Hi Kristin Here...SO a few thoughts on supermarket ettiquette...
What is the proper ettiquette when there is no bagger in your check out lane. Are we supposed to bag? Are we supposed to help the cashier bag?? Do you ever pick a lane BECAUSE there is a bagger and then your about to start your order and they leave....
Shouldn't we treat aisles like streets, like one side is for carriages going and one is for carriages coming...do not just ram your carriage down the middle of the asile. Also do not stand in the middle of the aisle asking your wife (who is at home and you are on your cell) what kind of cereal to get.
I was at Stop and Shop Sunday doing the shopping solo and I got Anthony some surpise cookies from the bakery. They were special italian cookies that he likes that he only gets a few times a year. When the lady was ringing them in she said " are you sure you want these, kinda of expensive for cookies" would I be buying them if I didn't want them??? Just scan them and shush.....
Now I know you are supposed to "feel" certain fruits before your purchase them, but they should provide gloves. What if someone with all these germs and skin diseases fondles the fruit and doesn't purchase it?? That stuff don't rinse off.....
Pet peeve: when the cashier does not greet me and when they do not tell me the total amount, they just finish and look at you. makes me mad
Self Check Out Lines...Ill let Daddy Henry run with that one...
Do you put your carriage back, what about if you drop something, do you pick it up? Do you decide you don't want something and leave it on a random shelf?
Anthony has questions on the way the milk is displayed on the shelves but I will have to let him talk about that....
I think that is it.
Anthony is mowing the lawn right now!!! First time of the season. He is off tomorrow, he is taking every Friday off lately to use his time. Its supposed to rain so maybe he'll just relax in his 'jammas"
I walked today and did not get a blister, that is exciting for me!! I have a new product I use on my heels, BodyGlide, go ahead Jared, have fun with that one...
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Supermarket Etiquette/Complaints
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First: My question/statement is that grocery stores are suppose to rotate their stock, i.e. older stuff in front, newer in the back. Take milk for example. If they put older in front and neer in back, I admint I always pull from the back. So, what happens with all the old stuff left over? Do they just throw it out? Or, do you think the grocery store uses reverse psychology and they put old in back knowing people typically pull from the back?
Second: I was SUPPOSE to have tomorrow off. Now I have to work and put a presentation together that someone should have today. I am not too happy right now!!!!!
Third: Where's my baseball?
Fourth: Amanda, what exercise routine you doing tonight? Is tonight a focus on the buttocks by standing in place squeezing then releasing?
Fifth: Kristin was putting on a little skit last night having conversations with herself while she was sleeping. Scary thing is that she was talking and responding to herself in different voices. She also screamed last night at one point and slapped me incredibly hard, then got up and asked me what was wrong....HELLO!
Speaking as an ex-cashier, if there is no bagger, the cashier does the bagging. Now if the customer starts bagging, when the cashier gets done ringing in the items the cashier should either take over or help the customer. If the customer wants to do the bagging, then it's great. I know that I really appreciated it when I got help of any kind!
You'll think I'm crazy, but I loved my job as cashier. I had so much fun! I loved talking to all the people and it was usually so busy, that the time went fast. That is in part how Amanda and Jon got through college. I'd still be doing it if I hadn't had trouble with my hand.
The pictures of Chelsea are so cute!
Great stuff on supermarket annoyances K.
As for the self check out business, I just can't believe all the folks who just seem to love doing that. It's like they think it's a privilege that the store lets them do their own check out??? Hello????
Here's my take on it:
I'm NOT on the payroll!
When they decide to start paying ME or at least give a discount on the goods I buy, then I'll think about doing the self check out thing.
Until then I am content to wait in line and let the store employees do their job.
Lynn, When I was little it was my dream job to me a cashier!! I used to pretend to scan things all the time.
Wow great blog Piston! My little sister has quite the penchant for "meanderings" types of blogs. I like this. I absolutely HATE when I have to bag my own groceries. Not because I'm some type of elitist, but because I feel that if I have to perform "work" in the store, then I should at least get a discount on my groceries. Dont you think that is fair? I mean, I'm WORKING there, ya know? Sometimes, if its busy, I will bag WICKED slow just to irk the cashier who has a long line of people. Its not their fault, but maybe they'll tell their boss that they need more baggers. Also, I have written FOUR comment cards at Hannaford about this. To no avail.
This is fun! I like this entry on the supermarkets...
Okay -- When I drop something I do pick it up and put it back. Sometimes I'll even put things back that I didn't drop...like things that I find that are out of place. I don't know why. Some kind of organizational need that I have I guess. Jared will probably ask why I don't do that at home....
Twon -- with the milk, I think most people just grab the one that's in the front. I know I do. But I always check the date. I'm not sure that most people think about it. They just grab the one that's closest to them.
Also, please don't make fun of my walking in place DVD. It's actually fun. And you're wrong about tonight's routine -- I'm actually working on my arms - just raising them up and down while I sit on the couch.
I guess I don't mind helping with bagging. But I won't go through the self check-out. Speaking of which, do you guys remember when we went through the self checkout and paid for the bruschetta? Kristin, you rang it in like regular bulk tomatoes, so we ended up paying something like $1.79 per pound for the bruschetta which was really I think $7.99 per pound! That was fun.
The bruschetta incident was a complete accident Amanda...duh
Loved this blog Kristin!
First: I always look for a checkout line with a bagger or a cashier who bags and then I always make it a point to thank them afterwards for doing it. I HATE BAGGING!
Second: I'm one of those people who always grabs the milk from the back. I don't know why especially since Hannah Montana drinks it like water and I'm buying a gallon of mile every two to three days.
Third: There should definitely be traffice rules for the aisles in a grocery store. Enough said on that.
Fourth: Amanda you should try Leslie's Pilates video. I'm really enjoying that. I did my walk in place workout last night using my stretchy band. Tonight is my night off.
I was a BJ's and a woman said sir you can check yourself out, sure I pay $45 dollars a year membership so I can check myself out, I don't think so. Hire more cashiers!!!!! How about when you go into a store on a Sat or Sunday, and the foreigners are having a get together in the middle of the isle, with their little ones eating a box of cookies they opened that they wont pay for. Kristin good blog. You should do a seperate blog on organic products. Sure I'll pay extra for natural fish, they are all natural you bunch of idiots!!!!. Go ahead pay a dollar a pound more for range free chickens, you sure can taste the difference.
DH - That by far is your BEST comment ever!!!!! I am dying right now. Are you by any chance on Oxycontin????
I just want to put in my thoughts if i may.
First: I always like the people that are walking in front of you and stop all of the sudden. So what am i to do? Ram the cart in the persons heals? Or swerve really quick and hit the display stand? I am choosing the first one.
Just tonight i was shopping at Hannifords, and a old lady walking at -30 mph was in front of me. I could not get around her......GET OUT OF THE STORE!!!! sorry.
Second: I get all my food bagged.... and i know they left something behind... but i won't find that out until i get home. But i thought they were trained to ask the customer if they needed help out to there car. Atleast that is what i was always told in my job as a bagger..........
1. I like self check out
2. I always pull out the "first" milk
3. If you're walking too slow or stop right in front of me in an aisle, I will probably pull out around you, say, "um, hello???", and storm by you...like I do when I'm driving (right Jaw-thin?)
4. I like self check out
I'm with you Mel I also like self checkout. I find there is never anyone in that line (especially since the old people are too afraid to try it out)and I can get in and out of the store much faster.
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