What is wrong with Store Clerks?

[dadiOH]

Why? It's in a can and the food items were either in cans or packaged.

[micky]

Cheney was a bagboy at the Piggly-Wiggly for 17 years, until he was 27 years old. He used to get into fights with other bagboys and occasionally with customers. He was finally banned from the whole chain.

[micky]

Why the government. It's not law. It's store poicy.

Sure they can. But they don't fit on the dispenser racks so most clerks will throw away the ones that they started to use.

[Frank]

Still could leak if turned on its side like being jousted about in the trunk of your car. I've seen it happen and that's why clerks package it separately.

[trader_4]

I'm not aware that there are any govt regulations concerning what gets bagged with what either. The only govt regulations in this regard that I've seen are the few places that ban plastic bags.

Apparently he's saying it's store policy not to reused a bag. I can understand not reusing one that's left the store, but not reusing one that's been on the register counter the whole time is pretty dumb. If clerks in my store were throwing away bags just because they aren't on the rack, I'd end that fast. Multiple bags wind up coming off all the time, by either customer or bagger. I see that all the time here, but I don't see anyone throwing them out either.

Overall, I think he has a valid point. The number of bags used could be reduced by more careful bagging. Here, I don't see any strict rules like his store has. They do always put eggs and fresh meat in a separate bag. Also, things like detergent or motor oil would never be put with food. Other than that, not sure there are any rules here. I do notice some like to double bag the heavy items or limit how much they put in one bag. But those plastic bags around here are pretty tough. I've rarely had one even start to rip open, and never had one where it split and stuff fell out.

One big supermarket here was trying to limit the use of bags. They sold fabric, reusable ones for just $1 and gave you a few cents discount for each reusable bag that you used each time. After a couple years, they ended it, saying it had been very successful. That part I doubt. I rarely see anyone using them. They do have a bag recycling spot to return the plastic ones right at the store entrance. I have a big pile here, waiting to go. Problem is, I never can remember to put them in the car.....

[philo]

On 04/07/2015 06:47 AM, dadiOH wrote: X

During the manufacturing process a small amount of oil is usually left on the can. True, the amount of oil that would get on the already wrapped food is probably zero but...?

As mentioned, I'm sure the clerk was simply following regulations.

The cost of the bags is close to zero and they can be recycled at many grocery stores.

I bring my own bags most of the time and when they get dirty just use them as garbage bags, so the waste from my house is extremely small...less than half what most of my neighbors throw out.

[Moe DeLoughan]

Contradiction, dude. First you tell us you can carry all of your crap in both hands, then you complain that once it's put into back, you can't.

Your problem is that you've succumbed to Grumpy Old Man disease, probably aggravated by your lousy diet (seriously: candy bars, pop, and jerky?)

The man you were in your twenties would be horrified to see himself bitching about something as inconsequential as store clerks and grocery bags in his old age.

Have some pride, man.

[Mayayana]

| > 1 box of crackers | > 2 candy bars | > 1 one liter bottle of soda | > 1 pack of cold cuts | > 2 average cans of canned soup | > 1 package of beef jerky | > 1 small plastic jar of peanut butter | | Forget the plastic bag issue. | | Have you considered what the junk food you bought is doing to your metabolic health?

:) I was thinking the same thing. I wonder how long he'll be around to complain. Most people eat some junk food, but he seems to be doing his grocery shopping at a dollar store, buying only low-end factory food. I wouldn't consider any of those items edible in most cases. Certainly not the brands one can find in a dollar store.

It also made me think of something else: "*small* jar of peanut butter"

It's an article about how discount stores may often be more expensive because they're selling small containers at relatively high prices.

[thekmanrocks]

micky wrote: "- show quoted text - Cheney was a bagboy at the Piggly-Wiggly for 17 years, until he was 27 years old. He used to get into fights with other bagboys and occasionally with customers. He was finally banned from the whole chain. "

LMAO!! LOLOL! Priceless, Mick!

[Frank]

I shop the dollar store for certain items but would never buy something that needs to be ingested. Beef jerky, for example, may be dog jerky.

[ItsJoanNotJoann]

If you are talking about those green Grab Bags they advertise on TV they ar e not very large, but still nice bags in that they will attach to the cart sides and stand up and stay open. If you are interested in these you can b uy them at Bed, Bath, & Beyond for the same price as advertised on TV and m ostly likely they can be purchased at Target and Walgreen's. If you have a BB&B $5 off coupon even better.

There is another version of these called Cart Helper bags that are about 4-

5 times larger and attach to the cart and will stay open. I've been using a set for about 10 years. Great product! I unload them onto the grocery c onveyor belt and the bagger puts them back in after ringing up. It has cut down on those annoying plastic bags tremendously

[ItsJoanNotJoann]

Nooooo.

Yes!

Yes! Yes!

No comment. :-)

[ItsJoanNotJoann]

Putting it in a separate bag is not going to keep it from leaking.

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Frank:

+1... and that goes triple for anything from mainland China.

[Frank]

Lot of good stuff comes from China but even some of their manufacturers do no know exactly what goes into their products. I was trying to do some work for one several years ago and needed to know the composition of his dyestuffs. After about 20 emails of not getting information I told him to take his work elsewhere.

[Jerry.Tan]

This is true, and I have never seen a plastic quart of oil leak in all my years. Those old cardboard oil cans of years ago, were more likely to leak. Sure ANYTHING is possible. The world could explode today too, but people tend to over react.

I should also mention that on numerous occasions, I have told the clerks at this store to NOT put one liter bottles of soda in a bag, and NOT bag the toilet paper. More than once I have had those crappy bags rip open from the heavy soda bottles. Even double bagged, they still rip. And there is no reason the Tp needs to be bagged. But even after I ASK them to NOT beg the stuff, they still do. As a customer, I have the right to hsve my purchases bagged the way I want them. I find it easier to carry the soda by gripping the bottle, and that is my right.

I shuld note that since I live on a farm, thee is no garbage pickup. I have to burn paper and plastic, and drive 16 miles (both ways) to get rid of cans and bottles. The less trash I bring home, the less I have to burn, and burning plastic bags are not something I want to breathe.

There is another local convenience store with one particular clerk who I have regularly gotten upset with. I walk up to the counter with a HOT sandwich and a COLD can of soda. I intend to eat/drink this as soon as I get to my car. She tosses both in a bag. EVEN AFTER I CLEARLY SAY "NO BAG". So, the sandwich against the cold soda gets cold and the soda gets warm. First off, there is absolutely no reason to need a bag for two items, and it's obvious this is something I intend to eat NOW. If, after I say "NO BAG", she bags it, I immediately take it out of the bag, and leave the bag on the counter.

Clerks should be REQUIRED to ASK if we want a bag, especially for small purchases.

[bob haller]

my GF has twice bought $99.00 q tips from dollar stores.

both times the cotton swab came off and got stuuck in my ear.....

99 bucks at the docs for removal....

[Stormin Mormon]

That's a blast.

[Jerry.Tan]

The dollar stores around here DO NOT have a recycle bin for bags or anything else. In fact this one (where I had the problem) dont even have a trash barrel outside. If I get too many bags and use a shopping cart, I toss all the extra bags in the cart.

[bob_villa]

He said grocery stores...

...and that probably accounts for all the ones I see hanging in the trees, that have blown out of your friggin' cart!