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Bruce[_28_]

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> In article >,
> says...
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> > 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.
>
> All the big smkts here

And in the rest of the world... yawn.

, train their till cashiers that they must
> never start dealing with the next customer's goods until the previous
> one has finished and left.
>
> > Ohhhh, okay. I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
> > groceries. They'd have to be really inexpensive and still offer very
> > high quality items to convince me. BUT... I'd still have called the
> > store the minute I noticed the discrepancy on the receipt vs. what you
> > brought home. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
>
> I'm always asked if I want help packing but never accept. This is
> pretty usual in UK.

It's a special little country, isn't it?