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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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

My PhD comes in handy in so many ways. Happy to pay it forward.[/quote]

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 [b]proper stores[/b] is on to something. [/quote]

Which are the proper stores vs. the improper stores in Washington?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

In fact, most people say Washington or the District when they mean to refer to DC and the meaning is commonly understood.  "DC proper" sounds rather queer.[/quote]

Pompous idiot, PhD here. Is DC the only city with grocery store baggers? I grew up in Chicago, the actual city, where I assure you people not only had groceries bagged by baggers but they also "gasp" walked home with groceries.

THIS WAS IN THE 70s and 80s. We had baggers. You have no idea what you are talking about trying to theorize when and why the advent of baggers came about.

When I moved to DC in the 80s there were baggers in both the suburbs and in DC.

Not sure what point you are still trying to make.[/quote]

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