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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get meat shaved so I can't speak to this specifically ...

however, in my experience the folks who work the deli counter give the worst service.  The butchers are better, the baggers are happier, the people who work in seafood, produce all are pleasant. The deli people? NEVER!  [/quote]
Our deli folks are pretty nice about it, but to be fair, working the deli counter is a crappy job. If I worked at a store, that would be my last choice of jobs.[/quote]

I'm the pp that worked in a grocery deli in college (this was in southern CA in 1993.)  It really is the worst job in the grocery store.   My grocery store was a union shop.  Pretty much everyone had to start out as a courtesy clerk (bagger.)   They made $5/hr (at the time, minimum wage was 4.25)

The next level of jobs were called "GM clerks"--this included anyone working in the bakery, the service deli or stocking "general merchandise" (health and beauty products, candy, pet food, etc.)   They started around $7/hr and got an automatic 50 cent increase every six months until they maxed out around $10/hr.

The next level above that was called "Food clerks" and included the cashiers and people who stocked grocery items (canned food, cereal, etc.), dairy items, frozen food, or produce.

There  were some great benefits though--GM and Food clerks got paid time and a half if they worked on Sundays, and triple time on some holidays.   Also, we had excellent health insurance benefits.   I knew a few other college students working with me that were actually able to put their younger siblings on their health insurance, because it was so much better than their parents.

There was a big strike back around 2004 (I think?  I might be off a couple years) and I'm not sure how benefits and wages were affected by that.  [/quote]

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