Dumping stuff on my register.

[Broomjockey]

when they bag something that comes with a handle built into the packaging. I realize some stupid customers want these items bagged. Pfeh to them too.

You better be more careful. That's very close to insulting members of this board. I occasionally need handled items bagged, I don't owe you any sort of justification, and your calling me "stupid" for it was completely over the line.

[BookstoreEscapee]

I try to bring my own bags, and I prefer to get as much as possible into as few bags as possible. Sticking a loaf of bread or eggs into a separate plastic bag when they could just be put at the top of another bag full of stuff drives me nuts. When I put my stuff on the belt, I put the heavier stuff first, cold stuff together, and lighter/breakable/squishable stuff last.

What I really hate is when I put my bags on top of my stuff and the cashier ignores them and starts bagging in plastic.

[JustaCashier]

Like B E, I put the heavier stuff on the belt first, so the Checker/Bagger can bag it as such.

I don't know that I've really done my own bagging very much. Maybe that last few items of a big purchase, if I've finished with the payment, and it's keeping the Checker from starting on the next customer. But, the Checker will usually bag as they go, and I'm usually swiping my card, and entering my PIN. Usually when I'm buying alot of stuff, a Bagger will do the bagging.

I'm one of those that asks, (usually thinks to do so at the start of the ringing) for handled stuff, and large stuff, like big, multi-packs of T.P. to be bagged, because I don't have a car, so walk to/from the store. Sometimes, those bulky items like the T.P. can be a bit tricky to fit in the bag, and I always add "If it will fit", or, "I think it will fit", to the request to bag the item. I almost always bring my own bags, so there's no issue of wasting the store supplied bags.

The store is just across the street, so that's nice. (That was actually a huge consideration when I moved into this apartment over 9.5 years ago.)

Mike

[BookstoreEscapee]

Depending on how far you have to carry something, sometimes a bag is just easier. A gallon of milk with no bag gets freakin' cold when you end up having to walk from the far end of the parking lot to your second floor apartment (parking is first come first served in my complex). Though I buy milk in half gallons (and in a carton if possible, though those are hard to find anymore) and I put it in with other stuff in my canvas bags, anyway.

[BeeMused]

The challenge then was to make the three bags fit into the two bike panniers and the rucksack I was wearing.

I have a removable pair of panniers with sturdy handles, I take them into the store and pack them directly.
Baggers are very rare in German grocery stores, so everyone is used to bag stuff themselves and most people bring their own bags too.

[slavetotheman]

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[Broomjockey]

Calm down, BJ, nobody's calling you stupid. He said "some stupid customers"

That was a mod note to be careful on phrasing. An interjection from a third party was not necessary.

[slavetotheman]

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Broom, I apologize for questioning your judgement on the public forum like this. Raps, apologies to you as well; I've gone and reacquainted myself with the rules and will behave myself moving forward. As best I can.

[Rapscallion]

If you mean to say that we shouldn't comment on mod notes, then come out and say so, although I can't quite understand why you wouldn't simply PM the poster to issue the warning, thus avoiding any unnecessary "interjection" (as I have no doubt this post will also be labeled in a similar manner).

Psst - in the rules, mate. If you want to query a mod instruction, please do so privately with the mod concerned.

Rapscallion

[Kristev]

I tend to find that putting items on the conveyor belt in the sequence I wish them bagged works best.

Though because I'm bus dependent, I require a bag for my milk because it's too awkward to carry it and several other bags.

Bread belongs in a bag on its own, because it is so vulnerable.

Heavy stuff is something I purchase only when my brother is driving me, since he has a car and I do not, so having it bagged is simple - it all goes together.

Cold is best together because the cold reinforces itself, like a mutual defense pact against the heat.

Because Wal-Mart bags are so flimsy and weak, always request spares. At least one will break on you.

[EricKei]

I don't mind bread with cookies -- I'll just swap their positions if the bread's not on top. The worst I've ever done to someone bagging my stuff is give them the stinkeye, but only if they do something profoundly..."Duh". I'm talking "3 GLASS jars of tomato sauce and a bag of chips in a single plastic bag"-grade <fratch>, here. I slaved as a bagger, myself, for more years than I care to admit >_< When I am able, I help bag stuff myself until it's time to hand them my card.

I can think of one damn good reason to bag a jug of milk: It is, almost invariably, WET. Part water from condensation, part drops of milk from OTHER jugs in the cooler or from the shelf itself. Given the humid climate where I live, it will end up wet again before I reach home, so just drying it off first won't do me any good. That's why I like them bagged ^_^

[jjllbb]

when they bag something that comes with a handle built into the packaging. I realize some stupid customers want these items bagged. Pfeh to them too.

I bag the stuff with handles because most customers i've encountered wanted me to.

The funniest thing I bag though are bags.

I've had people buy a single gift bag and then ask me to give them a bag for it.

Now I ask just so I can get the pleasure of saying "Would you like a bag for your bag?"

[AccountingDrone]

I have a removable pair of panniers with sturdy handles, I take them into the store and pack them directly.
Baggers are very rare in German grocery stores, so everyone is used to bag stuff themselves and most people bring their own bags too.

years ago [back in the 70s] I wandered around europe for a while, and bought the string bags that are so prevalent there, used them and brought them back to the US with me. One tended to live in the corner of my backpack because the paper bags that were prevalent until the plastic t-sack took over sucked to carry, and if the milk sweated in the heat the bag could rip ...

I have been using the string bags for years, taking them shopping with myself long before the treehuggers started [mainly because they were sturdy and nonplastic more than the ecological aspect] and I always order stuff on the belt in groups how I want my bags packed ... and I have never had problems with it.

[Magpie]

I remember back when they'd bag my stuff for me at the store...

It's actually just that the store where I shop, unless you want to buy plastic bags, the cashier tends to just scan everything and then will offer to help bag if you need it. I tend to be almost done bagging by the time the cashier is done ringing me up these days though. It helps that I sort my items as they go onto the belt, rather than as I bag.

And yes, I bag things like oil, because a standard grocery bag will fit at least two, and a large one more like 4. Fewer things to carry. My bundle buggy also has really large holes, so if I'm using it I really like to have bags, even if it's something like flour which won't fit in two bags, let alone one, just to keep everything in the cart. If, however, I was using those little plastic bags I probably wouldn't bother. Aside from the fact that they hurt with that much weight in them, I'd be worried about them tearing.

[BeeMused]

Yes, those string bags are great, we call them Einkaufsnetz, shopping net. I always have a nylon bag in my rucksack or handbag, so I can do some grocery shopping without extra plastic bags.
I don't like carrying heavy plastic bags, the handles cut into my hands and that hurts!