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Bruce[_28_] Bruce[_28_] is offline
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Default OT - sort of - Avoiding false grocery charges

In article >,
says...
>
> What do you expect me to do? The grocery stores offer this as a
> service
> to all customers. Young, old, it does not matter. They have baggers
> who get paid to do a job. How is not allowing them to do it supposed to
> keep me younger? They don't send someone home with me to unload the
> bags from the trunk of my car. I do that all by myself, thank you.
>
> BTW, I generally only make one large grocery trip per month. Lots of
> bags. I have *not* encountered the issue Ken posted about, which was
> being charged for items he didn't arrive home with. Could be because
> the checker had moved on to the next person while he was trying to bag
> his own. Someone got away with something, likely the person in front of
> him who just scooped up some of *his* items when they were bagging theirs.
>
> This is not a problem when there is someone (a PAID someone) is bagging
> your purchases for you.


There's nothing wrong with baggers, but it's strange that you're so
dependent on them:

"I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own
groceries."