Ophelia wrote:
> ViLco wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The European system is self-serve. You go to the scale in the
>>> produce section, push the button for the particular item, the scale
>>> spits out a bar coded sticker with the weight and price. No need to
>>> look for anyone.
>>
>> Exactly so.
>
> In the supermarkets around where I live, there are scales near the
> produce but only to check for yourself. The items are put onto a
> flat scale in front of the till at the checkout and the prices added
> to your bill.
That's how it is in the stores where I shop. Whole Foods is the
exception in that you weigh your own bulk items.
I'm happy with letting the cashier weigh the produce. I know 'they'
would be happy if you'd just learn everyone's job and they could
get by with one employee. By the time you weigh your own
produce, self-checkout, pump your own gas, why bother hiring
anyone. Let the customer do it.
nancy