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In The Netherlands you'd be told to bag it yourself. The cashier is definitely not bagging anything for you.
Be nice to people, it's not that hard.
Dec 20, 2023 8:11 AM
OneInThePinkTwoInTheStink
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In The Netherlands you'd be told to bag it yourself. The cashier is definitely not bagging anything for you.
Be nice to people, it's not that hard.
Ionico
What's funny is (not funny, not at all) is that this is EXACTLY THE FUCKING THING THAT HAPPENS. Except we can't break down. Or even show the slightest emotion, or they'll charge right to the store manager and demand we are fired for 'assaulting them, and giving them nasty looks and being so disrespectful.' Raise your hand if you've suffered worse and made it through, because you had no choice. *raises both hands*
Sumdumguy42
There’s an unreasonably high amount of rage boiling in me watching that video. I hope I’ll get to witness such person in the real world someday to publicly call her out on her shitty attitude.
SubsyServy
My last day at the grocery store I worked at I got called lazy twice and kicked once because I was sitting on the floor, putting orange juice on the shelves. I had to sit on the floor because after unloading about 4000 dollars of milk (3 skids) and 1 skid of other dairy products, my knees can't take squatting for the length of time it takes me to practice FIFO with the 2 liter containers. I felt this abuse was a message that my leaving was the right choice.
Gayforbae
I think the right choice was beating the cunt that kicked you over the head with a couple gallons of milk, though that might not be the best choice....
chrisat928
If you don't want your eggs on the bottom of a bag, don't put them first on the conveyor.
Seanspeed
But that's also one of the more logical places to put them since they'll likely be on top in your cart. If it's a place where cashiers/baggers are expected to bag, the least they can do is do it right and not just carelessly stack things in that'll ruin stuff.
twisti
This'll probably be downvoted, but I can't understand why people are so upset by this. While not common in the world, this is a service you pay for (through the markup on items going in part to pay cashiers for their time), and while I have never worked as a cashier, it isn't obvious to me how putting items in a bag is somehow worse or more demeaning than scanning items, restocking items, etc. I also don't really understand the whole 'doing it yourself' logic; I can go to the bar to get my own..
twisti
...drinks, but I still pay a waiter to bring me drinks instead when I go out. And while the video is clearly meant to show the cashier being downcast and at the end of their rope, the customer doesn't seem super unreasonable either; both the double bagging and the eggs aren't something you should have to tell a cashier to do, and I imagine I would probably be annoyed if I was used to having things bagged and ended up with a bag tearing and eggs crushed. The condescension is over the top, but...
twisti
...not nearly enough to trigger all the hate from the comments. If I flipped out every time someone told me that 'of course they've restarted their computer already' in that tone, I'd be raging five times a week.
I guess what I'm saying is that yeah, jobs sometimes suck, but it's weird that this level of reaction is so celebrated here. That customer by no means was terrible enough to deserve that; although she could have been nicer, that seems still well within social norms.
kitskinner19538
In the UK you bag your own and do your best to keep up with the cashier but you can ask for help, especially if older or disabled.
esparadrapo
The USA has this kink about classes that I will never be able to understand. Like people being OK having a shoe shiner kneeling to do their job when sending the shoes to a shop is the not morally bankrupt way to do it. Then you have the waiters and other staff living on the generosity of the customer. It's like they never left the 19th century.
Seanspeed
Yep, too true. Classism was invented and uniquely exists in the USA. Great job of demonstrating you've never experienced culture outside the US.
NotAtAllTheDoctor
My first job was bag boy back in 1972 in North Carolina when I was 15 years old. We were given a small pamphlet with drawings of transparent paper bags showing the proper way to pack things into it. Once we looked through this we were tested to make sure we could do it correctly. It was a matter of pride when we could Tetris things in so the bag has zero space left once packed. We also pushed the shopping carts out the the customer's cars and put the bag inside their cars for them. Another era.
acatinbirdsclothing
Fuck yeah girl, walk out of there and breathe that sweet air.
fforw
Send them Karens to Germany: "Am I supposed to bag these myself?" "Yes, and get cracking, you're holding up the line and everyone is mad at you already."
ClessAurion
Not just in NL... pretty much everywhere except the US, last time I checked.
eviloce
From a show on FX
zanli
I'm fussy about what goes where in which bags myself. But I bring my own bags and use the self-checkout.
perlninja
Yep, in NL you would be laughed right out of the store if you demanded the cashier bag your stuff. Yet another uniquely American thing it seems...
Drix1942
Ultracapitalist "the customer is god" is so damn infuriating. Fuck that piece of shit entitled customer.
perlninja
The customer is most often an entitled cunning stunt... I'm so glad I live in a place where service workers get paid a proper salary and don't have to put up with bullshit like this.
Drix1942
thylm
"Am I supposed to bag these myself?" - "Uh yes. And hurry up please, so you don't make the next customers wait" (answer I would expect around here)
ubnty
"Could you double bag?" *Cashier takes second bag, shoves it over the customer's head* "There's your double bag!"
Freeasabird2015
That would be the UK answer with a look of sheer incredulity.
MeRoyMinoy
Oohh that's such a thing here. I get stressed out the speed they are scanning items and then you gotta pause your packing to pay!
MySushi
Back five or ten years ago, in particularly high-volume stores, they would bag your items, to get you out of the way quicker. You could try to help, but mostly you would get in the way, if you were not retail work trained. Nowadays, things have changed some. You are permitted some time to bag stuff yourself as there is a larger area in the checkout bay for multiple people to bag/box their own stuff, while the one cashier checks out four people after you and those who can't wait can get bent
lovepuppy
don't happen here in le SEA, unless you bring your own bags. rent on retail space aren't getting cheaper either.
MySushi
Right? People don't understand how many businesses operate. The longer a layman customer is dawdling around at checkout lane in your store, the more time and money you are losing. Some people may even walk out without buying anything if they have to wait too long, so businesses have an efficient method and trained employees to get it done quick and mess-free. Maybe mistreated and depressed American workers these days have problems, but the same does not apply to all countries and cultures
lovepuppy
i forgot there are also self-checking machines at bigger supermarts, but those tend to jam up because the UI on those machines aren't that user-friendly, and software glitches happen. but since they implemented an extra charge for plastic bags, those lines are shorter. and even if you buy a plastic bag at selfchecks, you still gotta look for staff to give you a bag. lame system.
spinballwizardmtg
I've felt this energy from the retail end so many times, enough to have the sarcasm to think "we're hiring I'd you want a job."
weandiLord
HAVE A NICE FUCKING DAY YOU CUNT*
Dramling
You *can* put eggs at the bottom for an egg is structurally sound along its major axis. In fact, given the shape of the carton, they go better at the bottom than anywhere else.
sspeckersss
Its really normal for cashiers to bag your groceries in the US but also normal for there to be baggers, especially when the store is busy. If I don't see a bagger, I jump in and bag my own shit to help keep things moving. It holds things up and I would feel like a jerk of I made the poor cashier scan everything and then bag it all while I stand there doing nothing.
Frederf
You're being robbed of your labor.
bigdukesix
In Australia the cashier bags your items. It's just part of the service. Also we pay them better and we aren't cunts about it
crapybarra
You shouldn't put chems w/ food. Eggs can't go on the bottom. That said, I prefer bagging my own shit for these reasons.
ForrestDwellingDonkey
Ireland, bag it yourself. In some supermarkets they even get you to put shopping back in your trolley and bag it in a separate "bagging area" after.
alexburgers
Aldi will do that, if you're not on the ball with your bag, it goes in the trolley and you can go to the bagging area to figure it out there instead of blocking the line. :)
Raygirl
See now that's handy. I'm always in a rush to bag my things so I don't hold up the queue, but obviously don't want to crush anything. A separate bagging space where I'm out the way and can micromanage my shopping in peace would be splendid.
njkckbxr
I prefer bagging my own items. It is quicker and I bag for optimum unpacking at home. During COVID cashiers would not touch the reusable bags from home.
MeatVegetable
I'm autistic and I use the excuse of, I'm autistic and would like to bag myself as an excuses every fucking time. I always felt awkward watching someone else bag my stuff. Covid showed me I could just do it.
vinny8boberano
Same. Plus, unless the store is paying someone to do so, expecting the cashier to bag is just loading extra work on an underpaid person. Rather bag and chat to hopefully make their day better.
njkckbxr
Yes! It’s amazing how chatty the cashier becomes once engaged. I love it!
vinny8boberano
Exactly. I am a *massive* introvert, but it's worth the energy to do something worthwhile. Whether that is a good chat, or companionable silence to ease someones day.
monjamon
Oh my gosh I hope that's a commercial or from a TV show or something. I felt that lady's frustration from here. I haven't seen anyone like this in the wild but I don't think I'd be able to not say anything to that huge bitch. She deserved her eggs to get smashed!
Tairu8
It’s a scene from Mayans M.C. Really good show IMO
HeadlessBodyofAgnew
I forgot that scene completely. Better rewatch the whole series.
monjamon
Thank you. I saw SoA and it was pretty good, but whew was it emotionally strenuous is Mayans the same way?
Tairu8
It definitely can be, there were some moments that had me emotionally drained for sure, especially in the last season
Tairu8
It definitely can be, there were some moments that had me emotionally drained for sure
Nixf0rm
Amazing show! Better than the Sons one!
Lowland
Man, raise your hand if you ever felt like doing that
JoeT85
*raised both hands and tried to stand on one foot to raise the other, but falls down*
bnuihj
ballsoutflyer
I actually did, but I didn't wreck shit. Some guy said to a cashier "speak english" and I just 180'd and said "did you actually say 'speak english'?" Dude goes yeah and i just rip a strip off him right there. I said "you don't talk to people like that. she's doing the best she can and she doesn't need that" loud enough for everyone to hear. Dude just says "stay out of it". I look at him and go, "no I won't. start treating people with respect". Guy just looks at me while I'm leaving.
SirKaill
GborCseh
regularly. and it's the regulars that are the worst. they know just how far they can go without management doing anything.
Elnauriel
wskyonrox
MrOne2
arkthan
walked out mid shift at a pizza chain because the manager finally pissed me off enough. didnt freak out this badly though.
SoniqueTui
I think the worst part is how many times I felt like doing that.
proracing53
ImurevJourhein
I can't tell you how many times in retail I would look at a customer being just as god-awful as possible, and wonder about how hard it would be to shove them in the trash compactor.
WebDragonG3
the amount of self-restraint it takes to get through a conversation with someone who doesn't understand the implications of the future of this country with the current GOP in charge is absolutely mind-boggling
ChazzK
Minus the egg smashing, but I did get to witness the glory of a cashier losing their shit on one entitled twit too many mid-pandemic.
Lampmonster
Used to tend bar. Many a time I wanted to take a customer outside and beat the hell out of them. Mostly the creepy predator types but once in a while the blackout drunk type would get under my skin too.
fantastapotamus
felt like, or did? :) definitely not explode like that, but I had a connection with a couple cashiers where I'd give customers "special" treatment if they were total assholes to either one of us. oops, I accidentally put your bread and eggs at the bottom of a trunk, and then had something heavy just happen to fall over on top of them. oh no, your cake is now a pancake... ohh noooooo....
kittyanya
20 years retail. Anniversary was Halloween. I dream of this every day. "Forgot" coupons to an old man who was rude to my manager, though. :)
Yupurineutah
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RichardPotato
exosquadwasmyfavoriteshowwheniwasachild
2Ghoul4School
Malicious compliance. I worked a concession stand at an amusement park (the nice, inner city kind) when a guy came up with his kid to order a cocoa. I made the fuck out of that cocoa, exchanging excited smiles with the kid, who was giggling with glee. When it was finished and I politely asked for the money before handing it over, he started giving me attitude about the price and refused to pay. I slowly poured that cocoa out in the sink, maintaining eye-contact with him the whole time as his -
2Ghoul4School
kid's excitement melted away and tears welled up in his eyes. The guy's face turned from smug to smad as he realized he just gambled his own kid's joy over a 2 dollar cocoa and lost. I did feel bad for the kid, but it was an important lesson for the dad. If you give me the choice between putting up with your shit or ruining your kid's day, I will choose the latter every time, because I don't give a fuck about you, and I don't give a fuck about your kid. Don't play chicken with a retail worker.
PhurbuMukpodom
Wowcablesucks
I love this, 100% with you
WALKABOUT2K
Glorious
cirunz
I sometimes cover for customer support, but it isn't my job. I don't really know how they do it: who does this every day without going postal got nerves of tungsten
OnionCutter
I do it by playing graphic and violent FPS video games while listening to Chrismas songs
GrizzlySaint
Helpdesk was the point I lost trust in humanity and gave me my first reason to curse
YourSelfMan
Respect and understanding?
cirunz
Yeah but it goes both ways
cphil674
From Mayans MC - Death Of The Virgin episode. Actor Vanessa Giselle as Hope.
Perrydoodle
I worked for Big Bear back in the 80's and the cashiers would bag if the bagger was out helping a customer to their car or retrieving carts. It was fun to bag groceries and square out the bags. There was a knack to it. You were conscience of mixing foods with soaps and definitely eggs on top. But that was before stores got greedy and now hire the absolute bare minimum that is able to run the store and "get by." It's shit. Employees are now expected to work without taking a breath!
DontcallmeLen
Dumdumdurum
That man is the villain of this situation, he's the self-entitled prick who takes it out on others who are in the same situation
dasharknbear
Man I need to watch this again.
SlydFox
What movie was this from?
MyBigMouth
Falling Down, a film that as you get older you appreciate more and more.
wodensday
Especially with how the aggrieved white man finds himself accidentally on the same side as the nazi and yet still thinks he is the good guy up until the very end.
newsguycraigevans
Yup, and if you ever bathe in the rancid swill that is right wing SM you will find that MAGAts and their ilk simply adore this movie.
ballsoutflyer
While forgetting the part where the main character kills the nazi with his own gun.
BeastofKnowledge
I'll never forget this scene
Eiladar
Also, he has a very FPS weapon progression.
esparadrapo
I always compared it to Resident Evil. As story progresses so does your weaponry.
Eiladar
Similar, but RE came out several years layer. The movie came out just in time for Wolfenstein/Doom, and followed the Melee/handgun/smg all the way up to rocket launcher progression.
xantous4201
A Fantastic movie indeed.
trustworthyfart
I felt the opposite. Thought it was bad ass when I was younger. Watched it recently and realize he is just a whiney, self centered, xenophobic, bully with a history of domestic abuse. Lost all relatability.
nintyuk
Yeah, a lot of people see the main guy as some kind of hero on their first watch but the filmmakers have gone on record to make clear he is the villain and the detective is the hero.
porcubot
Angry White Man takes out frustrations with system on... other people suffering from that system
ballsoutflyer
Angry white man took out his frustrations on.. a prick manager, a gang, a full blown *nazi*, and then he goes full racist on the korean. And then we're left with the implication he's an abusive father but we don't know for sure. So we're side-eyeing him the whole time.
nintyuk
Although something to remember, the dude on the poster is the villain.
DrewK98
Ehhhh ... not entirely.
wodensday
Telling on yourself?
xantous4201
He wasn't initially though, it was his interactions on his way home that turned him slowly 1 by 1. The cashier could have been kind and just broke his $1 for 4 quarters to make a phone call at the payphone outside. But he had to be a rude uncompromising asshole.
nintyuk
The thing is the reason he's crusading through town is because he wants to visit his daughter on her birthday which is a breach of the visitation agreement with his ex-wife who is terrified of him. There's clearly some history behind that combined with Foster's temper leaving a solid indicator he wasn't the nicest man before the movie even began.
azimir
We know, the problem is that you can appreciate is. That things get harder and you can see yourself going that route. We know (well, most of us know) that it's the villain's route. It's the route that hurts people who didn't do you direct, or even any, harm, but you can appreciate and empathize with the villain. Hopefully you'll take it away that you need to find ways to *not* go down that road.
gizmomelb
sounds like most politcal posters as well.
ACoupleThumbs
Except when hes on the golf course.
NonExistingWisper
I've never seen supermarket employees bagging people's bags, is that a thing in the US?
fantasyfungi
Definitely a thing, although less common nowadays.
RedAppleSoda
It’s pretty common in the US. Compared to the EU, people in the US shop for groceries less often and buy more items per visit. A cashier and bagger work in tandem to speed the check-out process as they can begin scanning and bagging items before the customer has all items out of the cart and while the customer pays. There is usually a self check-out for people with fewer items, and at self check-out, customers scan and bag items themselves.
AReptileDisfunction
I was astonished when the cashier begun to bags my things… in Italy it’s unthinkable, you have (luckily) to do it by yourself
XennialDad
Yep, has been since forever. 1 cashier and 1 person bagging. At express checkout lanes, the cashier usually does the bagging without a helper since you're only supposed to have a few items. Most Americans see this service baked into the cost of their groceries, so asking the cashier to bag your groceries would be like asking a mechanic to put the wheels back on your car after a brake job. It's just part of the job.
XennialDad
And while I understand the point the video is trying to make, and there's always a nice way to ask for something, but the expectation would also be that the person bagging your groceries would have been taught not to put chemicals with produce, and wouldn't put eggs at the bottom of the bag.
unluckyandbored
In most stores, yes.
youresomoney10
Everything is a thing in the US!
gry425rjcp350
They even compete in that. Saw a movie about it once.
AfterTheRainComesTheRainbow
happens in Australia too (not Aldi though). I work in a supermarket and it's a bit of each, sometimes people will happily bag their own stuff and I take over if they pay via EFTPOS. So far though, touch wood, most people have been lovely.
JustTryingToLiveLife
In my state a lot of stores have dedicated baggers, the person rings up the groceries while the other person bags the groceries
HandoB4Javert
...Shawshank Redemption https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotNxb2YApk Brooks was here
Picdump2508
Yes. In my part of the world it's usually highschool kids or adults with mental disabilities.
Archaon6044
In the UK it both is and isn't a thing. Most of the time I'm doing it myself. But very occasionally, usually in places like Tesco Express where they don't have proper tills, they'll offer, and I usually let them. I actually always thought it was for some security reason, like they expect me to run off without paying
NonExistingWisper
Do you live in a security heavy area? I've been to many Tescos (all sizes) and have never seen someone bag shoppers' items.
mplshipster
It depends on the store. We have some stores that have lower prices and you are expected to bag at those stores. And then we have fancy stores where the products cost more and they bag. And help bring your bags to your car.
bitflung
Yes it is. being a prick to them isn't common, but the small fraction who do so feels like a disproportionately large group much the same as maga pricks seem to be everywhere around here
walnutbreath
Used to be the standard pretty much everywhere until the mid-2000s. Nowadays, you only see it in a handful of states and grocers.
PatrikLilja
In the Philippines, they sometimes don't even let you get the chance. They bag it after scanning each item. There isn't any room for them to leave the item after scanning it other than in the bag. It takes much longer for no reason and its super ineffective.
Zombingaround
Yes and they stand stand the entire time unlike in EU.
NonExistingWisper
That's another thing, forcing cashiers to be up the whole shift is just cruel.
JustSeinfeldQuotes
After reading a bunch of comments and not seeing it in the top 20, they ring it and put it directly into a bag which is on a carousel. As the bags fill up and the carousel turns, you grab your bag and put it in the cart. That's at Meijer in the central Northwest. Not sure about other stores.
grogera
One shop where I live will sometime have baggers, usually around large holidays like christmas when the shop is stuffed with people. But it has been some years since the last time they did it.
mynamespaul
Here in Ireland it’s not uncommon for a second person to be standing at the very end of the little food slide thingy, so the cashier scans it, and the other person bags it up for you - but the second person is often raising money for charity, not actually working for the supermarket. I’m sure the cashiers here would bag your stuff for you if you were disabled or old or whatever - but if you were being a bollox they’d just say so.
Greymalum
We are spoiled babies, mostly.
NuclearMonk
Bit harsh...until recently, my only experience has been with stores that did the bagging, so it's a default expectation. Not a deal breaker if they don't and certainly nothing to be rude about.
Greymalum
I have 20+ years in dealing with the public. I'm being incredibly generous in my courtesy.
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Iamtheonewhoknockstwice
It was my first job when I was in high school. Things have changed a lot since then. They still have the bagging "station" at the end of the checkout but the position "courtesy clerk" is multidimensional now and really only help out when there's large orders that would hold up a line.
cronostrike
It was a lot more common in the last few decades than now with self checkouts being everywhere, but was also a beginner job that teenagers would do in high school a lot of the time for spare cash and not something anyone looked to as a career.
dghughes
In Canada too. There used to be a "bag boy" who bagged items as the cashier rang them in. Back then it was old style cash registers too the cashier had to punch in the cost on a mechanical cash register. Scanning made it easier and items auto add so I assume the less work then meant companies wanted cashiers to bag. But now (2023) you bag it yourself you even need to bring your own bags.
BehGehBeeeehh
Yes, because corporations are organized sociopathy, and don't care about humans. I shop at Trader Joe's, and I always try to bag my groceries if I can because I'm able-bodied and it's a nice thing to do.
pkyu
Our most popular local grocery store has two people per lane. Most of the workers are high schoolers 14-17 year olds, using the job for extra money.
Wolf1938
Iceland UK does home deliveries where customers do shopping and then the employee has to bag them in groups of frozen, chilled, and ambient so they can be put in the respective environment before delivery later that day.
Ideally there's a delivery coordinator packing but because of costs 99% of the time I'd have to scan and bag people's weekly shops, while being the only cashier
FutureBeachBum
In the US, the boomers insist that people who make minimum wage kiss their feet and tell them how special they are so they don't have to accept that they've destroyed the future of everyone younger than themselves.
NonExistingWisper
Jperez361337
Ugh yes. And they have to offer the choice to walk them out and put them in their car as well.
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
Bag boys are sometimes still a thing at local supermarkets.
TheYoungerLance
My Walmart in NE Wisco does it if you go to a line with a human check out person, but it's otherwise only common at stores in which a smaller amount of items are purchased.
This was just a video to make people feel uncomfortable.
bitemark
It's in Canada too, though I try to bag it myself - sometimes they're insistent that they do it, so I think they get flak if they don't. I definitely have no complaints about how it's done though
HeyOP
They're faster than you. Customers bagging slows the line down, frustrating everyone involved. Good pro baggers are impressively fast.
Swiggy1957
Depending on the store, yes. It is common, going back to the days when there was only one general store in the territory. Back in the day, they had bamboos, later called baggers. As the cashier rang up the items, the bagger would bag your purchases, and even take them out to your car and load them.
TrilithonStone
Not only was it a thing...! There used to be an annual bag-boy Olympics! ...omg... there wasn't always a belt to put your items on and the shopping cart used to go on the cashier's side and the cashier unloaded it and READ THE PRICE TAG ON THE ITEM AND KEYED IN THE AMOUNT!... people think the world has always been like this??
Becker37
Walmart. And most of the bags are absolute shit. I was bagging once and I put their milk in a bag only to have it rip and the gallon exploded when it hit the floor. No one from maintenance would come clean it up so I had to do that too
NonExistingWisper
Well, after easing that, I'm glad to live in a place that banned single use bags, my carrier bags have never failed me.
SpoilsburyToastMan
In a few places in the US, they're not even allowed to put fuel in their own car...
linkdk59
In Canada also, but that's not a surprise because Canada copy pasted a lot of US things, like cashiers standing up. And i hate the bag thing. It's a second employee who bags your items, so it's faster, because customers take too long and often create a line. If you say "oh I'll do it myself" they look at you awkwardly like nobody ever interferes with the system usually, and they leave and look for something else to do instead elsewhere.
oggyswe
We have lidl here and i would not trust them to bag my items since i barely trust them to not squish things on the belt. (Tho have gotten better since they actually added a bagging area a few years ago)
Gargantubrain43
That was my first job in high school. Part time bagging groceries and part time retrieving shopping carts in the parking lot. This was in the late 80s.
phoenixsilver
It's normal in Australia. ALDI is an outlier for not doing it but our other major supermarkets and department stores all do.
Lordhartley
My Sainsbury's in the UK does it for my 81 year old mum, but that's about it
CNChapeL
I use the self service usually but if I have to go to the cashier I'll do my own bags unless the "wrapper" comes over to do it. I'll thank both of them when they are done.
TacoPoweredHelicopter
In Canada it depends on the store... Some scan and put it straight into a bag so will use yours. Seems pretty efficient compared to putting it on a belt or whatever.
glasshouseinarockstorm
We it’s the full gambit. Some places have a cashier and bagger at the till and other places are mostly self checkout where you both scan and bag the items yourself.
Siliconhobbit
Big thing here in the southern US. Large chain called Publix Supermarkets. Registers generally have 2 workers: 1 to check out & 1 to bag.
StillNotYouTube
Not the cashier. Some nice grocery stores have another person that bags things for you.
amskray68
They always leave right when I show up.
NonExistingWisper
What do you buy?!?!
HeadJamistan
Yes, Canada too.
baturro
Yes and notice the cashier isn't allowed to sit. She has to stand her whole shift. American Aldi cashiers, on the other hand, are provided chairs.
DavidCB75
In my country the cashier sometimes help you to bag, maybe because there is a line of people waiting after or simply wants to. I'm always grateful in any case.
Dissipo
Yes: although It's easier and quicker to do it yourself
ZiomalZParafii
And as a bonus you can put eggs wherever you want! Profit!
aRabidGerbil
As someone who works in a store with baggers, it's definitely not quicker. Trained baggers can fill bags as quickly as items are scanned and build far more stable bags than customers do. Honestly, I shudder to think of how much longer our lines would be this to me of year if we had to wait for customers to bad their own stuff.
whosbestmom
I actually prefer to bag my own stuff so it's easier to unpack when I get home--produce, one bag; cold stuff, one bag; misc. shit one bag . . . caveat DO NOT PUT ALL CANNED GOODS IN ONE BAG . . .
imgursample
Yes! Where I live in FL at every single store except Walmart. I thought the lady was being fairly polite in expecting the girl to do her job. Was it her first day?
imgursample
And Publix carries them out or at least offers to carry them to the car for you.
whitebbwolf
they think letting cashiers have seats is counter "productive" and a liveable wage is an imposition 2corporations. the cruelty is the point
garbertron
Old people mostly have them do in my experience. But now with every store having self checkout it's moot.
ATacoWalksIntoABar
Yes, almost always if the market isn’t packed and you have a number of items in NY and Los Angeles. I bring my own bags and position to bag myself, another worker almost always comes up next to me and grabs one of my bags to assist.
DartTarget13
Some places, it's socially an uncomfortable situation that is easily avoided by just going self check out.
3dartwork
It's been a thing in the U.S. since the 1950s. Some don't like Aldi's but they're designed around "European style" as they try to call it.
mrsdowneyjr
Yes
ME2BNS12
Yes. But if you're smart you bring your own bag, step in and and do it yourself
melmboundanddown
Do you not have to bring your own bags? They cost a fortune here, everyone brings their own. There is a min charge per bag to stop waste.
HuntedDestiny
I do this at my local grocery. Even if the baggers ask I'll just say "nah man, I got this. Thanks though!"
villlllle
How big is your bag if you can step in it? =O
Humputse
It's a bodybag. Just step in and stay there, be smart.
UnpinionedPoplars
If they fits, they sits. Psh, cat people, amirite?
jauken
If there is no bagger then I do it as they ring items until I gotta pay then they typically take over without me asking then I help with the rest after I pay. Ppl act like it's the end of the world if they aren't being served.
NATA5
Where I live it’s 10¢ per plastic bag so we all bring our bags. But I mean why wouldn’t I bag my own stuff? Just stand there and do nothing? I’m trying to get in and out as fast as I can.
VodkaReindeer
It's faster if they bag it while you unload and pay.
NATA5
True but usually when I go it’s just me and the cashier.
DragoWhooves
I bag before getting to the checkout
NonExistingWisper
I even upgraded to a shopping trolley old ladies use!
Valixene
I've seen plenty of younger people use them as well, but I think it's more that they don't have a vehicle so they use the trolleys to be able to buy and carry more groceries to make fewer trips to the store.
SignedEpsteinsMother
I need to get one
NonExistingWisper
I was very embarrassed to buy and use one, but my back and shoulders don't hurt like they did before. Going up steps is a lot easier as well.
queenbrochette
Here everyone uses them. Don't be embarrassed for something that makes your life better!
VodkaReindeer
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NonExistingWisper
That is such a great costume idea!!!!
MusterTheRohirrim
I love bagging my own groceries! I know where everything goes in my kitchen, so I know how to split up the bags. Super simple.
Kbantar
I walk, so use a backpack. I know how to pack things so they don't poke my back.
demianstine
I go further if I'm going where they bag for me I arrange the groceries in the order I want it bagged and make sure that any special requests I have get communicated before the bagging starts(would you please put the cold stuff together).
VodkaReindeer
Doesn't sound like a "special" request.
demianstine
I treat it as such and do not expect to get my way. If the bagger is willing to organize my groceries the way I want (which they have always done when I have asked) then I am pleased, otherwise I can take care of it myself when I get to my car.
darkstar86
UK here, and been a handful of times I've heard people asked if they need help bagging their items, but most people here tend to just do it themselves.
68people
I've only ever seen it in 3rd world countries....
AbrasiveKrab
It's common in Australia, and it's also common that people just do it themselves, but most boomers and elder gen Xers are like this. I usually just use self checkout so I don't have to interact with another person, and I can pack it however I want. Also, only 1 person at the register and they are expected to do both.
spookyactionatadistance
In Quebec in big supermarkets there's often a bagger, in smaller ones it can be the cashier. If I have the time to get there before they start I do it myself because it sounds insane to me that I would need someone for that. Never in 100 years have I heard someone say shit like she did
Toqom
For lazy fucks, I always bag my own, checkers always look so happy when I help. Fuck capitalism and executives
NonExistingWisper
Decoyape11
Baggers have kind of trickled out after Covid
ewwcovid
My store in Toronto is not even designed for me to bag the stuff myself, it’s all being the plastic Covid shield thing.
1n10didPun
It's often a thing here in Kentucky. It was also a thing you'd see in Mexico a lot, at least 15 years ago. Don't know about now.
homoerection
Yes, but I always jump in and bag if there isn’t a bagger.
sweetandsmokey
It's a team job here. both of you will be packing and you bring your reusable bags. If you have a little, pack it yourself else they give you a quick hand.
sweetandsmokey
I am not I'm the US.
NotSomoneElse68
Demanding extra, demeaning work to treat the customer as God Emperor in the name of collecting the mighty dollar - yeah, that happens sometimes over here.
OtterAvalanche
Canadian here. Sometimes they help if theyre not busy but generally speaking I'm bagging my own shit (and in totally cool with that)
cyankitsune
Bit of a mixed bag (ha!) In Canada - most places in the rural town I live in, you're expected to bag it yourself. There's one or two supermarkets where they will offer to bag it for you, but I imagine it might be more common in bigger cities. However, since the push to get rid of plastic bags and increase of self-checkout stations, it'll be a thing of the past. I'm 30 and never knew "bagger" was even a dedicated job, everywhere I've been it's just the cashier pulling double duty.
CuteLukePatoot
Yes, usually an employee is at the end of the counter to do so. If not, the cashier does it. I don’t mind helping and doing it myself. Have to be careful, though; sometimes this upsets the management.
Misteree8
Yes, the cashier in the US is expected to ring up and bag your things, know how to properly bag in a timely manner, and with a positive attitude at all times. /s
youreathing
It was a thing here in North America before COVID. Now, not at all, esp since we phased out plastic bags for the most part.
litelbrown
We did?
youreathing
SIngle use bags in supermarkets, in Canada, to be more precise.
FrauBlucher
I'm in South Carolina and it is this way in every single grocery store I have ever been to my entire life
NonExistingWisper
We should visit each other's town and get cultural shock!
MushinMan
Yes. It's because a store can pay dirt wages to employees, and set them to do unnecessary, superfluous bullshit jobs like "Door Greeter" or "Bathroom attendant" to give the customer a feeling of attentiveness and exclusive service, because it's literally cheaper to pay a desperate employee minimum wage then say, hire a janitorial service, or risk loosing customers who don't want to bag their shit themselves. The states are absolutely whack
kwyjjibo
Thanks to the race to the bottom with capitalism, in North America we went from a cashier and bagger at every lane, to just a cashier scanning and bagging, to the cashier just scanning you having you bag, to a final push of self checkout where you scan and bag your own items with a guard making sure you scan everything.
RocknRootRanchcuzallwegotisrocksandrootsandafewtrees
I shop at Winco, Yes it's a thing. I prefer it. No one bags groceries the way I prefer mine anyway.
LasciviousHedgehog
There are a weird no. of "make work" jobs in the US e.g.pumping gas in NJ or Oregon
AbelardSnazz
and bellhops: "I've brought this bag 3,000 miles but I can't possibly move it to the elevator on my own"
MichaelCBennett
Before all the automation and sensors it was normal to have people pump your gas. It kept people from spilling gas all over and it was considered part of full service. NJ and Oregon didn't "make work" they just protected menial jobs!
walnutbreath
Funny thing about full service gas in NJ: Rutgers (NJ's state university) studied it years ago and it turns out that not is the job creation minimal (if not entirely nonexistant), but it actually cannabilizes higher paying jobs for lower-paying pump jockey jobs. That may have changed in the intervening years since the study (especially with the explosion of convenience stores attached to service stations), but the jobs argument never really held water.
ExTechOp
Indeed, it feels so strange being from Finland. I remember going to a restaurant toilet in NYC, and there was a guy whose job was to give me a paper hand napkin after I had washed my hands, and of course was expected to be tipped for doing it.
NonExistingWisper
Oh yes, I've seen that in Ho Chi Minh City, he wouldn't let me do it meself..
permissiontolosedenied
Just NJ now. OR just passed a law recently to allow self-serve at gas stations
ATacoWalksIntoABar
The gas thing is an insurance issue in NJ, gas stations need to have accident insurance for users, it’s expensive and not mandatory in NJ, cheaper to pay a worker to pump it.
Cryolith
Also every single VP or sub-level exec. They just exist for frie ds and family members of the board.
ztygs
It's wild to me as someone from Denmark that "pumping gas" or "bagging groceries" is a job.
ShiftingPattern
Those weren't done to "make work" they were done because the states realized the average American was too fucking stupid to be trusted with dispensing gasoline. Oregon gave up, though.
elvem
Same in South Africa and Malawi
Metallica93
I'd rather people get paid. The alternative is a corporation cutting that job and you're sure as fuck not going to see that get subtracted from food, fuel, or services.
Noughmad
The people can be paid even without the made-up busywork. The whole idea of jobs as welfare is pointless.
ancalime
You really think the corporation is paying the cashier and bagger enough to live off of?
NeverConfusedForNaught
Yeah but it could pay two and not be worse off
ancalime
Easily but then the owner might have to fly first-class instead of private. Are you really that heartless?
invenio
That's not the way it works. It just means you pay more for your gas to cover their wage. It's not like Exxon Mobile says "we'll just eat the cost" of the guy who is pumping your gas.
Manderzzz
NJ has some of the cheapest gas prices in the nation because they made it unlawful to pump your own gas. The prices are less because they didn't have the consumer paying the tax that covers the liability of having consumers pumping gas themselves. There was a tax hike a few years ago that raised the gas prices some but they are still some of the cheapest around.
invenio
NJ is the only state that is full service only. It's next to impossible to compare total cost state vs state due to tax, transportation, regulation, insurance, etc... differences. Best comparison is looking at gas stations that offer both full and self serve. What you will find is full service typically costs 10-15 cents per gallon more for full service. This is same state, same gas, same employees, same location, etc...
wadatahmydamie
This is an absurd lie. Oregon ended the ban on self-service, and it’s made no difference in pricing.
DrPBizzle
It’s certainly plausible that the companies cut the workers and kept the prices the same for more profit. Thats what most companies would do, particularly if they’re selling something you can’t do without.
invenio
If you go to gas stations where there is an option of self and full service, typically full service costs 10-15 cents more. There is your answer. The gas station is not going to take a loss just they can pump your gas for you. You will pay the cost of labor in the price.
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
I think only New Jersey now
Hakutenko
It's illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon. Source: I'm originally from there.
There are exceptions, diesel pumps it themselves. Overall it was kinda nice. You didn't have to get out of the car and you could just vibe while you get your gas filled up and occasionally get your windshield cleaned for you.
Many people tip the gas guys too, so they make fairly decent money
dragonflyy69
New Jersey lets ypu pump your own gas now.
proracing53
They let you, but still offer someone else to pump it for you
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
Yall thinking of Oregon https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/business/new-jersey-gas-station-self-service-ban/index.html
CreatureFromtheBlackLegume
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/business/new-jersey-gas-station-self-service-ban/index.html
WaxDragon
Yuuuup. I work at Costco and people want all that stuff in boxes so they can carry it around. So you get the fun puzzle of putting stuff in boxes (which you don't have an infinite supply of) and the puzzle of fitting the boxes (of all different sizes) into the cart. And yes sometimes people are VERY PARTICULAR about where things go without stepping in to help
Upvotekittenz
My first time in the US, I was ready to bag it myself. Then to realize this young gentleman had done it already. I thanked him 10 times, this was weird for me as a non american
buttcreambandit
Absokutely a thing but in some places you are supposed to tip them if you have them bag it
alwaysthecheesegrater
Mostly yes. It depends where you go and if you bring your own bags.
torp
In France, not only wouldn't she bag but she would probably beat the customer, sodomize her with a cumcumber and tell her to fuck off while throwing her through the door. And I mean through it.
NonExistingWisper
torp
Have you seen parisian waiters ?
NonExistingWisper
No but living in paris would probably turn me into a monster me thinks.
Akintunde
The nicer the grocery store the more likely it is to have baggers and cashiers. Publix, Trader Joes? 99% of the time you have a bagger. Target does during peak hours, Kroger will if you live in a nice area, Walmart I've never seen baggers, even at ones with valet parking. Then places like Aldi's do not have baggers, because you have to buy the bags separately.
iRegretThisUsernameAlready
Excuse me, did you say Walmarts with valet parking? What the fuck?
Akintunde
Yep, Franklin TN has a Walmart with valet parking. It's been years since I've been there, but my wife and I always made fun of it when we passed through.
JayEnfield
At frou-frou places, yes. At cheap places, you do it yourself.
joot78
I mean, it’s cheaper because you’re not paying for the employee who does that.
PlanckEraWasMyBestEra
I mean, they still bag things at my Walmart and I wouldn't call it frou-frou. It's just something being phased out so they get you to do ut instead and they don't have to pay employees.
numonster
If I'm in my wheelchair, sometimes shop workers in the UK will bag up for me. As well as being a lovely kindness it also stops me fiddling about and slowing down the line, especially when the tills is high up/a standing till. I don't expect it though and I'd never be rude to the person who is HELPING me.
NonExistingWisper
Of course, helping people who need help is a given (I hope), my mother's corner shop owner sometimes brings people's shopping to their car (his clientele is mostly over 75-80).
WellIfIHaveTo
What you’ve highlighted is a benefit that a lot of non-US people and those who are too young to have seen the days of baggers and even just cashiers well-trained to bag may be discounting: the value of having an experienced bagger get the job done faster & more efficiently than any random shopper could, which used to move the line faster, benefiting everybody.
But since our country is not inclined to pay these workers a living wage, frankly, we shouldn’t expect that level of service.
melmboundanddown
I think it can be of benifit to society to have these people well trained in other areas and just do your own bloody bagging while the cashier rings you up. It's a waste of labour resources.
ChloeRed
They might be fastest then I am, but they don't know which order/bag I want things in, due to where in my house they go.
Astramancer
It always bugged me when the cashier/bagger reached way across my stuff to grab some random thing to include in the bag. I unload it onto the belt in bagging order, come on dude... But I sure as hell don't say anything because seriously? That's even worse than the ever so slight mild annoyance. But these days I use an ikea bag as my re-usable shopping bag and everything just goes in the bag, it's great.
ChloeRed
I normally use an ikea blue bag for drinks, and smaller bags for everything else, to split them into which room they are going too *nods*
DuffyMx
it was a thing in southafrika years ago when I still lived there. but it wasn't the cashier themselfes, but a separate "Bagger" whos only job was to bag items.
Mydogatemycomments
Same in Brazil. Sometimes the cashier will help too.
TheBlueMuppet
Common in the US too, the bagger will also grab carts, clean up messes, and other little stuff with customers so if an old lady needs a hand loading the car it won't stop checkouts.
0570
Weirdest shit I've seen was in the Caribbean, 4 employees per checkout lane. One putting the groceries on the conveyor, one on the register, one bagging and one walking it to your car. They all expected tips.
exitparadise
In Eastern Europe, a lot of stores were/are old soviet style where 1 person gets items for u, then you take to a cashier who rings up your total, then to another person for payment. It's like they just need to make up jobs so people have something to do.
Psilocybinaut
That's too much human interaction and too many tips for things I can do myself. I'd just starve.
NonExistingWisper
Yes! That would give me such an anxiety attack...
gtotherizzle
Used to be, I remember when "baggers" started to be less and less a thing and people started losing their minds. Now it's self-checkout that's pissing people off.
Misteree8
I lobee self-check out. Quick as hell no chichat. Pay/bag and go. If you dont know how to scan a bar code and put things in a bag neeatly(your way), then you got bigger issues.
Akurei00
Self checkout is great if their machines don't blow and require an employee to come over for every other goddamn item i scan. Most places I have no issue with. A Meijer near me is a serial offender, though.
It's also great for smaller numbers of items but it's kinda nice to have someone else scanning if it's a full buggy. Speeds things up a bit.
Weirdly our Home Depot added a couple of lanes of them, then decided to man each of them.
RandyRandalman
Absofuckinlutely love listening to lazy idiots whine about these. "If I wanted to bag my own groceries I would apply for a job here" Oh yeah Karen, you're going to apply for a position at a place where "It's not even a real job" and "They don't deserve more than minimum wage" ?? Fuck off.
gtotherizzle
They used to bitch about self-serve sodas too. That lasted well into the aughts
tyr2180
Yep, there are those out there. And there are people like me, who 90% of the time would prefer to do the whole process myself because I know what I want, how I want it, and how much time I want it to take.
GerbilHereReportingLiveFromRichardGeresAss
I think self checkouts are the best. In fact I don't like shopping in places where I have to stand in line anymore because of that. I get my stuff, swipe that shit real quick and I'm out, bing bang boom done. I don't mind doing it myself but I do think that people at self-checkouts should maybe get a tiny discount on groceries bc we're doing something someone else is getting paid for. No biggie though.
nanananananaananan
I love self checkout! No lines because everyone is too busy being lazy!
ValidGirthCertificate
I love it too.
I always get the cutest cashier
tigeraid
In Canada as well, but many of us, especially the younger generations, just do it ourselves anyway. For one thing it's faster, for anything, like, I'm not lazy fuck. Most old people seem to REQUIRE it.
iRegretThisUsernameAlready
Baggers are way faster *and* better at it than me. If I'm doing it myself, chances are the cashier will help me finish instead of just waiting for me to be gone.
ChloeRed
UK here: how does someone who doesn't know where stuff goes in my house know which bag to put stuff in.. I bag by where it's going *nods*
linkdk59
As a European foreigner in Canada, this bagging thing is just so incredibly awkward for me. I am glad to see that it's not just me then. But I've tried several approaches. Sometimes I bag with them, with 2 bags. This seems to be the less awkward strategy.
bitemark
I'm in Canada too and I definitely see the older people expecting it, also you can really see who feels entitled by how they act at this point
MMX2019
In france, it is also done by teenagers as a part-time job after school, at least in shops near the German border.
MMX2019
They tried to establish it in Germany. Elderly people thought they were stealing their purchased goods and hit them with canes and umbrellas
NonExistingWisper
How? Underage jobs aren't allowed in France, right?
MMX2019
as far as I know, teenagers are allowed part-time jobs in their holidays. Like also distributing advertising papers etc...
They are basically not allowed to work before/after certain hours of day, and not do any dangerous jobs.
Don't know what the current legislation is, this was a few years ago while I lived near the border.
NonExistingWisper
I must check it out then! When I was a teenager, all my work was done 'illegally'...
whizzer
So like....do you just stand there awkwardly doing nothing while someone else bags???
linkdk59
Sometimes I have two bags, so I also bag stuff with them. Efficiency! But then I grab items for my own bag before them. Awkward!
iRegretThisUsernameAlready
I find it less awkward than the cashier waiting for me to finish doing it myself so she can start ringing the next customer's items. And more often than not the bagger will be done before or around the time I'm finished paying anyway, unless he got here after I did.
Freeze011
yeah this, i am feeling uneasy even thinking about having someone else do it for me...should i help? should i look away? should i smile apologetic? What do I do!
MechAegis
How do yoi smile apologetically? Like do you smile and have your eye brows sad like??
TheWombatStrikesAgain
It's definitely not popular in Europe. Wal-Mart tried that shit in Germany. Nobody liked it, they lost a billion dollars, and had to leave the country in shame.
TheShamkat
i thought it was about laws protecting workers they did not want to follow.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
It was a bunch of things. People not liking the concept of megastores, massive entrenched competition from local discounters, forcing American corporate culture on customers and employees, and yes, there was also trouble with unions and worker protection laws they tried to ignore. A lavishly-produced shitshow in several acts.
TheShamkat
Anyway, our cashiers sit and we pack ourself, at aldi etc you just put everything back in the trolles and use packing tables to fill yout self brought bags
TheWombatStrikesAgain
(Okay, there MIGHT have been aditional reasons for their failure. But trying to force their corporate culture on people who didn't like it was definitely one of them.)
breals
It also might have the already strong competition from Lidl and Aldi.
FPAlpha
Forced smiles on greeters which creeped people out, work laws that prevented them from exploiting workers, strong unions and borderline illegal business practices ( selling under cost to force out local competition) - good riddance.
whatwhenwherewhyhowwho
They do it at the checkouts in South Australia..(not sure about the rest of the country)
DanJDare
Fellow radelaidian here and now I feel kinda bad for the checkout peeps here.
SleepyGary
Checkout peeps are a dying breed these days
Nakiepanda
Do in QLD as well
wilkgr
Definitely an option at Colesworth in Qld, but fewer and fewer people are actually using it. I tend to bag myself because it's faster and I want to get out of the damn store
joleen
Yep in New South Wales also. But not in Aldi
Homosexualsaregay
It's all over the country but anyone who actually stands there and watches someone scan and bag their stuff is an entitled, lazy fuck
phoenixsilver
What? I've lived in Australia 34 out of my 36 years and never have I seen a customer bagging their own groceries at a staffed checkout (except for ALDI obvs).
Homosexualsaregay
I've always bagged my stuff. Quicker and easier for everyone
phoenixsilver
In woolies and Coles, you can't really do it yourself because they've got the bag holder on the employee's side of the cash register and they generally put things directly into the bags as they scan them.
Homosexualsaregay
I only shop in Woolies and always bag my own stuff
5cX469Nit9JuI1MAZG5c3AdA
Back in the day, there used to be 2 workers per checkout lane: one would work the register and scanner, and the other would bag. After decades of cost-cutting, now it's just one stressed-out employee for the whole store, and it's about 50/50 whether they also bag your groceries or you do it.
NonExistingWisper
stronomer
Why the fuck can customers not put the stuff they then own into their own bags when they leave a store???
joot78
My store still has dedicated baggers.
WoopDeFrickenDoo
depends where you go completely. Whole foods they bag for you even if there's one cashier. Trader Joe's same. WF usually has a seperate bagging person. Idk why this video is making such a big deal out of it, it's up to the business what they want to pay people to be doing for customers.
mamapants
Being a bagger was my first job when I was a kid. Now I zip in the minute they start scanning and bag well and quickly. I'll see a bagger walk up, up go the eyebrows, and away they go. Go help someone else out, fellow customer service! I got this.
Melanonymous
In mexico it's two people as well, usually the bagging people are retirees who work for tips- but during covid cut them out and at least in my supermarket only a few returned. If there isn't someone available you're supposed to bag your own- i would never even think to have the cashier bag them, it just seems like such a waste of time for everyone.
pacanukeha
still have that in many stores up here in Canada
starrs3
When i was a cashier at kmart we were expected to scan and bag. The bags were even on our side of the counter not qt the end.
Rhynn
Here in the Netherlands you're expected to bring your own bags. You can buy them at the store if you forget, but no way anyone else is doing the bagging for you...
Noahbalboa82
Safeway and Fred Meyer (Kroger) has the cashier bag still. I co to WinCo, which has been self-bagging forever. I like bagging myself, gives me something to do while cashier is scanning
motherfluffer
Still regular in parts of Brazil too, they bring them to the car and you supposed to tip a little
joble
Wow, did not know that.
PrfctDrk
Nononono, here in Portland OR at Safeway locations that's a courtesy clerk's job, bag groceries for checkers. You get called you have to go
Saxytimes
Yep, I 'member that. There also used to be someone outside to watch your cart while you pull your car around and help you load the car.
PTNLemay
Here in Canada we still have bag boys. Usually it's a new employee who's just starting out.
KalleSchnikov
So.... US prople are used to people filling your car up AND bagging your groceries..? HODDAMN LAZY MILLENIALS HDVSCACSHEURNFBSKDBSCAXAVCFCFX
Theoj05
I've lived here my whole life and I've never seen either of those things. I'm guessing very region or company-specific.
PrincessDaystar
2 states total for gas being pumped for you...
Theoj05
Which is also crazy to me. I'm closing in on 40, never seen that either.
aRabidGerbil
Attendants pumping your gas is only a thing in Oregon and New Jersey, and that's only because it's been made a legal requirement as a sort of make-work program.
Navilapiano017
It's more a boomer thing. From what I know of my parents and their friends, Gen X is more humble about it, accepting help bagging or no help. Gen Y mostly prefers self checkout so we likely bag our own groceries anyway.
CuteDudeTheSquirrel
Growing up it was like that. By the time I was a cashier like 15 years ago I was both scanning and bagging. It's still set up like that anywhere I shop now but I'll try and step in to bag it myself.
takeitfromthetop
Bagging was often a job for folks with disabilities in the stores near me... It felt like a good opportunity, kind of sad to see it go.
Atomic2
I guess that depends on market. I still see lots of special needs folks employed at the grocery stores near me.
drezrale
It was a shit job honestly, take it from a disabled person. They payed you so little that you'd make more money by just staying on disability. This is why onlyfans is better because I can post my lamp collection on there and some weirdo jerks off to it every day.
Gobjin
Don't shame me
drezrale
So you're the one who paid me $3500 and leaves the most erotic messages about a lamp from 1962.
PutItInNeutral
They still have baggers at the grocery stores I go to, but it is not one to one per cashier.
clarkWhogotsanity
Same unless it's busy then sometimes you end up with two baggers per cashier especially with the fast ones.
mikeatike
I've never seen that. Here it's more like 1 bagger per 2 cashiers. Like the cashier bags it, unless there's a lot of stuff and the bagger jumps in to help. Might be more of a city thing, in the rural area where I grew up it was always bag your own. They had a divider bar so the cashier could move on to the next customer if someone was bagging slow.
mikeatike
Tho I suspect the baggers get paid less, so it makes more sense to have more baggers, so they don't need as many cashiers. Tho in a lot of stores they tried making not enough lanes open on purpose to force people to use the self checkout. Thus letting them hire less cahsiers. There has been some backlash.
thisiskissel
The only grocery that doesn’t bag that I’ve seen is Aldi. The other five chains around me bag. Some have dedicated baggers. I live in a lower socioeconomical, rural area.
JesaraB
I've been to a few that still have the checkouts Designed for a bagger to be at the end, but now it's all just slid over there for you to do it yourself.
kingkongkeom
Because Aldi is German and designed for efficiency, low costs, and decent quality. Nonsense like baggers would increase the prices, and noone wants that. Put it back in your shopping cart, pay, get out of the way and bag it yourself.
VodkaReindeer
In Finland we refused to do that so they had to add large counters so we could bag em without putting them back to the cart first.
IrrelevantHandle
Aldi is the one where cashiers are allowed to sit, right?
BellicoseAlgorithm
Yup
Taalen
That's another weird American oddity. Why on earth would you not let cashiers sit?
IrrelevantHandle
They don't in Canada either and I'm not sure why. Puritan cultural holdover? I have a hard time imagining someone complaint about cashiers sitting but then I have a hard time imagining all sorts of apparently normal behaviour.
Dolenmorgul
I still remember all the drama for having to gas up your car yourselves
porphyre1e00
Ha ha, hello Jersey! Oregon used to be like that. I didn't know and 15 years ago I was there on business and got spooked by the attendant as I was rushing to refill the rental and get to the airport.....
Dolenmorgul
I'm not American, I'm from Belgium. I'm 47 and never had a station employee pump my gas for me exept an elderly lady who owned a gas station and I guess that was only because she liked to chat about the weather, I just remember the drama from this website.
prosper020
I am American, 33, never even knew stations still pumped gas for people until the drama hit here.
hetnkik999
It is (was?) a state-by-state thing. I live in California and never saw a gas station attendant until I went to the east coast, and I hated it. I just looked up the history and self serve gas has been a thing in California since 1947.
BrdCdn
Yeah as a Canadian some stations used to have both options but it was not super common and now I haven't seen that in ages. It's frustrating driving through some states where they still make you let an attendant do it.