On 12/19/2016 9:11 AM, l not -l wrote:
> Regional differences are interesting to me. Here (STL), the supermarkets I
> frequent prominently label self-check lanes as "20 items or fewer". Besides
> Aldi, we have one. larger, chain that requires shoppers to bag their own.
> The two major regional chains seem to compete for which can do the most for
> the shopper; bag it and take it to, and load it in, your car.
>
I appreciate someone being there to bag the groceries for me. I don't
need help taking them to the car or putting the bags in the trunk.
Sometimes they *insist* on taking them out for me, which leads me to
believe they just want to get outside for a while. I've often joked,
are you planning to follow me home and unload them for me once I get
there?

Jill