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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'll repeat this.

ProTip: Leave a bag of bags in the car. When you shop, use a cart. Skip the bagging at the cashier and have them just put everything back in the cart. Bag at your car in peace and at your own pace. The cashier will appreciate you. The bagger will appreciate you. The other shoppers in line will appreciate you. Most of all, your nerves will appreciate you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Other people bagging stuff for you is a thing? I have never seen it in my life in Europe. Unless you have a disability then to me it just seems like adding extra work to the workers for no real purpose

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

We usually have dedicated baggers in the US, though many stores switched to having the cashier do it due to the 'labor shortage' during the pandemic. It's basically a jobs program, usually given to disabled or older applicants that management wants tax credits for, but don't actually have a use for; also teens that otherwise would be too costly to train if they're only being employed for the summer.

Capitalism breeds innovation in how to pretend labor is necessary for everyone to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

This is genius! thanks for sharing 🙂

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We have this awesome thing in a lot of places where you can use a scanner and scan as you shop. You can put the bag in the cart and bag while you shop. When you get to the self checkout, you can use the scanner and instantly pay for everything and be out within seconds. I pay with my phone so just a touch is needed and I'm out of there. If you are the carry bags kind you can even take the bag out of the cart, return the cart to the correct place and walk to the car with the bag. It's so fast and efficient.

I've become so spoiled I actively avoid places that don't have such a thing. And I hate people who have a full cart at the self checkout and scan everything much much slower than the regular checkout with a person who's job it is to do that. It's fine if you have like 5 items and just scan them quickly at the self checkout. Anything beyond that really should be scanned during the shopping or just go to the regular checkout which is designed to handle a lot of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I order on the website and they text me when ready. Pull up, they bring out the groceries and I am wear sandals and shorts when it's snowing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you don't care about your produce! 🫢

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Not too much but they've been under cooking the blueberry muffins so I quit ordering them.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

+1 on leaving bags in the car

And this concept of bagging at the car just blew my mind

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

It’s not even extra hassle to me because I hate how the cashiers were bagging items anyway. Problem solved. No waste. Exactly how you want it every time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago