In article >,
says...
>
> 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.

Same here.

In article >,
says...
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:01:25 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >On 8/10/2016 7:49 PM, wrote:

> >> 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!

Yes, lol. Maybe she forgot.

"Bruce" > wrote in message
T...
> 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.

I eat toast for breakfast almost every morning. Sometimes white bread. It
never leaves me hungry.

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:43:19 -0500, MaryL
> wrote:

>
>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

Sorry to hear that and yes, my local place would do the same for me if
I needed the help but they don't do it routinely. There was a case
last winter where one of the lads who brings carts back into the store
from the coralls noticed an elderly woman who was having difficulty
getting across the icy sidewalks. He forgot about the carts and
walked her home, the manager said he was glad to know he had employees
like him who had hearts.

On 8/10/2016 10:17 PM, Je�us wrote:

> 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.

That's exactly the setup my local store has now. The
cashier does the bagging while ringing up your stuff.
It's all one step now and I guess you could call them
cashier/baggers.

It used to be they pushed the items along to then be
bagged, either by the customer, or they'd do it after
ringing up the order. Sometimes there was a bagger, but
usually not.

I always did my own bagging then, rather than stand there
like the Queen waiting for someone else to do it. It seems
to be a regional type thing, baggers aren't a given the way
it is elsewhere. I imagine a store would do well to bag groceries
in areas where it's customary.

nancy

On 8/11/2016 6:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 9:42:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:

>> 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.

If I have something to do that's going to require a lot of
walking/whatever, I have to have protein. Eating donuts before
sightseeing/hiking/etc is a guarantee I will be out of energy
way before lunch. Eggs, ideal.

nancy

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.

All the big smkts here, 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.

I'm particular about exactly how the shopping is packed so prefer to do
it my way. Hard, glass and canned stuff together; cool/chilled/frozen
stuff stays cool together in insulated bags; delicate or fresh stuff on
top so it doesn't get crushed or bruised; and when I get home it's all
in the easy natural order for unpacking to fridge, freezer or pantry.

Janet UK

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 a pity they don't train them to DO IT MY WAY :-)

Janet UK

Bruce wrote:
>
> In article >,
> says...
> > 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.

Equal amount of calories from bread vs cheese and the cheese will keep
you feeling full longer.

Bruce wrote:
>
> says...
> >
> > jmcquown wrote:
> > >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!
>
> Yes, lol. Maybe she forgot.

busted! lol

>> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>
> 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

Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has all
the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores that
employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to the car
for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't want them
to.

Jill

On 8/11/2016 6:55 AM, wrote:
>>>
>>> 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!
>
What's my age got to do with it? They do it for everyone. I certainly
*could* do it if none of the grocery stores had baggers, but they all
do. They always have, regardless of my age. When I was 22 I lived in
midtown Memphis. I used to *walk* to the small grocery store down the
block and walk back home carrying a couple of bags of groceries... which
they bagged for me. I've never encountered a grocery store where they
didn't have someone do this for their customers. <shrug>

Jill

On 8/11/2016 9:02 AM, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
>>
>> says...
>>>
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>> 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!
>>
>> Yes, lol. Maybe she forgot.
>
> busted! lol
>
Feeding the Bruce troll again. Hey, I'm not the "princess" on this ng.

Sorry, but I have never (at any age) encountered a grocery store that
didn't bag groceries for their customers. If it was the *norm* to bag
my own then of course I would, but it isn't [the norm] and never has
been, anywhere I ever lived.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> I've never encountered a grocery store where they
> didn't have someone do this for their customers. <shrug>

They do it at my stores too but I normally will start bagging myself
just to help out. This is when there is no separate person bagging
(rare), just the cashier does it after scanning all the food. I'll bag
until the cashier gets a total then I'll let them finish bagging while I
do the debit card thing. I don't mind helping out a bit. It speeds up
the line for other customers behind me and the cashier does appreciate
the help.

On 8/11/2016 7:01 AM, wrote:
> 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.
>
So, bagging my own groceries is going to keep me young? I'll have to
remember that. I'll just shove the young man or woman at the end of
the checkout stand out of the way and tell them I have to bag my own
groceries because I want to stay young!

Jill
Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 8/11/2016 9:02 AM, Gary wrote:
> > Bruce wrote:
> >>
> >> says...
> >>>
> >>> jmcquown wrote:
> >>>> 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!
> >>
> >> Yes, lol. Maybe she forgot.
> >
> > busted! lol
> >
> Feeding the Bruce troll again. Hey, I'm not the "princess" on this ng.
>
> Sorry, but I have never (at any age) encountered a grocery store that
> didn't bag groceries for their customers. If it was the *norm* to bag
> my own then of course I would, but it isn't [the norm] and never has
> been, anywhere I ever lived.

But you just said, you wouldn't shop where they didn't bag for you. lol

Some ppl here get annoyed by Bruce but I think he's ok. He calls people
on dumb things that they might say. He got you on this
one...contradicting what you had alread said. Give him his point and let
it go.

Anyway...this is typical RFC. We all get picked on sometimes, it just
happens to be YOUR time right now. Quit responding to all this and it
will pass quickly. :-D

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:45:12 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/11/2016 7:01 AM, wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>So, bagging my own groceries is going to keep me young? I'll have to
>remember that. I'll just shove the young man or woman at the end of
>the checkout stand out of the way and tell them I have to bag my own
>groceries because I want to stay young!
>
>Jill
>Jill
A real Bove reaction!

wrote:
>
> You know, the old 'if you don't
> use it, you'll lose it' - it's very true.

That's one of the wisest sayings ever said.

On 8/11/2016 9:57 AM, wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>
>> So, bagging my own groceries is going to keep me young? I'll have to
>> remember that. I'll just shove the young man or woman at the end of
>> the checkout stand out of the way and tell them I have to bag my own
>> groceries because I want to stay young!
>>
>> Jill
> A real Bove reaction!
>
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. I've also never seen a round turntable checkout
belt like he describes. I've got no idea where Ken lives but it's
simply not something I can relate to.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> >> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >>
> > 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
>
> Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has all
> the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores that
> employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to the car
> for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't want them
> to.

My store hired some young guy once that bagged and he tried to take my
cart out to the car for me. I didn't want that. He tried to do this each
time I went there. Annoying as hell. I had to argue back and forth
before he left me alone. One or two more times and I was going to punch
him in the face. Luckily he got fired. He was annoying many customers by
being so pushy.

jmcquown wrote:
>
> BTW, I generally only make one large grocery trip per month. Lots of
> bags.

Yikes. I like getting out early and grocery store is the only place open
at that time. I shop maybe 3 times a week and buy small amounts. I'd
freak trying to buy for a month. oh well!

On 8/11/2016 10:42 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has all
>> the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores that
>> employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to the car
>> for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't want them
>> to.
>
> My store hired some young guy once that bagged and he tried to take my
> cart out to the car for me. I didn't want that. He tried to do this each
> time I went there. Annoying as hell. I had to argue back and forth
> before he left me alone. One or two more times and I was going to punch
> him in the face. Luckily he got fired. He was annoying many customers by
> being so pushy.
>
Would you really have punched him in the face? He probably just wanted
to take a walk outside. Taking the cart to the car is a way of breaking
the routine. I don't *need* them to do it. If there is a line behind
me I say, "No, thank you". I'm perfectly capable of loading groceries
in my car. I also *always* push the cart back to a cart corral rather
than leave it all willy-nilly in the parking lot. If there isn't a line
of people behind me I figure they just want to take a walk outdoors. I
don't have a problem with that.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 8/11/2016 10:42 AM, Gary wrote:
> > My store hired some young guy once that bagged and he tried to take my
> > cart out to the car for me. I didn't want that. He tried to do this each
> > time I went there. Annoying as hell. I had to argue back and forth
> > before he left me alone. One or two more times and I was going to punch
> > him in the face. Luckily he got fired. He was annoying many customers by
> > being so pushy.
> >
> Would you really have punched him in the face?

Certainly not. I'm not a violent person at all but this guy was pushing
my limits by always insisting to take my cart all the way to my car.
Each time, at the door, it was an argument and highly annoying.

It was all I could do to remain civil with the conversation.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Bruce" > wrote in message
> T...
>> 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.
>
> I eat toast for breakfast almost every morning. Sometimes white bread. It
> never leaves me hungry.

You also use insulin to cover the spikes and Metformin right?

Cheri

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:50:17 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 8/11/2016 6:23 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 9:42:55 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>
>If I have something to do that's going to require a lot of
>walking/whatever, I have to have protein. Eating donuts before
>sightseeing/hiking/etc is a guarantee I will be out of energy
>way before lunch. Eggs, ideal.
>
>nancy

Fried, with a slice of ham, on a kaiser roll. I don't even like
donuts, I never eat them... I walked into a Dunk'n Donuts once, turned
right arond and left... the stench of rancid oil and powerful cloying
sugar made me want to heave. I don't consider fried dough smothered
with sugar a food, prbably why I despise pancakes.

> wrote in message
...
> 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!

So? There is a store here that doesn't bag. I don't shop there because I
don't want to bag groceries. Of course now that the Super Walmart is across
the street, they might start grocery bagging. LOL

Cheri

> wrote in message
...
> 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.

Yes, that's what you think, it's not what I think. I'm not the least bit
afraid of "if you don't use it, you'll lose it" when it comes to bagging
groceries, which is what we're talking about.

Cheri

> wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 09:45:12 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>>On 8/11/2016 7:01 AM, wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>So, bagging my own groceries is going to keep me young? I'll have to
>>remember that. I'll just shove the young man or woman at the end of
>>the checkout stand out of the way and tell them I have to bag my own
>>groceries because I want to stay young!
>>
>>Jill
>>Jill
> A real Bove reaction!

The "Bove" makes you sound silly FYI.

Cheri

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> wrote:
>>
>> You know, the old 'if you don't
>> use it, you'll lose it' - it's very true.
>
> That's one of the wisest sayings ever said.

Really? LOL

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>>> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>> 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
>
> Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has all
> the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores that
> employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to the car
> for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't want them
> to.
>
> Jill

Yes, they always ask if you would like help to the car here where I shop. So
far I don't need their help, knock on wood.


Cheri

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 8/11/2016 10:42 AM, Gary wrote:
>> > My store hired some young guy once that bagged and he tried to take my
>> > cart out to the car for me. I didn't want that. He tried to do this
>> > each
>> > time I went there. Annoying as hell. I had to argue back and forth
>> > before he left me alone. One or two more times and I was going to punch
>> > him in the face. Luckily he got fired. He was annoying many customers
>> > by
>> > being so pushy.
>> >
>> Would you really have punched him in the face?
>
> Certainly not. I'm not a violent person at all but this guy was pushing
> my limits by always insisting to take my cart all the way to my car.
> Each time, at the door, it was an argument and highly annoying.
>
> It was all I could do to remain civil with the conversation.

If that pushed your limits, it must have sucked to be your wife. LOLOLOLOL

Cheri

Cheri wrote:
>
> "Gary" > wrote in message ...
> > jmcquown wrote:
> >>
> >> On 8/11/2016 10:42 AM, Gary wrote:
> >> > My store hired some young guy once that bagged and he tried to take my
> >> > cart out to the car for me. I didn't want that. He tried to do this
> >> > each
> >> > time I went there. Annoying as hell. I had to argue back and forth
> >> > before he left me alone. One or two more times and I was going to punch
> >> > him in the face. Luckily he got fired. He was annoying many customers
> >> > by
> >> > being so pushy.
> >> >
> >> Would you really have punched him in the face?
> >
> > Certainly not. I'm not a violent person at all but this guy was pushing
> > my limits by always insisting to take my cart all the way to my car.
> > Each time, at the door, it was an argument and highly annoying.
> >
> > It was all I could do to remain civil with the conversation.
>
> If that pushed your limits, it must have sucked to be your wife. LOLOLOLOL

No doubt! I should have just married the ferret in the first place. ;-D

On 8/11/2016 11:26 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>>> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has
>> all the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores
>> that employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to
>> the car for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't
>> want them to.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Yes, they always ask if you would like help to the car here where I
> shop. So far I don't need their help, knock on wood.
>
>
> Cheri

I guess we live in unique areas. I don't *need* their help
occasionally it seems to me they would like to take a stroll outside to
break up the routine. Okay.

Jill

On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 12:18:46 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> 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

Actually, I'm insufficiently serious.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 8/11/2016 11:26 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>>> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has
>>> all the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores
>>> that employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to
>>> the car for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't
>>> want them to.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Yes, they always ask if you would like help to the car here where I
>> shop. So far I don't need their help, knock on wood.
>>
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I guess we live in unique areas. I don't *need* their help occasionally
> it seems to me they would like to take a stroll outside to break up the
> routine. Okay.
>
> Jill

Yes, I have actually had one young man say that he likes to get outside by
helping to the car.

Cheri

In article > ,
says...
>
> 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.
>
> 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?

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 08:23:01 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>Yes, that's what you think, it's not what I think. I'm not the least bit
>afraid of "if you don't use it, you'll lose it" when it comes to bagging
>groceries, which is what we're talking about.
>
>Cheri

It's really a total mindset - slag off on the small things and soon
enough you find you can no longer do them. So far, touch wood, there
are only some heavy duty physical jobs that I have to call in a
grandson to do.

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."

In article >,
says...
>
> On 8/11/2016 11:26 AM, Cheri wrote:
> >
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>>> On 8/10/2016 8:54 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >>>>
> >>> 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
> >>
> >> Beaufort *is* beautiful Picturesque, very historic. Yet it has
> >> all the modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and grocery stores
> >> that employ people to bag groceries! Heck, they'll even take them to
> >> the car for you if you want them to... and sometimes even if you don't
> >> want them to.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >
> > Yes, they always ask if you would like help to the car here where I
> > shop. So far I don't need their help, knock on wood.
> >
> >
> > Cheri
>
> I guess we live in unique areas. I don't *need* their help

Yes, you do:

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

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Bruce" > wrote in message
>> T...
>>> 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.
>>
>> I eat toast for breakfast almost every morning. Sometimes white bread. It
>> never leaves me hungry.
>
> You also use insulin to cover the spikes and Metformin right?

So? I didn't always use one or the other. There was a time I was on no meds.
Still wasn't hungry.