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(USA) Is It Rude To Ask To Bag Your Own Groceries? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there some rule that employees have to follow that doesn't allow customers to bag? Or is it just that they're incentivized to offer? I'd love some input from people who have worked in some of the bigger companies. For reference, I mostly use Publix.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't ask, I just start bagging. If they get done scanning before I get done bagging I switch to paying and either finish bagging after I'm done, or they finish bagging for me. You can wait for them to scan and then bag but honestly it makes me feel like a jackass to just stand there and watch them do it.

This is mostly at Ralphs/Kroger, but I wouldn't hesitate to just start packing my stuff in any grocery store unless there was a bagger standing right there. Very rarely do I see any stores that hire enough people to keep baggers around though, usually they just make the cashiers do both jobs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Really? I say "Thanks worker. Gimme my food." And grab the bag and leave all rushed.

They don't deserve names. /S

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