In article >,
says...
>
> >https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, jmcquown > wrote:
>
> >On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:

> >Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury,
it's
> >part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
> >lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
> >concept.
>
> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
> >
> >Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
> >for you. No extra charge.
> >
> >Jill
>
> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
> front of his employees.
>
> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> all this stuff done for you?

Maybe the ideal is to become a mental-only being. All the physical stuff
is done for them and all they still need to do is talk in rfc. And eat
low-carb food, of course, because they don't burn any energy anymore.

On 8/10/2016 7:49 PM, wrote:
>> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>>>>> be hell there.
>>
>> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>
>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>> PM - or something !
>>
>> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>> concept.
>
> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>
>> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>> for you. No extra charge.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
> front of his employees.
>
> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> all this stuff done for you?
>
I don't *want* it done. I simply accept the stores employ people to
load bags at the checkout stand. Who am I to begrudge them getting paid
to do a job?

Jill

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:49:36 -0300, wrote:

>But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.

To the best of my recollection, we have never had 'baggers' in
Australia, or at least not for the past 40 years anyway. Here, the
checkout person also does the bagging. Why does there need to be a
separate person to do that job anyway? It takes like a second for the
checkout person to scan and then place the item in a bag... <shrug>

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/10/2016 7:49 PM, wrote:
> >> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, jmcquown > wrote:
> >
> >> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
> >>>>> be hell there.
> >>
> >> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
> >>
> >>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
> >>> PM - or something !
> >>
> >> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
> >> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
> >> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
> >> concept.
> >
> > But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
> >>
> >> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
> >> for you. No extra charge.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
> > as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
> > of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
> > he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
> > local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
> > front of his employees.
> >
> > Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> > all this stuff done for you?
> >
> I don't *want* it done. I simply accept the stores employ people to
> load bags at the checkout stand. Who am I to begrudge them getting paid
> to do a job?

You don't *want* it done? What's this then:

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

You could have fooled me!

In article >, says...
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:49:36 -0300, wrote:
>
> >But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>
> To the best of my recollection, we have never had 'baggers' in
> Australia, or at least not for the past 40 years anyway. Here, the
> checkout person also does the bagging. Why does there need to be a
> separate person to do that job anyway? It takes like a second for the
> checkout person to scan and then place the item in a bag... <shrug>

It's called hidden unemployment.

"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.

Heh. Doesn't bother me at all to bag my own. I've been known to do it when I
don't have to and am in a hurry.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life
>>> >must
>>> >be hell there.
>
> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>
>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>> PM - or something !
>
> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
> concept.

Some do. Some don't. The military commissary doesn't pay the baggers a dime.
They depend on tips. And most of the stores here that do have baggers do not
have one for each lane. They alternate back and forth, generally only doing
the very large orders.
>
> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags for
> you. No extra charge.
>
> Jill

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>> > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life
>> >> >must
>> >> >be hell there.
>>
>> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>
>> > I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>> > PM - or something !
>>
>> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>> concept.
>>
>> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>> for you. No extra charge.
>
> Only a city biddy will become psychologically dependent on it though.

Apparently so. She'd never make it here.

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...

> "I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
> the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
> groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
> people do that for you too?

Actually I do, it's called a husband now, and children in the old days. LOL

Cheri

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> 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!

Food 4 Less where I am, their prices are a bit lower, but too much hassle to
try and bag a lot and get out of the way while someone is impatient behind
you, especially when the store is busy. I don't need it.

Cheri

> wrote in message
...
> >https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400,
> >jmcquown > wrote:
>
>>On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life
>>>> >must
>>>> >be hell there.
>>
>>What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>
>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>> PM - or something !
>>
>>Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>>part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>>lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>>concept.
>
> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>
>>Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>>for you. No extra charge.
>>
>>Jill
>
> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
> front of his employees.
>
> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> all this stuff done for you?

Grocery bagging is not considered an "everyday thing" here, it's the norm,
and age has nothing to do with it.

Cheri

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> >https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400,
>> >jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>> >On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>
>> >Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury,
> it's
>> >part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>> >lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>> >concept.
>>
>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>> >
>> >Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>> >for you. No extra charge.
>> >
>> >Jill
>>
>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
>> front of his employees.
>>
>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>> all this stuff done for you?
>
> Maybe the ideal is to become a mental-only being. All the physical stuff
> is done for them and all they still need to do is talk in rfc. And eat
> low-carb food, of course, because they don't burn any energy anymore.

Bite the big one Bruce, you know nothing about low carb, and you're here a
hell of a lot more than many, almost as much as Dave.

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/10/2016 7:49 PM, wrote:
>>> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400,
>>> jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life
>>>>>> must
>>>>>> be hell there.
>>>
>>> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>>
>>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>>> PM - or something !
>>>
>>> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>>> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>>> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>>> concept.
>>
>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>>
>>> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>>> for you. No extra charge.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
>> front of his employees.
>>
>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>> all this stuff done for you?
>>
> I don't *want* it done. I simply accept the stores employ people to load
> bags at the checkout stand. Who am I to begrudge them getting paid to do
> a job?

Maybe that's how it is where you are. I guess I'll never know because I
certainly never want to go there.

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:49:36 -0300, wrote:
>
>>But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>
> To the best of my recollection, we have never had 'baggers' in
> Australia, or at least not for the past 40 years anyway. Here, the
> checkout person also does the bagging. Why does there need to be a
> separate person to do that job anyway? It takes like a second for the
> checkout person to scan and then place the item in a bag... <shrug>

Most stores here employ a person or two that can do things like bagging if
necessary. They also clean up spills, get carts, check prices or anything
else that might need to be done. From what I can see, they are only doing
the bagging if not needed for something else and usually only for large
orders. For the most part, the cashier does the bagging unless it is a bag
your own place.

When I worked at K Mart, we only employed baggers for about a two week
period prior to and perhaps for a few days after Christmas. We were often
busier after the holiday than before.

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "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

They were discussing things on the radio last night about how we seriously
need to do something to the electrical grid to keep it from going down. One
person then said that if there ever was some sort of serious catastrophe,
those who would survive were those who lived off grid because they would
know how to forage, hunt and stuff. Then then other person said maybe not
because there could be a person with a weapon out there just waiting to take
then goods from them.

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 7:02:07 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>
> To the best of my recollection, we have never had 'baggers' in
> Australia, or at least not for the past 40 years anyway. Here, the
> checkout person also does the bagging. Why does there need to be a
> separate person to do that job anyway? It takes like a second for the
> checkout person to scan and then place the item in a bag... <shrug>
>
>
It will depend on how the store has their conveyor belt/
checkout set up. At my local Kroger groceries are put on
the belt, rung up and then proceed down another conveyor
belt to be bagged. The up to 15 items line the checker
does indeed bag your groceries, it's a completely different
set up.

Today I didn't have much at all and that's when I do my
own self checkout and bagging (I used THOSE BAGS that
simply won't work for you-know-who). I even caught an
overage and got a refund before leaving. One good thing
about the self checkout is you see when something is not
the correct price.

On 8/10/2016 8:58 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>> local politicians
(snip)
What the hell are you blethering about?

>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>> all this stuff done for you?
>
What does my age have to do with letting people who are employed to put
groceries in bags do their job?!

> Grocery bagging is not considered an "everyday thing" here, it's the
> norm, and age has nothing to do with it.
>
> Cheri

It *is* the norm for grocery stores to employ people to bag groceries.
It is certainly not a matter of me (or anyone else) wanting people to do
things because we're lazy. That is a ridiculous thing to say. I have
no idea why lucretia has a problem with anyone letting a bagger do their
job. <shrug>

Jill

In article >, says...
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
>
> > "I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
> > the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
> > groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
> > people do that for you too?
>
> Actually I do, it's called a husband now, and children in the old days. LOL

lol

On 8/10/2016 8:49 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> Only a city biddy will become psychologically dependent on it though.
>
> Apparently so. She'd never make it here.

Bruce must be your butt buddy. I have no idea what you're yammering
about. I would not want to "make it" in Bothell.

Jill

In article >, says...
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> >> all this stuff done for you?
> >
> > Maybe the ideal is to become a mental-only being. All the physical stuff
> > is done for them and all they still need to do is talk in rfc. And eat
> > low-carb food, of course, because they don't burn any energy anymore.
>
> Bite the big one Bruce, you know nothing about low carb

That's why I asked how you can say carbs make you hungry, when they do
the opposite. But anyway.

> , and you're here a hell of a lot more than many, almost as much as
> Dave.

This is my work computer. When I want a mini break, I only have to press
Alt-Tab to read your most recent contribution to rfc.

In article >, says...
>
> "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.
>
> Heh. Doesn't bother me at all to bag my own. I've been known to do it when I
> don't have to and am in a hurry.

I don't see the problem either, although in Australia the checkout ch...
uhm... person does it.

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/10/2016 8:49 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> >
> > "Bruce" > wrote in message
> >> Only a city biddy will become psychologically dependent on it though.
> >
> > Apparently so. She'd never make it here.
>
> Bruce must be your butt buddy.

Now now, that's no way for a biddy to talk.

On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
>
>> "I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
>> the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
>> groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
>> people do that for you too?


I can only guess since Bruce calls me McBiddy when he refers to a city
****** biddy he's referring to me. Sorry, the city of Beaufort is not a
huge plage. I transport my groceries at home from my car to my fridge,
freezer and into the pantry all by myself.

Damn, it's a shame they actually pay people to put the food in the bags
when I'm checking out. Doesn't make me special, they offer that service
to everyone.

> Actually I do, it's called a husband now, and children in the old days. LOL
>
> Cheri

LOL My husband was pretty much useless which is why I got divorced. No
kids, otherwise I'd have still been stuck with the husband. And his
parents. Yikes!

Jill

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >
> > "Bruce" > wrote in message
> > T...
> >
> >> "I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
> >> the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
> >> groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
> >> people do that for you too?
>
>
> I can only guess since Bruce calls me McBiddy when he refers to a city
> ****** biddy he's referring to me. Sorry, the city of Beaufort is not a
> huge plage. I transport my groceries at home from my car to my fridge,
> freezer and into the pantry all by myself.
>
> Damn, it's a shame they actually pay people to put the food in the bags
> when I'm checking out. Doesn't make me special, they offer that service
> to everyone.
>
> > Actually I do, it's called a husband now, and children in the old days. LOL
> >
> > Cheri
>
> LOL My husband was pretty much useless which is why I got divorced. No
> kids, otherwise I'd have still been stuck with the husband. And his
> parents. Yikes!

Guess who picked him.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...

> 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!

A lot of stores do that.

On 8/10/2016 9:50 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> T...
>>
>>> "I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
>>> the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
>>> groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
>>> people do that for you too?
>
>
> I can only guess since Bruce calls me McBiddy when he refers to a city
> ****** biddy he's referring to me. Sorry, the city of Beaufort is not a
> huge plage.

I meant to type it is not a huge PLACE. Fat fingered it. But it is also
not a plage/plague either. LOL

Jill

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:31:06 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 7:02:07 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>
>> To the best of my recollection, we have never had 'baggers' in
>> Australia, or at least not for the past 40 years anyway. Here, the
>> checkout person also does the bagging. Why does there need to be a
>> separate person to do that job anyway? It takes like a second for the
>> checkout person to scan and then place the item in a bag... <shrug>
>>
>>
>It will depend on how the store has their conveyor belt/
>checkout set up. At my local Kroger groceries are put on
>the belt, rung up and then proceed down another conveyor
>belt to be bagged. The up to 15 items line the checker
>does indeed bag your groceries, it's a completely different
>set up.

Here they are all: groceries on conveyor - then rung up and
immediately bagged (no further conveyor). They have a rotary style
thingy that holds up to four shopping bags open for easy packing.
From there the bags go back into your trolley and away you go.

>Today I didn't have much at all and that's when I do my
>own self checkout and bagging (I used THOSE BAGS that
>simply won't work for you-know-who).

They're they only bags I use. Funny thing is, I never bought any of
them, I seem to have randomly and gradually acquired them over time.

>I even caught an
>overage and got a refund before leaving. One good thing
>about the self checkout is you see when something is not
>the correct price.

Yes, true. I just keep an eye on the display whilst items are being
put through the scanner.

Another thing here in Tasmania is that non-recyclable shopping bags
were banned a few years ago. That means most shops either do not
supply bags at all or they will sell you bags if you don't bring your
own.

I still have a ton of the old 'naughty' non-recyclable bags, but I use
them as kitchen rubbish bags or for the dog's meat in the freezer.

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 9:18:14 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:31:06 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> >It will depend on how the store has their conveyor belt/
> >checkout set up. At my local Kroger groceries are put on
> >the belt, rung up and then proceed down another conveyor
> >belt to be bagged. The up to 15 items line the checker
> >does indeed bag your groceries, it's a completely different
> >set up.
>
> Here they are all: groceries on conveyor - then rung up and
> immediately bagged (no further conveyor). They have a rotary style
> thingy that holds up to four shopping bags open for easy packing.
> From there the bags go back into your trolley and away you go.
>
My nearest Wal Mart has that rotary/carousel checkout system.
Of course the self checkout area is different.
>
> >I even caught an
> >overage and got a refund before leaving. One good thing
> >about the self checkout is you see when something is not
> >the correct price.
>
> Yes, true. I just keep an eye on the display whilst items are being
> put through the scanner.
>
> Another thing here in Tasmania is that non-recyclable shopping bags
> were banned a few years ago. That means most shops either do not
> supply bags at all or they will sell you bags if you don't bring your
> own.
>
Plastic is still in use here at stores whether grocery or not. The
discount Aldi store will sell you bags if you don't bring your own
or you are free to use boxes they have cut open and emptied.
>
> I still have a ton of the old 'naughty' non-recyclable bags, but I use
> them as kitchen rubbish bags or for the dog's meat in the freezer.
>
I use mine for kitty litter. Others are used for meat trimmings that
rest in the freezer until garbage day.

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> T...
>> > In article >,
>> > says...
>> >>
>> >> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>> >> all this stuff done for you?
>> >
>> > Maybe the ideal is to become a mental-only being. All the physical
>> > stuff
>> > is done for them and all they still need to do is talk in rfc. And eat
>> > low-carb food, of course, because they don't burn any energy anymore.
>>
>> Bite the big one Bruce, you know nothing about low carb
>
> That's why I asked how you can say carbs make you hungry, when they do
> the opposite. But anyway.

Since you're not a low carber, or a diabetic, you should Google BG spikes in
response to empty carbs and associated hunger if you really want to know. I
am not going into all of it in this newsgroup, since we are not a medical
newsgroup here even though we get drawn into it at times. Bottom line,
people should eat what they want, how they want and not worry about how
others choose to eat...we especially do not need the government to tell us
what to eat!

>> , and you're here a hell of a lot more than many, almost as much as
>> Dave.
>
> This is my work computer. When I want a mini break, I only have to press
> Alt-Tab to read your most recent contribution to rfc.

Well, in all honesty...a newsgroup would be dead without posters, so it's
good that you do join discussions often.

Cheri

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> "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.
>>
>> Heh. Doesn't bother me at all to bag my own. I've been known to do it
>> when I
>> don't have to and am in a hurry.
>
> I don't see the problem either, although in Australia the checkout ch...
> uhm... person does it.

Well, I'm not bothered with many of the maladies that Julie has either and
I've been known to do a lot of things that she can't do in a hurry as well.
So what? LOL

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> T...
>>
>>> "I would NOT shop in a place that expects me to bag my own groceries" is
>>> the statement of a city ****** biddy. I wonder how she transports her
>>> groceries from her car to her door. Or do you live in a country where
>>> people do that for you too?
>
>
> I can only guess since Bruce calls me McBiddy when he refers to a city
> ****** biddy he's referring to me. Sorry, the city of Beaufort is not a
> huge plage. I transport my groceries at home from my car to my fridge,
> freezer and into the pantry all by myself.
>
> Damn, it's a shame they actually pay people to put the food in the bags
> when I'm checking out. Doesn't make me special, they offer that service
> to everyone.
>
>> Actually I do, it's called a husband now, and children in the old days.
>> LOL
>>
>> Cheri
>
> LOL My husband was pretty much useless which is why I got divorced. No
> kids, otherwise I'd have still been stuck with the husband. And his
> parents. Yikes!
>
> Jill

LOL, but I must say from everything I've heard from people that have been
there, Beaufort is a beautiful city with modern conveniences like grocery
baggers.

Cheri

In article >, says...
>
> Since you're not a low carber, or a diabetic, you should Google BG
> spikes in
> response to empty carbs and associated hunger if you really want to know. I
> am not going into all of it in this newsgroup, since we are not a medical
> newsgroup here even though we get drawn into it at times. Bottom line,
> people should eat what they want, how they want and not worry about how
> others choose to eat...we especially do not need the government to tell us
> what to eat!

Maybe the hunger thing's about the difference between good carbs and
bad/empty carbs. Cookies versus real bread, white rice versus brown
rice. Of course, low carbers limit all carbs.

> >> , and you're here a hell of a lot more than many, almost as much as
> >> Dave.
> >
> > This is my work computer. When I want a mini break, I only have to press
> > Alt-Tab to read your most recent contribution to rfc.
>
> Well, in all honesty...a newsgroup would be dead without posters, so it's
> good that you do join discussions often.

Thanks.

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> In article >, says...
>>
>> Since you're not a low carber, or a diabetic, you should Google BG
>> spikes in
>> response to empty carbs and associated hunger if you really want to know.
>> I
>> am not going into all of it in this newsgroup, since we are not a medical
>> newsgroup here even though we get drawn into it at times. Bottom line,
>> people should eat what they want, how they want and not worry about how
>> others choose to eat...we especially do not need the government to tell
>> us
>> what to eat!
>
> Maybe the hunger thing's about the difference between good carbs and
> bad/empty carbs. Cookies versus real bread, white rice versus brown
> rice. Of course, low carbers limit all carbs.
>
>> >> , and you're here a hell of a lot more than many, almost as much as
>> >> Dave.
>> >
>> > This is my work computer. When I want a mini break, I only have to
>> > press
>> > Alt-Tab to read your most recent contribution to rfc.
>>
>> Well, in all honesty...a newsgroup would be dead without posters, so it's
>> good that you do join discussions often.
>
> Thanks.

I looked it up and there are all sorts of conflicting things being said
about it. I think it's one of those YMMV type thing. I know people who love
meat and can't stand eating any vegetarian meals ever. Also some who love
meat and can tolerate a vegetarian meal once in a while. I don't like meat
in general. I do eat it once in a while. But if I have to eat it at every
meal, I start getting surly and cranky and hungry!

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 7:49:18 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:

> 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!

One for whom the corporate bottom line determines whether he keeps
his job, and when the head office says, "We're installing self-checkouts
and those customers will have to bag their own orders," he says,
"Yes, sir."

You really are insufficiently cynical.

Cindy Hamilton

On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 9:42:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> In article >, says...
> >
> > "Bruce" > wrote in message
> > T...
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > >>
> > >> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> > >> all this stuff done for you?
> > >
> > > Maybe the ideal is to become a mental-only being. All the physical stuff
> > > is done for them and all they still need to do is talk in rfc. And eat
> > > low-carb food, of course, because they don't burn any energy anymore.
> >
> > Bite the big one Bruce, you know nothing about low carb
>
> That's why I asked how you can say carbs make you hungry, when they do
> the opposite. But anyway.

Try doing it the other way: have nothing but white bread for breakfast
and see when you get hungry compared with nothing but cheese for breakfast.

Cindy Hamilton

On 8/10/2016 6:49 PM, wrote:
>> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>>>>> be hell there.
>>
>> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>
>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>> PM - or something !
>>
>> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>> concept.
>
> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>
>> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>> for you. No extra charge.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
> front of his employees.
>
> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> all this stuff done for you?
>

Jill was only talking about clerks that check groceries, then either the
same clerk or a bagger puts items into bags. All the stores I am
familiar with do that. It's no big deal, and she was trying to be
helpful to Ken. Incidentally, I have now gotten to the place where I
have severe back pain, so I now request someone to take groceries to the
car for me. I never did that in the past, but it's good to have help
available when it's needed.

MaryL

On 10 Aug 2016 23:53:45 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>On 2016-08-10, > wrote:
>
>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>
>Sucks to be you!
>
>We got bagger's, everywhere. If no bagger available, the clerk will
>do it.
>
>I haven't bagged since I was a bag boy.
>
>nb

Our cashiers do it - you put the goods on the belt, they pick it up,
run it through and then place it in a bag, yours or theirs depending
which you do, then you place it in your cart.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 9:42:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> > In article >, says...
> > >
> > > "Bruce" > wrote in message
> > > T...
> > > > In article >,
> > > > says...
> > > >>
> > > >> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
> > > >> all this stuff done for you?
> > > >
> > > > Maybe the ideal is to become a mental-only being. All the physical stuff
> > > > is done for them and all they still need to do is talk in rfc. And eat
> > > > low-carb food, of course, because they don't burn any energy anymore.
> > >
> > > Bite the big one Bruce, you know nothing about low carb
> >
> > That's why I asked how you can say carbs make you hungry, when they do
> > the opposite. But anyway.
>
> Try doing it the other way: have nothing but white bread for breakfast
> and see when you get hungry compared with nothing but cheese for breakfast.

I think I'd last longer on white bread unless I'd eat myself sick on
cheese. But also, there's better bread than supermarket bread.

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:01:25 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/10/2016 7:49 PM, wrote:
>>> https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life must
>>>>>> be hell there.
>>>
>>> What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>>
>>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>>> PM - or something !
>>>
>>> Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>>> part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>>> lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>>> concept.
>>
>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>>
>>> Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>>> for you. No extra charge.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
>> front of his employees.
>>
>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>> all this stuff done for you?
>>
>I don't *want* it done. I simply accept the stores employ people to
>load bags at the checkout stand. Who am I to begrudge them getting paid
>to do a job?
>
>Jill

But you started out the thread by saying something about you wouldn't
shop any place where they didn't bag the groceries for you!

On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:58:11 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
.. .
>> >https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400,
>> >jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>>>On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life
>>>>> >must
>>>>> >be hell there.
>>>
>>>What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking?
>>>
>>>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the
>>>> PM - or something !
>>>
>>>Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's
>>>part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I
>>>lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the
>>>concept.
>>
>> But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks.
>>>
>>>Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags
>>>for you. No extra charge.
>>>
>>>Jill
>>
>> I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long
>> as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner
>> of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy,
>> he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about
>> local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in
>> front of his employees.
>>
>> Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want
>> all this stuff done for you?
>
>Grocery bagging is not considered an "everyday thing" here, it's the norm,
>and age has nothing to do with it.
>
>Cheri

I think age has a lot to do with it. I can see an older person being
relieved they were catered to but Jills at an age when she should be
'up and at 'em' IMO. The more you let other people pick up the slack
for you, the more you will need it. You know, the old 'if you don't
use it, you'll lose it' - it's very true.