On behalf of all grocery store minions here and beyond, I would just like to say to our customers what each one of us wants to yell and scream at you every single day.
First, you should probably know that just because we work in food purveying retail doesn’t mean that we failed at school/life. Many of us have extended educations, but a lot of us happened to maybe study in a career where the job market is not-so-hot. So we bag your groceries because we get benefits and a relatively low-stress job.
Please don’t assume that we are some lowly caste of human that should have to pick up your trash and clean your pee off of the toilet seat. If anything, your refusal to do these things yourself does make you seem like the lesser, doesn’t it?
Where I work we have at least a dozen trash canisters all over the store, on every single aisle. Yet I still find myself picking up trash off of the shelves, where it is stealthily left because you’re too lazy to walk an extra three feet to put it in a waste receptacle.
Also, if you have decided that an item you picked up and put in your cart does not suite your needs after all, don’t just put it on a random shelf. The facial lotion doesn’t go next to the chardonnay. And if you think that putting a refrigerated item in the frozen section means you’ve done enough, fuck you. You just completely ruined that bag of fresh lettuce by placing it in with the frozen pizzas.
I know most of you are decent people. So are we.
This is a place a rant/confession not make me smile anonymously.
Hi, welcome to reality.
“I know most of you are decent people.”
Way to blow it at the end there, I,A — you seemed like such an intelligent, realistic person up until that point.
If we all did as you wished, you would probably get laid off because they wouldn’t need so many minions to clean up after our lazy asses. This is why you are a bagger and not the VP of Logistics.
Most people are decent, except for the above commentators. They’re just useless.
You take money for a job that requires you to touch other peoples piss. I may not be better than you but I’m sure as hell not worse.
You bring the chardonnay, I’ll supply the facial lotion.
I notice the self-checkout is sass free.
The problem with your title/thesis statement: that would depend on who “I” am, and who “my bagger” is, wouldn’t it?
Also, you can’t spell “suit.” That’s weird.
Suck a dick in the parking lot. Custarder is always right.
Judging by the dislikes in this thread 95% of the people using this blog have yet to rise above the ranks of grocery industry serf.
Who knew?
“just because we work in food purveying retail doesn’t mean that we failed at school/life.”
Actually that’s exactly what it means.
whine whine whine
Ifyou were really as smart as your customers you would find a job you wouldn’t whine about so much.
This INON makes me feel like hurling a couple tomatos across the store.
“CLEANUP ON AISLE 6”
Actually that shelf thing cracked me up when I worked in grocery….treasure hunt! It is all perspective really…..
I had a older woman bagger scold me for not putting the groceries in proper order before placing them on the conveyer. Do you think I need that in my life? If you want me to place them in some specific order, I will allow you the bagger to do so with your own energy. I’m going to just look at the magazines and maybe add some gum to my cart.
It’s called “work.”
I’d post a reply to this, but it’s kind of below me
If you work at any “upscale” grocery store, we’re well aware you think you’re smarter than us.