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OT - sort of - Avoiding false grocery charges
> wrote in message ... > >https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:21:33 -0400, > >jmcquown > wrote: > >>On 8/10/2016 5:48 PM, wrote: >>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:40:05 +1000, > >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >I know en entire country where people bag their own groceries. Life >>>> >must >>>> >be hell there. >> >>What the heck does Bruce know about groceries or cooking? >> >>> I even ring my own groceries in, sob, I think maybe I should shoot the >>> PM - or something ! >> >>Grocery stores *pay* people to bag groceries. It's not a luxury, it's >>part of the service. There were baggers at the grocery stores when I >>lived west Tennessee for 35 years, too. There's nothing new about the >>concept. > > But it is old - we haven't had 'baggers' here for zonks. >> >>Even the folks at the farm stands around here will put things in bags >>for you. No extra charge. >> >>Jill > > I like to feel I cope with everyday things and will do so for as long > as possible. The only time I indulge myself is when I allow the owner > of the store to carry my wine juice out to the car, it weighs heavy, > he does it for other customers too but we like to say things about > local politicians and politics that I would never say, nor he, in > front of his employees. > > Jill you are years younger than many here, why on earth do you want > all this stuff done for you? Grocery bagging is not considered an "everyday thing" here, it's the norm, and age has nothing to do with it. Cheri |
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