Where are the grocery baggers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Giant has baggers, but they're usually developmentally disabled and just slow down the process.

I'm sorry you see it that way. That is the same situation at our Giant stores but if they do slow things down, I've never noticed it. I notice them doing a great job and I always specifically thank them as I leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Giant has baggers, but they're usually developmentally disabled and just slow down the process.

I'm sorry you see it that way. That is the same situation at our Giant stores but if they do slow things down, I've never noticed it. I notice them doing a great job and I always specifically thank them as I leave.

Here's your gold star! I thank them too, I wasn't raised by wolves, but they do bag slowly and illogically (don't spread things over my multiple bags or put all the heavy items in one bag and light items in another, etc). I'd rather do it myself.

[Anonymous]

Do any of the Giants still have both baggers and loaders? I remember going back a decade, you'd pull up to the front of the store and someone would load the groceries in the car for you.

[Anonymous]

Snider's Super Foods in Silver Spring - baggers and they'll load groceries in your car!

[Anonymous]

Commissary has baggers. Trader Joe's/Whole Foods/Mom's has baggers if they aren't super busy.

[Anonymous]

and since we are talking about baggers ...... I hate that if you bring your own bag to target they will not bag it for you.

(The Target on 14th Street)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any of the Giants still have both baggers and loaders? I remember going back a decade, you'd pull up to the front of the store and someone would load the groceries in the car for you.

The parcel pick up boys at my hometown Giant were from a neighborhood high school and I always thought they were so cute.

Haven't seen them in almost 20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Giant has baggers, but they're usually developmentally disabled and just slow down the process.

I'm sorry you see it that way. That is the same situation at our Giant stores but if they do slow things down, I've never noticed it. I notice them doing a great job and I always specifically thank them as I leave.

Here's your gold star! I thank them too, I wasn't raised by wolves, but they do bag slowly and illogically (don't spread things over my multiple bags or put all the heavy items in one bag and light items in another, etc). I'd rather do it myself.

Agree. It's rare to get a good bigger even when they're there. I put my things on the belt the way I want them bagged, but even still they do,crazy shit like put raw meat and fruit in the same bag, or leave 3 bags empty while one gets loaded with all the heaviest stuff. No, thanks. I'd rather do it myself.

The Harris Teeter way out on Duke St. in Alexandria still has good baggers--or they did a couple years ago (I moved).

[Anonymous]

I only like the way Trader Joe's bags the groceries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Giant has baggers, but they're usually developmentally disabled and just slow down the process.

I'm sorry you see it that way. That is the same situation at our Giant stores but if they do slow things down, I've never noticed it. I notice them doing a great job and I always specifically thank them as I leave.

Here's your gold star! I thank them too, I wasn't raised by wolves, but they do bag slowly and illogically (don't spread things over my multiple bags or put all the heavy items in one bag and light items in another, etc). I'd rather do it myself.

Agree. It's rare to get a good bigger even when they're there. I put my things on the belt the way I want them bagged, but even still they do,crazy shit like put raw meat and fruit in the same bag, or leave 3 bags empty while one gets loaded with all the heaviest stuff. No, thanks. I'd rather do it myself.

The Harris Teeter way out on Duke St. in Alexandria still has good baggers--or they did a couple years ago (I moved).

Von's in CA also employs the developmentally-disabled as baggers. They are usually slower but, as a mom with an autistic DD, I appreciate businesses that employ our SN adults and always let them do their jobs with encouragement. Once I get to my car, I do rearrange some items.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only like the way Trader Joe's bags the groceries.

They do seem to train them well in that regard. Some are a bit too chatty, though!

[Anonymous]

Well, in DC itself I think the use of baggers died off because most people bring their own bags (there's a .05 fee for a bag), a lot of people are on foot and have rolling carts and backpacks, and it's just not as simple as simply bagging stuff up, putting it back in the cart, and bringing it to a car. There are logistics involved and people choose to bag their own stuff their own way.

[Anonymous]

My mom has always tipped the baggers that help her load the groceries into the car. Does anyone else do that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: In CA, it's one of the main jobs for high school students.

Welcome to the world of entitlement - most High School kids in the area do not work.

You are joking right? This comes down to corporate greed and groceries stories making more profit if they are not employing extra people to do a job that the cashier can do. The lines are a tad longer and customers wait how many minutes more? But imagine the money saved by not paying those employees who stand there and bag?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, in DC itself I think the use of baggers died off because most people bring their own bags (there's a .05 fee for a bag), a lot of people are on foot and have rolling carts and backpacks, and it's just not as simple as simply bagging stuff up, putting it back in the cart, and bringing it to a car. There are logistics involved and people choose to bag their own stuff their own way.

Why would it matter if you bring your own bag or not? Items still go in the bag. BAGGERS just take your bags and use those rather than the store bags. That logic makes no sense.