It shouldn't be too difficult, but apparently it is because half of the baggers I encounter in grocery stores don't know how to do even a semi-decent job of bagging.
I bring my own, reusable bags. One of them is an insulated bag that is intended for cold food (or hot, but I almost never buy hot food at a grocery store.) It is obvious that this is what it's used for: The bag itself is much heavier-duty than a normal reusable bag, it has foam insulation on the inside, and it says on the outside, "Insulated bag, keep your hot foods hot and your cold foods cold." It's not rocket science to figure out that stuff like frozen food, meat, etc. should be the first choices to go in there.
But no. No, the baggers like to put flour, canned products, cold remedies, and condiments in there, and then stick all my cold products haphazardly in my other, non-insulated bags. Oh, look, there's my raw chicken (not bagged in plastic first) sitting on top of my lettuce. Great.
I shouldn't have to baby-sit them and tell them how to bag stuff in even a halfway logical way but apparently I do. I think I'm just going to start bagging my own groceries from now on, since it'll be easier than having to watch and explain to them how I want it done.
I bring my own, reusable bags. One of them is an insulated bag that is intended for cold food (or hot, but I almost never buy hot food at a grocery store.) It is obvious that this is what it's used for: The bag itself is much heavier-duty than a normal reusable bag, it has foam insulation on the inside, and it says on the outside, "Insulated bag, keep your hot foods hot and your cold foods cold." It's not rocket science to figure out that stuff like frozen food, meat, etc. should be the first choices to go in there.
But no. No, the baggers like to put flour, canned products, cold remedies, and condiments in there, and then stick all my cold products haphazardly in my other, non-insulated bags. Oh, look, there's my raw chicken (not bagged in plastic first) sitting on top of my lettuce. Great.
I shouldn't have to baby-sit them and tell them how to bag stuff in even a halfway logical way but apparently I do. I think I'm just going to start bagging my own groceries from now on, since it'll be easier than having to watch and explain to them how I want it done.
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