Issue with Bag Boys (or Girls)

[mckimba]

Ok I need to vent here...Went to Stop and Shop to use my Double $1 Q's and I checked with Cust Service first to make sure I can do what I wanted to. Transaction went great, cashier was awesome !!! I had an issue with the person bagging my groceries. I ALWAYS use totes, I hate plastic bags, I had handed him my totes before the transaction started but he started bagging with plastic, I was like excuse me I would like to use my totes and avoid the plastic bags, so he started and filled one tote and again back to the plastic, I took the plastic bags dumped my groceries out and re bagged them in my totes he replied you should of told me you didn't want plastic....I was thinking OMG I did tell you (S&S credits 5 cents a bag) The cashier looked at him and said pay attention....lol.....I swear its usually the cashier that issues occur with not the person who bags them

[DebbieBofJC]

What ever happened to "do you want paper of plastic"? (or none of the above).
Sounds like his mind was somewhere else. Not good customer service.

[momto3kittiess]

I understand your frustration...

But being a bagger doing the same thing for 8 hours...I use to zone out big time to.

[bfleon]

My issue with the baggers is that they don't know how to bag . I did this job in college so I'm a bit sympathetic, but at the store I worked at they taught you the proper way to sack groceries so that things don't get crushed. I always ask that they bag the cold stuff separate from the other stuff because I put that stuff away first. I will usually separate the cold from the non-cold on the belt as I am unloading. Inevitably they will mix items and I end up re-bagging everything myself . I use the totes too and I hate when they put only a couple of items in a bag. I don't like having to go to the car multiple times to get my groceries so I don't mind the bags being a little heavy.

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If it becomes a consistant problem I would let a manager know. The cashiers at my WM almost always complain about my cloth bags. When I let a manager know he said that's crazy since WM sells cloth bags!

Hopefully for you it was just a one time thing and the kid was just zoned out or something.

[mckimba]

I felt bad, I know it isn't the easiest job in the world, I too separate everything on the belt better it hardly ever works and of course I usually fill the bags, they are sturdy enough....I'll bag myself (which I tend to do at Walmart because the cashier can't handle them) it will be less frustrating

[lazydayhorsefarm]

Maybe the poor bagger was just having a bad day.

[clp8904]

I totally understand what you mean. I haven't had any problems with the baggers at my Publix, but Walmart the cashier acts as if you are asking them to cut their arm off.

The last time I took my cloth bags in the cashier would not bag it, I had to do it myself.

[heresanother]

I haven't had a bagger at a grocery store in a long time. Some places in my area will have the cashier bag as they go. But mostly, we are now expected to bag our own groceries.

And, I agree - gotta bag the cold stuff separately!!!