Oh dear, how stressful for you

[GingerBiscuit]

The SA asked you for if you needed a bag! It was obviously such a terribly traumatic experience you needed to be rude to her. Yes, she can see you don't have large pockets or a bag with you, but despite those things sometimes people prefer not to have a bag. We are required to ask as company policy. We are not psychic, we don't know whether or not you want a bag before we ask. Being rude and bitchy will change NOTHING.


Seriously, is it REALLY that stressful to be asked if you need a bag? If it is that stressful for you, may I reccomend you to my yoga instructor, or my counsellor?

[BookstoreEscapee]

Nonononononono!!!!! No bags!!

I try to avoid bags when I can. If I'm just buying a book or magazine, or just one or two things I can put in my tote bag, I try to tell the cashier before they start bagging. If I don't beat them to it, I just take the damn bag!

[GingerBiscuit]

that's why we're required to ask. Not everyone wants one. Yet, without fail, at least once a day we get shouted at because 'Of course they want/don't want a bag! Are you stupid!'

[Boozy]

How terrible to be forced to converse in any manner with a lowly cashier. How distressing.

I hope no one wished them a good day on the way out. They would have collapsed in horror.

[Kara]

We were instructed to assume they wanted a bag at all times and ask "Is plastic alright?" There were a few old ladies who only wanted paper (or the dreaded paper bag in a plastic bag combo), and you learned really quick who they were.

There was this awful training video I watched at Orientation about a cartoon plastic bag that went over bagging practices. "Remember: 9 items in the bag!"

[Soulstealer]

"Remember: 9 items in the bag!"

What if they only have eight?