She should have said "Unfortunately we haven't got anyone to bag working today so this might take a little longer than it ought to while I bag this up." And you should have said "Oh, I'll take care of it while you scan."
Our local groceries all employed disabled people as baggers until minimum wage laws made that impossible. Thanks Dems!

I used to work at Trader Joe's. There are memes about customers like OP.

YNTA. But I do think you could have said it nicer.

I would have said "No thank you. Please bag for me."

Anonymous wrote:If I wanted to pack my own stuff, I would use self check out. I think you should speak to the manager of the store. This is a training issue and in my experience, Harris Teeter managers are open to Feedback.

Anonymous wrote:NTA.

The cashier was the ahole.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Show me the law that says they have to put groceries your crusty bags.

If I wanted to pack my own stuff, I would use self check out. I think you should speak to the manager of the store. This is a training issue and in my experience, Harris Teeter managers are open to Feedback.

Show me the law that says they have to put groceries your crusty bags.

Anonymous wrote:Wow- I'm shocked at this. I thought only jerks didn't help bag. Maybe it's regional? I'm originally from Long Island but live here now.

No, it's universal.

Anonymous wrote:Nope.

No thank you.

My part of the team bought the groceries from your employer, who pays you. Unless the job has been changed, and ideally posted to its customers, that is on your part of the team.

+ 1

Cashier jobs should be obsolete. Use self-checkout or robots can do this work.

Nope.

No thank you.

My part of the team bought the groceries from your employer, who pays you. Unless the job has been changed, and ideally posted to its customers, that is on your part of the team.

Wow- I'm shocked at this. I thought only jerks didn't help bag. Maybe it's regional? I'm originally from Long Island but live here now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you're an obnoxious jerk. Your bags, you should bag if you're able.

Just say "challenge accepted" and be a helping hand to a person doing physical labor making minimum wage.

A lot of minimum wage earners are posting here!!

I'm not, but I've worked in a grocery store before - clearly you haven't.

You don't know how the repetitive motion impacts your body when bagging for hours at a time. OP, you turned down a few seconds of your time to refuse to be kind. So yeah, you were a jerk. You lose nothing by being helpful for a few seconds with YOUR own bags, and god knows where they've been.

You were both rude. I'm a European used to doing my own bagging (supermarkets in Europe do not bag for you), and I have no problem doing the same here when I see that the cashier is not up for it. But this cashier could have asked politely. I hope they understand that they're going to catch more flies with honey.