

[snoopy7548]

I always help bag my stuff. I like to consolidate stuff.

I also worked as a grocery cashier in HS. I kind of hated when people would buy a ton of stuff, then just stare at you as you bagged their stuff (and then get mad if you did it "wrong" in their eyes).

The best customers were the ones who said to make the bags as heavy as possible.

OP should add to the poll... if you don't bag your groceries, do you say thank you to the bagger on your way out or do you ignore them?

 

[Brainonska511]

The best customers were the ones who said to make the bags as heavy as possible.

OP should add to the poll... if you don't bag your groceries, do you say thank you to the bagger on your way out or do you ignore them?

Once, I had a customer who insisted on one item per bag with a small, 20-30 item order (likely because she wants to use the bags as trash recepticles) - at the end of bagging, all that was left was a small candy bar and a loaf of bread. Thinking that they weighed lighter than her half gallon of milk, I paired them up because it shouldnt be a big deal. As she picks it up, she slams it back down and repeats her early instruction.

I also had other people insist that putting a loaf of bread on top of a dozen eggs will crush the eggs...

 

[snoopy7548]

Once, I had a customer who insisted on one item per bag with a small, 20-30 item order (likely because she wants to use the bags as trash recepticles) - at the end of bagging, all that was left was a small candy bar and a loaf of bread. Thinking that they weighed lighter than her half gallon of milk, I paired them up because it shouldnt be a big deal. As she picks it up, she slams it back down and repeats her early instruction.

I also had other people insist that putting a loaf of bread on top of a dozen eggs will crush the eggs...

Hahaha. Those crazy customers were always fun. I may have had one or two people say the same thing about bread and eggs. If I never needed to work, I'd probably get jobs in supermarkets and just give shit back to the crappy customers.

 

[Brainonska511]

Hahaha. Those crazy customers were always fun. I may have had one or two people say the same thing about bread and eggs. If I never needed to work, I'd probably get jobs in supermarkets and just give shit back to the crappy customers.

I love the stories I've had about them, and sometimes I would almost laugh back in their faces over their ridiculousness or pettiness, but I also loathed it. It's such a monotonous job, and crazy people taking their anger out on you gets old kind of fast.

 

[VirtualLarry]

My daughter, 17, is a courtesy clerk at a supermarket, and she had mixed feelings about folks who bag their own groceries. Some of the time they don't do it correct and squish stuff. Other times they yell at her like she doesn't know how to do her job, which she is excellent at. She will put something like eggs or bread aside to bag last and folks will grab it and toss it in the bag she's filling with something else. Then she gets dirty looks if she takes it back out to bag separately. Several times she's seen folks bring back squished or broken items after they bagged their own groceries.

Her biggest complaint is the folks who bring dirty, unwashed, moldy, bloody, reusable bags and don't put their meat or produce in a plastic bag of it's own. She says the smell makes her sick some times and has to be contaminating the food. Needless to say she is constantly washing her hands.

She says most customers are pretty cool, but just like any other customer service job there are folks who make the job harder than it has to be.

My condolences. (My Mom does the bolded. I can't stand it when we go to the local grocery, and she's practically screaming at the cashier / bagger, as she HAS to "control" exactly which item goes in which bag, and then she asks impossible things, like "I want all of these items in ONE bag", thinking that one huge overstuffed bag is easier to carry in to her apt, rather than just hanging two plastic bags over her wrist.)

(My mom is a control freak, whenever I call her, or hang out with her, she's ALWAYS telling me exactly what to do, what to say to my friends, she's crazy.)

 

[Engineer]

Unless the store is completely empty and there are two baggers in my lane, I'll help every single time.