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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm pushing 50 and you're either from a different place than me, or a couple decades older. I was pumping gas before I was old enough to drive. While the gas tank was filling I'd clean my parents' windshield.

At 14 I worked at a grocery store as a cashier and we didn't have baggers or anyone who pushed the cart to the car for you.

I've never taken anyone up on an offer to start a dressing room for me. I want to hold everything I'm considering so I can put back what won't work.

All the high end restaurants I go to involve offering wine, dessert, etc., and they automatically offer water (except when we're in a drought) and put bread on the table. I don't want anyone putting anything in my lap. My hands work, and I'll invite you to touch my body if I want you to. [/quote]

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I’m your age (born in 1975) and I remember all the things OP said.  I worked in a grocery store from 1994-1996 and I started as a bagger.  We even had to wear uniforms.[/quote]

Ah, so it must be a regional thing. I worked in a grocery store from 1991-92, and there were no baggers. I started as a cashier. Maybe if it was slow a cashier would go to the person next to them and help with bagging for a while. But that wasn't their job. And, no uniforms, just a little name tag. [/quote]

Yes, probably regional.  The grocery store I worked at was in Orange County, California.
Everyone in that store had to start as a bagger. A lady in her 30’s was hired around the same time as me, and even she was started as a bagger; but she was really nice and a hard worker and they promoted her to service desk within a couple months.

We were a union shop and the various positions had very specific levels of pay. Baggers were at the lowest level.  Seevice desk, bakery, service deli, and meat clerks were middle.  Cashiers, produce, dairy, and a few others were the highest.   Butchers had their own union.[/quote]

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