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Cashier not putting your items in the bag

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    #62
    tampopo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭tampopo


    St.Spodo wrote: »
    I don't care about my bags not being packed, but I'm never happy when I put my hand out and they put the damn change on the counter!

    you got that right.


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    #63
    Statistician
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭Statistician


    St.Spodo wrote: »
    I don't care about my bags not being packed, but I'm never happy when I put my hand out and they put the damn change on the counter!

    They might inadvertently touch your hand.

    I wouldn't want to touch strangers' hands. Some people do not wash their hands after having a poo. Other people have skin diseases that I do not want. Lots of people go through supermarket tills, so that's a lot of disease/muck potential.

    Many people moan if they get their bags packed. Some people hate other people packing their stuff. Seems a good solution to let the customer pack their own stuff.

    For people who don't know how to use a supermarket:
    1. bring your own bag.
    2. for lidl/aldi - shove everything into a trolley, pay and then get out of the way and pack your bags at leisure. For other shops, pack your bags as your shopping is being scanned.


    How difficult is that?


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    #64
    booboo88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭booboo88


    Andrewh1984 wrote: »
    I think that is a customers way of trying to be nice, something that is rare these days.
    Sadly it is, but a simple how are you is usually nice. As the lotto numbers joke gets old FAST
    Aylin Savory Revolver wrote: »
    Well thats a shame as it would be the only part of that job i enjoyed .also i had a few customers whom i was the only person they would talk to all day :( .

    This upsets me as some old people are really lovely:( but then you get some mean fcukers aswell but same can be said for young ones too


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    #65
    annascott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,271 ✭✭✭annascott


    We also have a guy in our TESCO who talks about each item scanned. Example: "apples..apples...mmm crrrunchy and good for you!....chicken..mmm roast chicken and potatoes....washing up liquid...gotta get the dishes squeaky clean.....hello bananas...." I am a great believer in supported employment, but this all gets really uncomfortable. On a lighter note. his queue is always the shortest..


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    #66
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    Andrewh1984 wrote: »
    I think that is a customers way of trying to be nice, something that is rare these days.

    "Anything else I can do for you?"
    "huhrhuhr the winning lotto numbers ?"
    "how original, if I had those do you think I'd be sitting in a call centre dealing with people like you, you oxygen thieving simpleton"

    really though cashiers/call centre workers and whoever else have heard those jokes a billion times before, if people want to be nice then just be polite, sh1tty one liners and jokes holding up the queue of people isnt being nice, or helping.


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    #67
    Patrick2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,934 ✭✭✭Patrick2010


    krudler wrote: »
    self service till ftw, you avoid people that way
    No that wouldn't work, she'd have to pack her own bag then.

    Can't remember when I last saw bags being packed by a cashier. When shopping I put the items on the belt. As they're being scanned I bag them at about the same rate they're being scanned.
    Last item bagged, cashier gives total and gets paid, next customer. Hardly difficult to figure out.


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    #68
    Rocky_Dennis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 433 ✭✭Rocky_Dennis


    booboo88 wrote: »
    Sadly it is, but a simple how are you is usually nice. As the lotto numbers joke gets old FAST


    It does get old and I heard it a million times when I was working in the shop but I'd take it any day over someone grunting or being ignorant.


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    #69
    booboo88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,107 ✭✭✭booboo88


    Andrewh1984 wrote: »
    It does get old and I heard it a million times when I was working in the shop but I'd take it any day over someone grunting or being ignorant.

    Everyone has their bad days


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    #70
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    I feel weird if they pack the bag for me, and if they start to I say no, it's cool, I got that, thanks!


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    #71
    Blinky D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Blinky D


    Actually I have my own bag, bag it as it gets scanned and have my laser out in a pocket. I like to get in and out. I like that you enjoy being treated like ****, but I still feel bad for others while the people in the queue are tapping their feet and the cashier has that idiotic face on. By all means you have every right to be treated like your less than human, just don't try to say I'm lazy because I want to be treated with respect.

    Laser is only as fast as the machine. Takes me ten seconds max to insert the card, enter pin and remove. Also I have been short changed a lot, it gets tiring. Weather its malicious or accidentally done. Laser is better for me. Carrying cash is annoying. I have enough crap in my pockets.


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    #72
    yellowcrayon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭yellowcrayon


    I cant believe someone expects their bags to be packed for em... lik patrick2010 said... scan, bag it, scan, bag it...
    And to be fair, if someone else packed our bags all the time we'd do nothing but complain about the frozen food being packed with the toilet roll, and the shopping being piled on top of the bread and eggs.


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    #73
    Blinky D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭Blinky D


    I give up, clearly we are undeserving of being treated politely in any way. I expect all those pro kick the slow guy at the till to also be happy when treated like **** by others like stranger's on the side of the road to member's of the your govern... Oh that explain's it.


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    #74
    languagenerd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,201 ✭✭✭languagenerd


    I used to work in a big clothes shop (the sort of clothes shop where people buy two or three huge bags worth of stuff) and we had to pack the bags. Everything had to be folded and the hangers removed etc. So, I would expect cashiers in clothes shops to pack stuff into bags, but I don't expect it in supermarkets for some reason. For one thing, the check-outs aren't usually built in way that lets them pack - the shopping slides down to the bit at the end that they can't reach...


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    #75
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,662 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    annascott wrote: »
    We also have a guy in our TESCO who talks about each item scanned. Example: "apples..apples...mmm crrrunchy and good for you!....chicken..mmm roast chicken and potatoes....washing up liquid...gotta get the dishes squeaky clean.....hello bananas...." I am a great believer in supported employment, but this all gets really uncomfortable. On a lighter note. his queue is always the shortest..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhoRiaikec4


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    #76
    fishy fishy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭fishy fishy


    pack your own bag ya lazy oaf. :D


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    #77
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,662 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Blinky D wrote: »
    I give up, clearly we are undeserving of being treated politely in any way. I expect all those pro kick the slow guy at the till to also be happy when treated like **** by others like stranger's on the side of the road to member's of the your govern... Oh that explain's it.

    The person behind the counter not packong your bag is NOT them being impolite! Nobody here has suggested the people behind the counter are being rude or impolite.

    And as for the second part of that.......... what the hell are you on about?


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    #78
    gurramok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,992 ✭✭✭✭gurramok


    The problem here is that does the shop till have a belt or not? Do they have a designated packing area? Lidl\Aldi\big supermarkets do but the small ones mostly do not.

    Anyway, my local Tesco express has all human operated tills with no conveyor belts and no designated packing area. You bring your shopping in a basket, plonk it down in the designated space and the cashier scans the items. Bring your own bag yes, but the problem is that the cashier never removes the basket in order for you to pack your shopping into your bag. To top it off, there is no designated packing area in my tesco or and outside the shop area!.

    Only option is to bend down to pack your bag and thats not on in most cases, its bloody awkward and delicate items can break.
    Some of the cashiers do help pack as they know its the only way to hurry the queue on, there is no alternative for them. Bad Tesco till area design is the core issue.


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    #79
    ashes79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭ashes79


    krudler wrote: »
    dammit sorry, we're a nation of helpless crybabies now, i forgot, common sense went into recession as well.

    That's typical blame the recession! Bag packing in shops was completely normal before we all (supposedly) got rich & expected to be paid same wage to do half the job we did previously


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    #80
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    tbh


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    #81
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,450 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    I don't mind packing the bag myself but the thing that gets me is trying to open the plastic bag!
    I can never get it open and I panic and start to think about how I'm holding everyone up by not being able to just OPEN THE FÚCKIN BAG! :(


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    #82
    TheRealSquishy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭TheRealSquishy


    I work in the local shop and a tesco recently opened down the road. We're not half as busy as we used to be and it's mostly old people coming in for a chat more than anything. We've actually gotten a lot of remarks about tesco not packing bags for people. I pack everyone's bag just because it is generally quicker and easier but it is just to be nice but now people expect it everywhere. It's not actually our job, it's just politeness and people didn't even notice it until they found out it wasn't the norm.

    But yeah if somebody stands there expecting me to pack a bag after they've stared at me like a goldfish while I was scanning them through they can jog on. I'm not your skivvy. I purely mean that in a case where someone is capable of doing it and making it quicker for both of you but has a serious sense of entitlement.

    Then there's people who like packing their own bags and I bloody love them :pac:

    And then you have to be wary of being too helpful. Obviously I offer a hand bringing bags out to the car for people if there's a lot or if it's a bit heavy or if they're old. The majority of the time they appreciate the offer but some can get indignant if you think they're incapable of carrying it out themselves.

    So you can see why some cashiers just take a back seat from the whole bag dilemma :P


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    #83
    Doc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    TheRealSquishy wrote: »
    It's not actually our job

    Yes it is!

    If I buy anything in any other kind of shop and get asked would I like a bag for it they put it in the bag if you don’t put it in the bag for me I may as well be using the self service machines and I hate the self service machines in supermarkets these days. I mean do I get the goods cheaper if I scan and pack it myself? No. So why the hell should I? I never use them. In my opinion you are taking a job from someone if you are using them. It’s no faster really for the customer just saves the company money on employing staff.


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    #84
    xOxSinéadxOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭xOxSinéadxOx


    The worst are the people that just stare at you while you're scanning the stuff through and then they pay and then they say ohhh can I have a bag?
    If you ask people if they want a bag some people ask you is it free? and then laugh in your face when you say no, or say as if or something. It's not my fault it isn't free, I was just trying to be helpful asking you did you want a bag? It is usually best to ask people if they want a bag because if they say yes then I pack everything in as I scan it through as opposed to scanning it all through, them paying, staring at there items, then asking you for a bag, having to pay for the bag. You get a lot of negative reactions to asking people if they want a bag though as well so I don't always ask. If people want a bag they should ask for one at the beginning.
    I pack everybody's bags if they buy a bag because where I work there's not much counter space so it's the best way to work it. If people have their own bag I wouldn't ever really pack it for them unless they have a big trolley of stuff.


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    #85
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    • Give goods to cashier (either on conveyor belt/counter/whatever)
    • Open rucksack/own bag/ bag bought from shop
    • Start packing items as soon as they're scanned
    • Stop when asked for money and hand over the cash
    • Finish packing while cashier is getting change
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkJqKOb0ZhY


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    #86
    Xcellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,824 ✭✭✭Xcellor


    IMO the cashier picks up the item. Scans it. Puts it in bag. That way its less confusing as to what is scanned and what isn't, its done in the same motion too. Streamlined.

    Putting it down after scanning it is just spiteful.


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    #87
    The Highwayman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭The Highwayman


    biko wrote: »
    Just pack it yourself.
    Pay in cash.

    I wish I could thank this post more!!!


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    #88
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    xOxSinéadxOx wrote: »
    If you ask people if they want a bag some people ask you is it free? and then laugh in your face when you say no, or say as if or something. It's not my fault it isn't free

    This is the kind of ignorant cnut I hate. It's nothing to do with the cashier (who couldnt care less if you took a fcuking
    bag or not) that the bag isn't free. ITS A GOVERNMENT LEVY YOU FCUKTARD!!! Next time instantly ask them if they would like to speak to a manager about the 22c charge, failing that they might get satisfaction by writing the minister for the enviromnent. These saddo bullies who only attack low paid floor staff need to be shut down and put in their box, dont take any abuse from these pricks.


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    #89
    ziggy23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭ziggy23


    annascott wrote: »
    We also have a guy in our TESCO who talks about each item scanned. Example: "apples..apples...mmm crrrunchy and good for you!....chicken..mmm roast chicken and potatoes....washing up liquid...gotta get the dishes squeaky clean.....hello bananas...." I am a great believer in supported employment, but this all gets really uncomfortable. On a lighter note. his queue is always the shortest..

    What does he say if you're buying tampons:eek:


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    #90
    getz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    as the larger supermarkets move into self service tills, then you will not have any choice but to pack your own bag,just get used to the idea


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    #91
    Mr.Crinklewood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,065 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Hate people who have to fumble around looking for their bank card. Have it ready to scan in.


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