On Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:18:03 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 8/12/2016 2:16 PM, Je?us wrote:
>
>> I suppose so, in theory at least. The checkout system commonly seen
>> here is pretty efficient though, and even with a bagger doing the
>> bagging, I can't see them saving much time TBH. Maybe 20 seconds
>> difference on a full trolley? We (the customer) handle our own bags
>> once they are full and put them bag into the trolley or whatever.
>>
>Shortly after arriving in Perth, W.A., we shopped for a few things in a
>supermarket not far from the hotel. It was Saturday morning and we
>didn't know that all the shops closed at noon on Saturday (1971). We
>were in the checkout line when the noon hooter sounded. The person in
>front of us was a bit slow and the young woman cashier shouted: "Come
>on, I wanna be goin' 'ome!"

LOL. How things have changed

>In the 4 years we lived there, we always had to pack our own groceries.
>It was part of the traditional Aussie "Jack's as good as his master" I
>suppose.

Circa 1970s? I occasionally used to go with my parents grocery
shopping in the 1970s, I do recall all the bags were made from paper.
That was in Adelaide. Can't recall who bagged the groceries up though.

>The first time we went to a s/m here in canada, it was very busy and I
>started to pack the groceries as usual and was stopped by the cashier
>who said that she would do it - all part of the service.
>Graham