Bagging those vegetables

"PJX" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Well, what does she think all those little twist ties in the cups by the
plastic bags are? Or all those little plastic squares hanging on the wire
at
Kroger's? Are they just for people to play with while in the produce
department?

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Maybe my comment was a little over the top, but I do resent people
who treat checkers as sub-human species just because they are having a
bad day..

How is tying a produce bag treating somebody like sub-human?

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Often the produce has different prices for items that appear
identical except for a special sticker on each fruit or vegetable. In
this case, the checker needs to see the individual stickers to
determine how to ring it up. Don't make them have to open the bag to
see each item's sticker.

I've never heard of this. I've never seen a cashier have to open up a clear
bag to see the tags inside. Also, I thought you had to put each different
produce type in a bag of its own. So the cashier sees any one of the items,
uses that tag, sets it on the scale or types in the count and you're all
set.
I have seen (though only once) somebody in front of me in line who didn't
have their bag tied or twisted, and it came open while approaching the
cashier, and the round contents spilled and rolled all over the place.

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Quoted message said:

I've never heard of this.

Well you have now. So act accordingly.....

<grin>

Pj

PJX said:

Kroger bags are not really clear. Hold one up to your eyes and you
can't see 1/2 inch. Thus the sticker is only visible on the fruit on
the outside of the bag and facing just the right way.

Check it out.

Besides in a bag with 10 pieces of fruit/vege, the tags are on the
inside requiring the checker to access the items.

I'm curious; is this a problem you have personally experienced while
actually working as a checker, perhaps?

I've shopped at Kroger many times over the years and have never
encountered a circumstance where the checkers had to access the
contents of one of my (tied) produce bags.

*Very* infrequently, a checker has asked which kind of apple or
lettuce I had, etc., and then promptly put in the code for the item
(as per usual). My experience is that it was not this big deal you're
making it out to be.

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Don't be so rude to the checkers, they are people too.

If the Kroger bags are really that hard for the checkers to see
through, wouldn't that be an issue for the management to resolve,
rather than these "rude" customers that just want to tie their produce
bags so that the contents don't fall out?

PJX said:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:25:15 GMT, [email hidden] (The Queen of

Cans and Jars) said:

PJX said:

Often the produce has different prices for items that appear identical
except for a special sticker on each fruit or vegetable. In this case,
the checker needs to see the individual stickers to determine how to ring
it up. Don't make them have to open the bag to see each item's sticker.

what part of THEY'RE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS THAT CAN BE SEEN THROUGH do you
not understand?

jesus wept.

Kroger bags are not really clear.

i don't shop at kroger.

in 37 years on the planet, i have never seen a grocery store that had
produce bags that couldn't be seen through.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 02:06:51 GMT, [email hidden] (The Queen of

Cans and Jars) said:

PJX said:

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:25:15 GMT, [email hidden] (The Queen of

Cans and Jars) said:

PJX <[email hidden]> wrote:

> Often the produce has different prices for items that appear identical
> except for a special sticker on each fruit or vegetable. In this case,
> the checker needs to see the individual stickers to determine how to ring
> it up. Don't make them have to open the bag to see each item's sticker.

what part of THEY'RE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS THAT CAN BE SEEN THROUGH do you
not understand?

jesus wept.

Kroger bags are not really clear.

i don't shop at kroger.

in 37 years on the planet, i have never seen a grocery store that had
produce bags that couldn't be seen through.

I'm 58. Never too old to see something new. We gots brown paper bags
fer mushrooms up here in the north. *hysterical laughter.*

Thank gawd for self-serve checkouts. Ain't nobody gonna mess with MY
produce bags - no more no way!

Lybbe
Highest Weight - 308
Started Bernstein Diet October 2, 2004 - 243.0
Today's weight - 224.8
Goal - 150

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Quoted message said:

PJX said:

Besides in a bag with 10 pieces of fruit/vege, the tags are on the
inside requiring the checker to access the items.

I'm curious; is this a problem you have personally experienced while
actually working as a checker, perhaps?

Quoted message said:

*Very* infrequently, a checker has asked which kind of apple or
lettuce I had, etc., and then promptly put in the code for the item
(as per usual). My experience is that it was not this big deal you're
making it out to be.

I was a cashier at a grocery store way back when. This *IS* a big deal.
When a customer puts green peppers (at 69cents per pound) in the same bag as
the yellow bell peppers (at $3.99 per pound) the cashier DOES have to
separate them because they have to be rung up separately since the price of
different things is different, sometimes by a large amount. Besides that,
the store keeps inventory thru the cash registers. They know how many
pounds of organic bananas (at 89c per pound) were sold vs regular bananas
(at 49cents per pound) and how much they need to order for next week based
on the amount that the cashier weighs and rings up under each code number.

If you throw different kinds of produce in the bag, its not hard for the
cashier to separate them and weigh them, but it is more likely that they
will roll around and fall off the scale and get bruised. If you knot the
bag, its going to end up ripped open and the fruits will be loose in your
grocery bag.

:
: I was a cashier at a grocery store way back when. This *IS* a big deal.
: When a customer puts green peppers (at 69cents per pound) in the same bag
as
: the yellow bell peppers (at $3.99 per pound) the cashier DOES have to
: separate them because they have to be rung up separately since the price
of
: different things is different, sometimes by a large amount. Besides that,
: the store keeps inventory thru the cash registers. They know how many
: pounds of organic bananas (at 89c per pound) were sold vs regular bananas
: (at 49cents per pound) and how much they need to order for next week based
: on the amount that the cashier weighs and rings up under each code number.
:
: If you throw different kinds of produce in the bag, its not hard for the
: cashier to separate them and weigh them, but it is more likely that they
: will roll around and fall off the scale and get bruised. If you knot the
: bag, its going to end up ripped open and the fruits will be loose in your
: grocery bag.

I'm not sure to whom you are referring. But, if you look at my original
post, the only fruit/vegetables I had were Roma tomatoes. I fail to see how
"if you knot the bag,its going to end up ripped open..." when we're only
talking about one bag of little tomatoes.

Pat in TX

: >
: > Well, what does she think all those little twist ties in the cups by the
: > plastic bags are? Or all those little plastic squares hanging on the
wire
: > at
: > Kroger's? Are they just for people to play with while in the produce
: > department?
:
: Good grief! What's wrong with just tying a knot in the bag? haven't you
: people heard of environmental impact? <rhetorical question...>
:
: Nicky

Something tells me you didn't see the original post where I said that I was
in the process of tying a knot in the bag....

Pat in TX