Meat in a Plastic Bag Will Contaminate Liquid in a Container

[BaronSamedi]

This lady, 40-50ish, comes in with her little cart and green bags. I greet her and help her unload her basket. She is polite, saying "Thank you" , when all her stuff is on the belt. I pack her cold stuff in a bag, putting her raw meat in plastic before putting it in the bag. She picks up her produce bag and says, "This is too heavy". The bag contains, 1 box of strawberries, 5 apples, and some grapes. She then spots the meat and demands to see the manager. The CSM comes over, she asks if he is in charge of the store. He says no, she tells him to get the store manager. Store manager comes over, and this is were all common sense flees, she starts angrly telling him how her raw meat has THROUGH TWO BAGS contaminated her soy milk and that I should get her a new one. She then asks him if the baggers are trained and tells him we should get trained even more, etc. She digs around in the produce bag until she has found the mini carrots and demands that someone get her new ones, since in her universe grapes flatten carrots. She leaves in a huff and the store manager tells me to ignore her, and that since everything was packed correctly, she had no claim at all. Why I hate working with people.

[BookstoreEscapee]

As long as everything is sealed properly, the only things I worry about separating is stuff in cardboard boxes from cold stuff that gets wet. And making sure eggs or other crushable stuff is on top. Other than that...if it fits in the bag, throw it in. I live in a second floor apartment and have to park on the side of the building. The fewer bags, the less trips I have to make to get them home.

[chainedbarista]

wow, that's some serious industrial strength crazy right there.

grapes squashing carrots? that's definitely news to me.

[lupo pazzesco]

As long as everything is sealed properly, the only things I worry about separating is stuff in cardboard boxes from cold stuff that gets wet. And making sure eggs or other crushable stuff is on top. Other than that...if it fits in the bag, throw it in. I live in a second floor apartment and have to park on the side of the building. The fewer bags, the less trips I have to make to get them home.

This. Ditto.

Especially on the bus. I mean, I know some people flip out if their produce touches, say, their shampoo because it contaminates it. Shampoo in plastic bottle. Fruit in plastic bag. And seeing as how you're supposed to wash fruit before eating it anyway...



Load up my reusable bags as full as possible. The only exceptions are if I'm buying flour or sugar or something like that (i.e., like BE mentioned with cardboard boxes. Those get kept separate from milk, frozen stuff or stuff that has condensation, so they don't get wet.

Superior crazy, right there. WTF kind of grapes squash carrots. Man, who's her dealer, and does he want new clients?

[Sleepwalker]

If it ain't ant poison, who cares? What a butthead.

[MoonCat]

Strawberries, apples and grapes are too heavy? Yow.

How the heck is meat going to contaminate soymilk when both items are wrapped?

Reminds me of a little kid fussing at dinner: My carrots are touching my potatoes! WAAAHHH!

[blas]

Some people are so anal, it's.....mind boggling.

I hated bagging groceries. You could follow the rules to the T, and yet someone would still throw a fit that their bag was "too heavy" or the bananas were touching the coffee.

[dalesys]

...the bananas were touching the coffee.

Now, if the bananas were touching the melons...

[zombiequeen]

Now, if the bananas were touching the melons...

What's wrong with that?

[mharbourgirl]

What's wrong with that?

Allow me to clarify:

Imagine for a moment a melon. No, two melons. Picturing it? Add a banana to the scene.

Now imagine how you would have read dale's comment if it had been Sheldon making it.

[zombiequeen]

Aww c'mon! They're just being friendly!

[evilhomer]

Fruit needs loving too

There's just no pleasing some people. I would not be able to handle this job.

[protege]

Now imagine how you would have read dale's comment if it had been Sheldon making it.

BTW, where is Sheldon anyway? It's a bit odd that someone beat him to an extremely obvious dick joke...

[mharbourgirl]

BTW, where is Sheldon anyway? It's a bit odd that someone beat him to an extremely obvious dick joke...

I did? OMG, I did!

Well, technically, it was a boob joke, because that's how *I* roll. But I beat Sheldon to the punch, that's what matters.

[mattm04]

I never knew grapes could crush carrots.