Why is Trader Joe’s so chaotic?

[Anonymous]

I agree that this varies widely between locations. IME:

Fine: Union Market, College Park
Nightmare: 14th Street, Foggy Bottom, Bethesda

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really don’t experience this. Except the parking can sometimes be awful because they tend to be in older shopping centers with bad parking (like federal plaza in Rockville or that awful original bethesda one). I don’t find the aisles at all chaotic — it’s very well organized and I find it very efficient. The only thing I don’t like is the new short checking things which means I can’t pack my own bags. I hate having someone else pack the bags — no one trains bag packing anymore.

I always offer to pack my own bags there, they always are grateful to accept the offer.