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(USA) Is It Rude To Ask To Bag Your Own Groceries?
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I don't ask, I just start bagging. If they get done scanning before I get done bagging I switch to paying and either finish bagging after I'm done, or they finish bagging for me. You can wait for them to scan and then bag but honestly it makes me feel like a jackass to just stand there and watch them do it.
This is mostly at Ralphs/Kroger, but I wouldn't hesitate to just start packing my stuff in any grocery store unless there was a bagger standing right there. Very rarely do I see any stores that hire enough people to keep baggers around though, usually they just make the cashiers do both jobs.
I do this too, if they don't have a bagger (especially if they have a line) I'll just start throwing stuff in a bag. What am I doing anyway besides just staring at them, might as well help them out.
However, I freaking loathe Kroger right now because they're cutting down on staff like baggers. Corporations see people like us helping out bagging and they see it as "Great! Don't need baggers anymore!" No you assholes, it's because you're trying to squeeze two jobs out of one person: cashier and bagger. Pay your employees double if you want them to do that.
Really? I say "Thanks worker. Gimme my food." And grab the bag and leave all rushed.
They don't deserve names. /S