You're crushing my bread!!!

[dbblsanta]

Note to customers: bread and other delicate food items do not get squished merely by dint of being in the main portion of the carriage (rather than the upper portion where children sit). While the upper portion is usually where I put bread, eggs, etc. if you have so much bread as to make this unfeasible I will put some bread in the lower portion...always being mindful not to put anything on top of it (bonus points if you put the bread on the belt last).

DO NOT get snippy with me for doing this. I put some bread in the bottom portion, the last items of this lady's order. And she snaps at me to put them on top! They're going to get squished! As I'm trying to figure out how to put all this bread on top of the already full top section, she grabs the bread, mutters "This isn't rocket science you know" and proceeds to SQUISH ALL THE BREAD into the top section :-/.

Alright lady, have a nice day with your now squished bread.

[Mr Hero]

How much you wanna bet this SC complains to the manager and gets compensation for the squished bread?

[blas]

That reminds me of this bitch who really ruined my day when I worked at the grocery store. She came through my line, I bagged her stuff (she was a bitch from the start, snapping "PAPER!" to the cashier) and she watched me like a hawk, then got right in my way and did this annoying "Ohhhh nonononononononono.....See, I'm a BAGGER TRAINER, and I'll have to use you as an example of how NOT to bag.....ohhhh nonononononono this is ALL wrong!"

In front of the entire fucking front end, this cow proceeded to unbag all of her groceries and do it her way.

Ok, put the bananas and eggs on top of the bread, you stupid bitch. Don't come back and bitch to me. And I hope to God you don't train people to bag like that. Why was I wrong for having the heavy stuff on bottom?!

[NodmiTheSellout]

Yeah, I really don't understand how insane people get about their bread. And I'm clearly expected to have ESP about which ones are and aren't. Some people want each loaf of bread in its own bag, and if I dare put three loaves in one (easily fits when they're all soft bread), or a carton of eggs with the loaf on top, they glare and re-bag it. Yet other people will tell me "Ughh, why are you giving me so many bags!?" and tear them out and throw the bags everywhere. So I err on the side of using less bags, because I never put things such that it'd get crushed/ruined anyway.

[KabeRinnaul]

We have a regular who shops for her entire extended family (thus about $500-$600 a week, which means she's considered a big spender and we have to bend over backwards for her), and she will go completely ballistic if you don't put her bread, four loafs per bag, into double paper bags and put then in the top section of the cart.

Also, more than two jars or four cans gets double bagged for her. And she believes all baggers are horribly incompetent and must be watched through the entire order and shouted at for any mistakes.

A number of us refuse to serve her anymore.

[bainsidhe]

People will sometimes rebag without saying anything to me. To these fine folk: Thank you. Really! You're not sniping at me, or being condescending about the "right" way to bag groceries, you're simply changing it. Also a big thanks to people who ask me nicely to alter how I'm bagging. I have no problem accommodating your request, unless you're a jerk about it. What ever happened to common courtesy?

[EricKei]

People will sometimes rebag without saying anything to me.

I will do this, but only if the original bagging job was really, really bad (e.g., "raw meat and bleach in the same bag"-level incompetence is what I'm getting at, here). If my back is giving me trouble that day, I will ask that certain things be done a certain way/bag light, etc...but that's the operative word..."ask"

[Tama]

Believe it or not, I had the opposite problem the other day.

I had a bozo who wanted me to bag bread with bananas...

[mattm04]

If you don't tell me you want something bagged in a special way, don;t yell at me like i'm the idiot. I once had a SC eye me the entire time I bagged it, said nothing. I put the last bag in and the SC flipped out.

They started throwing bags around, etc scream how I "fucked up their GD groceries" and was "a retarded inbred fag" then demanded I re bag them correctly. Um, NO.

[JustaCashier]

.....I will ask that certain things be done a certain way/bag light, etc...but that's the operative word..."ask"

Exactly.

If I have something like a gallon jug of vinegar with a handle on it, I'll ask that it be bagged, if the bagger doesn't ask first, which seems to be the case most often. (I usually bring my own canvas bags, and ususally enough, so it's not an issue of wasting store bags).

If I happen to be buying something like a 12 roll pack of TP because it's on sale at a very good price, I'll ask that it be bagged as well. The reason why? I'm walking because I don't have a car. (Fortunately, my grocery store is right across the street).

Now I'll sometimes get an odd look when it comes to something large like the package of TP, but I'll add that I think it'll fit, and that I'm walking, and say it in a very nice tone of voice, as I do with the asking itself. The package of TP may extend beyond the sides of the bag a bit and stretch it out pretty much to the max, but at least I can usually get my hand through both handles. And that's a hell of a lot easier than trying to wrestle the package under my arm, while carrying the other bags, and having to switch off, as the heavy bags tire out the arm I'm using to carry them.


Mike

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I will do this, but only if the original bagging job was really, really bad (e.g., "raw meat and bleach in the same bag"-level incompetence is what I'm getting at, here). If my back is giving me trouble that day, I will ask that certain things be done a certain way/bag light, etc...but that's the operative word..."ask"

I am quite notorious for this. I despise my cleaning stuff to be bagged with any food, and my drinks are double bagged (plastic bags are so thin, I've had several occasions where they would break) and my meats need to be separate from the boxed stuff. I've also had an occasion or two where I've witnessed such bagging and had to speak up and let the bagger know that was not acceptable.

Therefore, in the interest of world peace, it's better for all concerned if they just let me bag my own.

[BookstoreEscapee]

The store I shop at most, I bag stuff myself, but at other stores the setup is such that I can't. I try to put my items on the belt in the order I want them bagged, and I ususally have my own reuseable bags. Personally, I prefer to have everything in as few bags as possible, because I don't like having to make multiple trips between the parking lot and my second floor apartment.

[dbblsanta]

I'm so glad we don't bag at our grocery store. It's low-budget, so customers have to buy the bags (or bring their own) and do it themselves. We just put the food from the belt into an empty carriage for them.

[Peppergirl]

I'm a pretty laid-back person, but I am sorta anal about my bagging. It's not so much that I'm worried about things getting crushed, but I like things bagged heavy because I'd rather just make one trip into the house.

Because of this, I try to go to the self-scan aisle at Meijer. When I have alot, I go to the ones that are specifically for large orders.

It also helps that I work a weird schedule and can go at off-hours. This allows me to take my time and bag things the way I like them...all without harassing any clerks or holding people up.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I rarely get people snapping at me that I'm loading their items incorrectly. Part of that might be that I'm a fairly big guy, or it might be that I ... you know, LOAD THEM IN A LOGICAL FASHION.

Bread and other fragile items (eggs, light bulbs, easily-bruised tomatoes) go in the child seat area (unless a child is sitting there, in which case I set them aside to go in the cart at the end. Don't put chemicals next to raw meat, produce, or dairy products. Keep the frozen/cold stuff as clustered together as possible, and keep the rotisserie chicken AWAY from products that could melt or thaw.

I don't usually have to worry about bagging, but if a customer has reusable shopping bags or provides boxes for me to load up, I'll be careful in how I load them. I'm fairly strong, but the customer might not be.