Where are the grocery baggers?

[Anonymous]

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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?

And it is a bag tax, not a fee. That tax goes to the city of DC, not the store. Just like in MoCo it is a county tax, not a fee that goes to the store.

[Anonymous]

Harris teeter has them.

[Anonymous]

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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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

[Anonymous]

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

My mom did the same! I've never had anyone load my groceries into the car but would definitely tip.

[Anonymous]

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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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

Yes, i have done this. But this has zero to do with why there are no baggers. Do you think people in nyc and Chicago and dc and LA have never had to walk home with groceries lol?

I walk home with groceries in my own bags often. You can simply say "I would like to bag my own things".....

Baggers did not die off because people like you. People have walked with groceries for decades, PP.

[Anonymous]

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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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

Yes, i have done this. But this has zero to do with why there are no baggers. Do you think people in nyc and Chicago and dc and LA have never had to walk home with groceries lol?

I walk home with groceries in my own bags often. You can simply say "I would like to bag my own things".....

Baggers did not die off because people like you. People have walked with groceries for decades, PP.

Thank you for correcting me. You clearly know more about this than I do. You're very smart and know about important things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help bag

Don't be lazy

The store doesn't pay me nor offer me benefits. I am not there to work.

This is why I almost exclusively shop at Harris Teeter now. Incredible customer service.

[Anonymous]

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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.

My apologies! It's just that your comment made it sound as if you were. If you'd left out the bit about them being developmentally disabled, you would've gotten your point across just the same. If you're unhappy with their work, it really doesn't matter the reason why.

[Anonymous]

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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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

Yes, i have done this. But this has zero to do with why there are no baggers. Do you think people in nyc and Chicago and dc and LA have never had to walk home with groceries lol?

I walk home with groceries in my own bags often. You can simply say "I would like to bag my own things".....

Baggers did not die off because people like you. People have walked with groceries for decades, PP.

Thank you for correcting me. You clearly know more about this than I do. You're very smart and know about important things.

My PhD comes in handy in so many ways. Happy to pay it forward.

[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. Also, they pile heavy things on top of light things. Then I have to stop them and fix it myself. No thank you!

[Anonymous]

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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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

Yes, i have done this. But this has zero to do with why there are no baggers. Do you think people in nyc and Chicago and dc and LA have never had to walk home with groceries lol?

I walk home with groceries in my own bags often. You can simply say "I would like to bag my own things".....

Baggers did not die off because people like you. People have walked with groceries for decades, PP.

Thank you for correcting me. You clearly know more about this than I do. You're very smart and know about important things.

My PhD comes in handy in so many ways. Happy to pay it forward.

Actually, PhD, you come across as a pompous idiot. Grocery baggers only came into existence with the advent of the suburbs, car culture, and supermarkets. That's when people started to shop in bulk and buy tons of food at the same time. They need baggers to bag up all the items and bring them to people's cars. Before that mostly people in cities shopped at a small market daily (with no need for baggers) or called their grocer and had items delivered. So the PP who theorizes why there are no baggers in DC proper stores is on to something.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My supermarket has baggers. (Cathedral area of DC).

If you don't want to bag, you don't have to. The cashier will bag if there are no baggers.

Which one? Giant in Cathedral Commons?

Ha! The cashiers at the Giant Giant will happily stand by while they encourage customers to use the self check-out (and bag) stations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

Yes, i have done this. But this has zero to do with why there are no baggers. Do you think people in nyc and Chicago and dc and LA have never had to walk home with groceries lol?

I walk home with groceries in my own bags often. You can simply say "I would like to bag my own things".....

Baggers did not die off because people like you. People have walked with groceries for decades, PP.

Thank you for correcting me. You clearly know more about this than I do. You're very smart and know about important things.

My PhD comes in handy in so many ways. Happy to pay it forward.

Actually, PhD, you come across as a pompous idiot. Grocery baggers only came into existence with the advent of the suburbs, car culture, and supermarkets. That's when people started to shop in bulk and buy tons of food at the same time. They need baggers to bag up all the items and bring them to people's cars. Before that mostly people in cities shopped at a small market daily (with no need for baggers) or called their grocer and had items delivered. So the PP who theorizes why there are no baggers in DC proper stores is on to something.

Which are the proper stores vs. the improper stores in Washington?

[Anonymous]

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

UGH. You're gross. Just bag them yourself and go back into your hole.

[Anonymous]

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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.

It matters to me because I'm usually on foot so I'm packing my own stuff very carefully in the most compact way possible. I'm evening out the loads between bags to make them easier to carry, and I'm consolidating stuff. I'm not just using plastic bags and throwing stuff into them willy nilly, as baggers are wont to do. Clearly you've never had to do this.

Yes, i have done this. But this has zero to do with why there are no baggers. Do you think people in nyc and Chicago and dc and LA have never had to walk home with groceries lol?

I walk home with groceries in my own bags often. You can simply say "I would like to bag my own things".....

Baggers did not die off because people like you. People have walked with groceries for decades, PP.

Thank you for correcting me. You clearly know more about this than I do. You're very smart and know about important things.

My PhD comes in handy in so many ways. Happy to pay it forward.

Actually, PhD, you come across as a pompous idiot. Grocery baggers only came into existence with the advent of the suburbs, car culture, and supermarkets. That's when people started to shop in bulk and buy tons of food at the same time. They need baggers to bag up all the items and bring them to people's cars. Before that mostly people in cities shopped at a small market daily (with no need for baggers) or called their grocer and had items delivered. So the PP who theorizes why there are no baggers in DC proper stores is on to something.

Which are the proper stores vs. the improper stores in Washington?

DC proper, dingbat. That's used to mean within the actual city. People around here say DC when they actually mean some far flung suburb of it.