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[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 50 points 10 months ago

I think I'm too european to understand this meme

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago
[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 36 points 10 months ago

That's weird as well, but what I meant is in Europe you pack your groceries yourself

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

This OP picture is from somewhere in Europe. "Till" is the English word, while Americans would say something like cash register or check out counter. And SPAR is a European chain of grocery stores

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 4 points 10 months ago
[-] SugarSnack@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

She's Irish, and has possibly one of the most Irish names I've ever seen.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago

I'm guessing ROI.

[-] spikespaz@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago

But in the U.S our food is not fresh enough to be bagged by the customer. It must be wrapped so it can sit out for a considerable duration.

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

Some places in the UK will ask if you want help packing your bags.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 2 points 10 months ago

interesting, didn't know that despite having lived in the UK and Ireland for a while

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Oh, right.

Maybe we should look into that to reduce unemployment.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 10 months ago

The Asian model, create endless useless jobs to make sure everyone can have something to do even if it's just standing in front of a parking entrance to point people in.

[-] TacoNissan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

So like Walmart greeters

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 3 points 10 months ago

David Graeber wants to speak with you

[-] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

A meme on a folded baguettes getting to bullshit jobs is the dream

[-] iegod@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Labor for the sake of it. What an American response.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

How else are people going to learn useful life skills such as baguette origami?

[-] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Colruyt insists on their weird "cashier tranfers the items into another cart while scanning and bags them for you while they're at it" strategy. And they do own the Spar brand in Belgium.

Although as franchisees some of the Spar stores keep the regular tills. Unfortunately mine does the weird cart transfer thing, which is much slower, though apparently it deters theft..?

[-] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 10 months ago

At expensive American grocery stores, they have baggers.

[-] spikespaz@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago
[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

At my local Price Chopper they have occasional baggers. It’s definitely not an expensive store.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 0 points 10 months ago

Exactly what I'm referring to

[-] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm from the "European country" known as UK and every single major store sells plastic wrapped baguettes. You only see them in paper in the smaller shops

[-] naun@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

It's a plastic bag with tiny holes in it. These are on the store floor, where people can grab a baguette for themselves. The plastic keeps the braguette relatively safe, and the holes allow moisture to escape, keeping the baguette crispy for the day

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Oddly enough, most American supermarkets put every baguette they bake that day (if they bake it that day) in plastic bags. Although in this case, I believe they mean that they broke the baguette in the plastic bag in half so it would fit in the bag with the rest of the groceries.

[-] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The meme is also European, from Ireland. That said, I'm more interested which Spar is selling long enough baguettes that they don't fit in a bag. My local shops don't.

[-] luluApples@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I know lidl sell the big baguettes like this

[-] Bruncvik@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks; I'll try it. I usually get bread and sparkling water there (their produce and meat quality got so bad I switched to Aldi), but I haven't been looking for baguettes yet.

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Americans still feeling superior because their country has solved this problem by selling sliced bread.

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 1 points 10 months ago

meh, as if europe had no bread slicing machines in supermarkets

[-] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Congrats on getting half the joke.

The other half is that Europeans would not equate a loaf to a baguette.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Imagine buying a presliced baguette tho ahahah

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