• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    11 days ago

    I’ll repeat this.

    ProTip: Leave a bag of bags in the car. When you shop, use a cart. Skip the bagging at the cashier and have them just put everything back in the cart. Bag at your car in peace and at your own pace. The cashier will appreciate you. The bagger will appreciate you. The other shoppers in line will appreciate you. Most of all, your nerves will appreciate you.

    • Noxy@yiffit.net
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      11 days ago

      +1 on leaving bags in the car

      And this concept of bagging at the car just blew my mind

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      11 days ago

      Other people bagging stuff for you is a thing? I have never seen it in my life in Europe. Unless you have a disability then to me it just seems like adding extra work to the workers for no real purpose

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        11 days ago

        We usually have dedicated baggers in the US, though many stores switched to having the cashier do it due to the ‘labor shortage’ during the pandemic. It’s basically a jobs program, usually given to disabled or older applicants that management wants tax credits for, but don’t actually have a use for; also teens that otherwise would be too costly to train if they’re only being employed for the summer.

        Capitalism breeds innovation in how to pretend labor is necessary for everyone to do.