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Post by Works4me on Jun 23, 2015 14:54:04 GMT -5
When they say "No bags" could they possibly mean that they have no bags with them?
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 23, 2015 14:59:52 GMT -5
When they say "No bags" could they possibly mean that they have no bags with them? That's probably what they MEAN but stating "No bags." is a declarative sentence that means they don't want any bags. They either need to bring their own bags or use a better sentence....
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Post by Ombud on Jun 23, 2015 15:10:30 GMT -5
I think I might be one of those crazies. I prefer the self check line. And the spot next to the store employee. That way I can check whether the loyalty card takes off the right amount without holding others up.
Today's haul was unreal : 4 boxes fiber 1 bars Vanilla Ground decaf (only go to the coffeehouse b4 work) 2.31 lbs cherries.
Had to pay there or I'd go over $24 cash. Was $44.28 became $23.54
2nd transaction : 2 dinners was $5, became $3
So $49.28 became around $26.54, a 46% savings. Something that I wouldn't do with a long line behind me
But at least there's 6 self check outs + 3 express (only another 6 regular)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 15:13:41 GMT -5
Is it just me or have people gotten ruder and more ignorant in public in the last few years? I worked in customer service (Fast food, retail) while in high school/college 20 years ago and people didn't seem as impatient and entitled. Now, it seems like people are ruder and feel entitled to get essentially whatever they want, whenever they want (even if what they want is against policy or isn't the advertised special, etc). Are we degrading as a society? Or am I turning into an old fogey in my thirties? BTW, get those kids off my lawn... Not on thread topic, but yesterday I had lunch with my best childhood friend, her sister and her 4 yr old granddaughter. They were pretty much letting her run around the restaurant at one point, and as she came up to complain about losing a shoe, and I responded that she wouldn't if she just sat quietly, I took a moment to contemplate my age...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2015 15:14:25 GMT -5
I am horrible at the self check line.
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Post by teen persuasion on Jun 23, 2015 15:17:12 GMT -5
My cousin's boys could eat you out of house & home, even as toddlers. She would shop quick, before they polished off half the food in the cart before she'd even paid for it. One time as she got to the checkout, her DS handed her two ends of a cucumber. He'd munched thru the middle and only the nubs were left. The cashier wanted to charge her for two cukes!
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Post by 973beachbum on Jun 23, 2015 22:24:17 GMT -5
I'm petty sure I could give Carl a run for his money now. My Fav now is the things the tourists do and say. Some of the words the Phila people use are so different or just plain funny. The most recent one is the word "bags". Doesn't sound like a word that could cause confusion. People will come up with their cartfull of groceries and say loudly that they don't want "any bags". The cashier or bagger will ask if they have their own. Some regulars do but the tourists will just say loudly again no bags at which point the bagger will just put the items after they are rung up back in their cart like Aldi's or BJ's type of thing. So what happens next? They start screaming that everyone here are total idiots and why didn't they bag their groceries. ? ? What do they think they are saying when they say "no bags"? I am trying to figure out what they are trying to do. Bags to these people from somewhere in the greater Phila area means paper bags. So to them saying no bags means no paper bags but it just doesn't translate like that to most of us down here. In my mind a bag is a bag unless they say paper or plastic. And yelling the word louder doesn't help for some reason. And a kid yelled at me to ask where the "wooder" was yesterday. I have lived here long enough to know what that is but man is it hard in the spur of the moment to figure it out! I swear I thought he wanted some wood for his campfire. In Phila speak "wooder" is the way they pronounce the word water. I swear!
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Post by 973beachbum on Jun 23, 2015 22:46:12 GMT -5
I don't think the majority of people intend to be nasty I just think people are busier now than they used to be. Years ago one person, probably mom, didn't work and they went grocery shopping on the same day every week by themselves. Today it people are rushing in to the grocery store with their kids after having just rushed home from work to pick the kids up from school or soccer. I don't think they want to be rude they are just dog tired, frustrated and hungry. And then there is what their kids are feeling. It just creates a stressful trip around the store. We also get people that I genuinely feel sorry for. They literally don't every get out to talk to a living person except for their daily trips to the grocery store when they talk to us. In some ways it is nice because they are nice people and really seem happy to be their checking out. On the other hand it is confusing to the people behind them because I know it must seem like we are lifelong friends the way they greet us. My funniest story is probably what I said. We give out these surveys. We are supposed to circle it and say "we hope you are highly satisfied". Well I don't actually pay much attention to what people buy even in express. So one young guy comes through my line and I circle the survey as I hand him his bag and say I hope he is highly satisfied as I realize the only thing he bought was a big old box of condoms.
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Post by andi9899 on Jun 23, 2015 23:35:31 GMT -5
I worked at a grocery store when I was in high school. This lady was wearing a maxi dress and dropped a deuce as she was walking across the front end of the store. A few minutes later, someone else who worked there thought it was a chocolate long john on the floor that someone had dropped that came from the bakery. They grabbed a tissue to pick it up and all of a sudden we heard "OMG"! It wasn't a donut. I swear! It really happened! It had to have been that lady!
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Post by DagnyT on Jun 23, 2015 23:55:52 GMT -5
I worked in a grocery store when I was in college. We had this one elderly, eccentric couple that shopped in the store. One day they came in and bought 25 cans of soup. They asked the cashier to put each individual can in a small (lunch size) paper bag and then to put them all into larger paper bags. After they walked out the door, I started humming the theme music from The Twilight Zone. My coworkers laughed hysterically.
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Post by weltschmerz on Jun 24, 2015 0:26:09 GMT -5
At the store where I shop, if they make a mistake ringing up an item, you go to the service desk, get your money back and get the item for free. I always hope they make a mistake.
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Post by beergut on Jun 24, 2015 0:41:54 GMT -5
Oooo, oooo, I've thought of another one. But it is possible that the crazy one was me. I guess it depends on your position on blocking the aisles with your cart.
A few months ago, I encountered either the most clueless shopper in the greater Baltimore shopping region or someone with a deep well of passive-aggressive hostility. She kept parking her cart in mid-aisle, athwart the aisle and completely blocking passage. Every. Single. Time. After parking the cart in this manner, she would wonder two or three aisles further down perusing the shelves. She actually admonished someone who she caught moving her cart to one side, telling them to "just go around" her cart, which was not possible as she had left no room for that. After encountering her myself for the second time, when she left to wander the aisles I moved her cart two aisles back. She did not catch on and did it again. By this time, I am stalking her, and as soon as she leaves the cart, I moved it two aisles back. She did it again. Moved it three aisles back. She's either weapons-grade stupid, or people do this to her all the time and it just doesn't register. We kept up this dance until she reached the far side of the store, at which point I moved it all the way to the other side of the store.
My work was done. I retrieved my own cart and went on my way.
I am retired. I have time to play Grocery Store Avenger.
Sometimes I dance with my shopping cart if the music in the store is really good.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jun 24, 2015 1:04:12 GMT -5
1) I cannot work the self-checkout thing to save my life. 2) Last month, I was the crazy one. Sigh. I was at Costco. I swear to goodness DD#2 was behind me with the cart. I knew DH was dawdling along somewhere, but as far as I knew, we were done shopping. So, I go up to the checkout area, thinking DD is immediately behind me with cart. I get in line, I turn around to say something to her and it's a well-dressed little, old lady with a cart. I looked at her, puzzled. I said right to her "Well, that's odd, my daughter was just right behind me. You're not her." I stayed in line. Less than 30 seconds later, DD and our cart walked up. I had her get in line with me. The little old lady was annoyed, but not annoyed enough to say anything directly to me. In the next 90 seconds she made a few mutterings under her breath and then pushed her cart into me. I ignored her. My husband came up, and then it was our turn to start unloading onto the conveyor belt. I didn't move up. I wasn't going to let the LOL and now her husband who had joined her push into my kid. Eventually, there was about five feet of open space between me and the conveyor belt. The LOL's husband asked me to move up. I declined. He asked again. I said no, his wife was being rude and pushed me, and I wasn't letting them near my kid (who was up at the register with DH). The LOL started making more comments about how I cut in front of her. I started to lose it at that point. I yelled at her that I told her I thought my child was right behind me. At this point, DH realized I was losing my temper. He sent me to the car. I made a mean face at the LOL before I stomped off. This was right after I had been told I was losing my job, and my anxiety level was through the roof. That's not an excuse though. My behavior was unacceptable.
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Post by cronewitch on Jun 24, 2015 2:46:23 GMT -5
My niece's daughter has Down syndrome and knows how to run the self check out now at 16. Her mom is teaching her shopping saying things like these eggs are 3.79 and these are 2.99 which should we get? Then when they go to check out she made the girl do all the self check out, the girl wanted mom to bag groceries but she refused and made the daughter do it. Someday the girl might need to buy groceries without her mom so good to learn. She is learning office work in school, photocopying and filing, doing what the person tells them. Her career goal is to be retired like her grand parents, her mom expects her to work.
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 24, 2015 8:15:12 GMT -5
No - people have always been assholes. Now that you are older you notice it more. I don't think that's entirely true. Yeah there have been assholes for generations, but people are different now. They are meaner and more self-centered in general. Meaner and more self-centered than the 80's? The generation known for being mean and self centered? Being mean and self-centered was an aspiration!
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 24, 2015 8:21:21 GMT -5
If the lady was buying coca cola items with coupons from "My Coke Rewards", she would have to go through a regular line. They usually aren't accepted at self-check and around here, the self-checks are not always manned. I've used these coupons and they always beep--the cashier has to manually enter them.
The gal in question should have checked out all her items in a regular check stand. Out here, that now means one looooonnng line at the one lane open. Sorry, Haitian, but I absolutely detest going to the grocery store. Service has gone downhill big time. Maybe that's why everyone is so irritated in there. This was a very rare time in this particular grocery store where they had plenty of check-out lanes open. I was shocked. I have been shopping at this store for a long time, but I see the cycle of doom starting there. They decided to reduce staff - possibly by one single checker, maybe more. And the lines got worse. Then less people started shopping there, so they reduced staff again. And so it goes. They are carving their own gravestone with that one. I now shop at another store 75% of the time. The other store has tons of shoppers and it is not unusual to see every register up and going. With the exception of one overly-friendly and super slow cashier, you can whip out of there pretty quickly.
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Post by zibazinski on Jun 24, 2015 8:51:56 GMT -5
I always use the self checkout. I'm in, I'm out. No muss no fuss. No rude people or dealing with cashiers that mess up. I love it.
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Post by Mardi Gras Audrey on Jun 24, 2015 9:01:21 GMT -5
I don't think that's entirely true. Yeah there have been assholes for generations, but people are different now. They are meaner and more self-centered in general. Meaner and more self-centered than the 80's? The generation known for being mean and self centered? Being mean and self-centered was an aspiration! well, FWIW, I see most of these kind of behaviors in the people in their 50s and 60s. The ones who would have been younger adults in the 1980s. It boggles my mind watching people my parents age act like 4 year olds in the middle of a store. It makes me want to call them out and point out that they aren't the only person on the planet and they need to grow up. Somehow, I don't think that would sink in.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 24, 2015 9:01:39 GMT -5
We do the bulk of our shopping at Woodman's on the weekends. They often have about 20 lanes open. And they STILL have people 3-5 deep waiting to check out!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 9:03:57 GMT -5
I don't think that's entirely true. Yeah there have been assholes for generations, but people are different now. They are meaner and more self-centered in general. Meaner and more self-centered than the 80's? The generation known for being mean and self centered? Being mean and self-centered was an aspiration! No. The 80s generation is the one behind me muttering, both in the grocery store and on here, while I refuse to swipe my credit card in advance.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 24, 2015 9:04:33 GMT -5
Oooo, oooo, I've thought of another one. But it is possible that the crazy one was me. I guess it depends on your position on blocking the aisles with your cart.
A few months ago, I encountered either the most clueless shopper in the greater Baltimore shopping region or someone with a deep well of passive-aggressive hostility. She kept parking her cart in mid-aisle, athwart the aisle and completely blocking passage. Every. Single. Time. After parking the cart in this manner, she would wonder two or three aisles further down perusing the shelves. She actually admonished someone who she caught moving her cart to one side, telling them to "just go around" her cart, which was not possible as she had left no room for that. After encountering her myself for the second time, when she left to wander the aisles I moved her cart two aisles back. She did not catch on and did it again. By this time, I am stalking her, and as soon as she leaves the cart, I moved it two aisles back. She did it again. Moved it three aisles back. She's either weapons-grade stupid, or people do this to her all the time and it just doesn't register. We kept up this dance until she reached the far side of the store, at which point I moved it all the way to the other side of the store.
My work was done. I retrieved my own cart and went on my way.
I am retired. I have time to play Grocery Store Avenger.
Sometimes I dance with my shopping cart if the music in the store is really good. You're freaking awesome. And we will be in the greater Baltimore area later this year. Can my shopping cart dance with your shopping cart? Heck, I'll even buy you a cape, with the letters "GSA" on it, looping beautifully around a shiny grocery cart. With wings.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jun 24, 2015 9:09:47 GMT -5
Psst Wouldn't it be GSA on the cape?
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jun 24, 2015 9:14:44 GMT -5
Psst Wouldn't it be GSA on the cape? Yup. Fixed. Not enough caffeine in my veins yet.
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Post by Opti on Jun 24, 2015 15:24:49 GMT -5
No - people have always been assholes. Now that you are older you notice it more. I don't think that's entirely true. Yeah there have been assholes for generations, but people are different now. They are meaner and more self-centered in general. I think the attachment to cell phones and other electronics are part of why people are so self-obsessed and other people ignoring. FWIW. MHO.
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Post by Opti on Jun 24, 2015 15:40:55 GMT -5
When they say "No bags" could they possibly mean that they have no bags with them? Perhaps. If so, I have a feeling its like me trying to make sure no cheese is on a sandwich/food I order. No Cheese, sounds similar to Cheese please to those only partially listen or are in a hurry.
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Post by garion2003 on Jun 24, 2015 16:20:46 GMT -5
? ? What do they think they are saying when they say "no bags"? I am trying to figure out what they are trying to do. Bags to these people from somewhere in the greater Phila area means paper bags. So to them saying no bags means no paper bags but it just doesn't translate like that to most of us down here. In my mind a bag is a bag unless they say paper or plastic. And yelling the word louder doesn't help for some reason. And a kid yelled at me to ask where the "wooder" was yesterday. I have lived here long enough to know what that is but man is it hard in the spur of the moment to figure it out! I swear I thought he wanted some wood for his campfire. In Phila speak "wooder" is the way they pronounce the word water. I swear!
I had friends from the Midwest who would refer to a bag as a "sack".
My friend from New Jersey would say "warter" and I would say "waddah". (Boston)
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Post by taz157 on Jun 24, 2015 18:46:02 GMT -5
I HATE people who talk on their cell phones in the grocery line. They rarely move! I've seen them block the cashier area, too.
Pretty soon they'll be banning cell phones in stores. (I hope.) Unless they ban "stupid" first... back in college, I worked retail at a clothing store. cell phones weren't anywhere near as common, but you still had the occasional self-absorbed idiot that would be yammering away as they came up to the register. I remember having this discussion with the store mgr, and I had his absolute approval to ignore anyone on a cell phone until they hung up. thyme, that is priceless. My MIL used to be a cashier at a national pharmacy chain and would ignore people on a cell phone. She would wait patiently until they were off the phone to ring them up. If anyone complained, I didn't hear about it...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 20:07:19 GMT -5
We do the bulk of our shopping at Woodman's on the weekends. They often have about 20 lanes open. And they STILL have people 3-5 deep waiting to check out! I will assume Woodman's is a local grocery store in your area? In my neck of the woods, it's a clam shack.
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Jun 24, 2015 20:13:47 GMT -5
I get annoyed at the adults who take the little kids carts at Trader Joes who are perfectly capable of using the regular carts and then DS cries because he wants a kid cart to push. There are only a handful of the itty bitty ones and tons of the regular carts. Really If you are not a little person you have no reason to take a child cart!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 20:26:23 GMT -5
We do the bulk of our shopping at Woodman's on the weekends. They often have about 20 lanes open. And they STILL have people 3-5 deep waiting to check out! You are fearless doing Woodman's on a weekend. I like it after midnight.
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