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dsi1[_20_]

On 8/10/2016 1:26 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
>> In article >,
>> says...
>>>
>>> On 8/9/2016 1:44 PM, KenK wrote:
>>> > jmcquown > wrote in
>>> > :
>>> >>>
>>> >> Ken, I don't know about your grocery store setup where you shop. The
>>> >> ones I shop in have those little bars you put on the conveyor belt to
>>> >> separate your purchases from the person in line ahead of you (and
>>> >> behind) your items. Meanwhile, as items are scanned the bagger is
>>> >> loading items into my shopping cart. I watch them scan and watch the
>>> >> display (I pretty much know what I've bought and check whether or not
>>> >> the price rings up correctly).
>>> >>
>>> >> I truly cannot remember ever leaving the store without everything I
>>> >> purchased. In your case, I'd have called the store when I got home
>>> >> when you noticed you were overcharged or charged for items you did
>>> not
>>> >> actually receive. They'll usually make good on things like that.
>>> >>
>>> >> Jill
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > This store doesn't use a bagger. Just a turntable holding empty
>>> bags, > and
>>> > full bags of your purchase. Sometimes the previous customer is still
>>> > loading bags of stuff into their cart from the turntable even as >
>>> cashier
>>> > is filling new bags. A wonder that more stuff doesn't disappear.
>>> >
>>> Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
>>> groceries.
>>
>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>> be hell there.
>
> I'm glad that I'm fortunate enough to live in a country where I don't
> have to bag my own groceries, and butchered meat is plentiful...so I
> don't have to kill the animal on the run before eating it.
>
> Cheri

Having a customer bag his own groceries seems awfully Micky Mouse. What
the hell kind of store manager would allow this to happen? One that
doesn't give a hoot about his customers - that's who!