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You've heard of Kitchen Nightmares, right? Well, I now present a new TV series: Grocery Bagging Nightmares.
I will describe for you the first episode.
I just came from some grocery shopping at Ralphs, where I witnessed quite possibly the worst grocery bagging I have ever seen in my life. I had to redo practically everything when I got out to my car.
I brought in my Whole Foods insulated Hot and Cold bag. I bought some cold and perishable items that I figure any sane person would know to put in the insulated bag, right?
The guy put most of the bottled water I bought into the bag first, and then jammed the bag of cherries in next.
Then he put all the other cold and perishable stuff in a regular cotton bag, with the two bags of salad mix on the bottom.
In a third bag, he put two boxes of crackers on the bottom, and then dumped a heavy box of canned cat food on top of the crackers.
In a fourth bag, he put the two rolls of paper towels all by themselves, and then dumped the two bags of dry cat food, unbagged, in the front of my cart, instead of placing them in the bag with the paper towels, where everything would have fit easily had he only tried a little.
I did see an employee in the parking lot collecting carts and told him. He said I should go back inside and complain. Unfortunately I didn't get the guy's name, although I remembered the cashier's name and said he was working the same aisle as Dylan. I don't know if he'll mention anything to the manager or not.
Now, I've never worked in a supermarket, but you don't really need special training to bag groceries, since the people using the self-checkout lanes manage to bag their groceries nicely all by themselves. All it takes is a little common sense. However, if they DID train the baggers at this store, apparently this guy failed the class. 25 demerits!
I will describe for you the first episode.
I just came from some grocery shopping at Ralphs, where I witnessed quite possibly the worst grocery bagging I have ever seen in my life. I had to redo practically everything when I got out to my car.
I brought in my Whole Foods insulated Hot and Cold bag. I bought some cold and perishable items that I figure any sane person would know to put in the insulated bag, right?
The guy put most of the bottled water I bought into the bag first, and then jammed the bag of cherries in next.
Then he put all the other cold and perishable stuff in a regular cotton bag, with the two bags of salad mix on the bottom.

In a third bag, he put two boxes of crackers on the bottom, and then dumped a heavy box of canned cat food on top of the crackers.

In a fourth bag, he put the two rolls of paper towels all by themselves, and then dumped the two bags of dry cat food, unbagged, in the front of my cart, instead of placing them in the bag with the paper towels, where everything would have fit easily had he only tried a little.

I did see an employee in the parking lot collecting carts and told him. He said I should go back inside and complain. Unfortunately I didn't get the guy's name, although I remembered the cashier's name and said he was working the same aisle as Dylan. I don't know if he'll mention anything to the manager or not.
Now, I've never worked in a supermarket, but you don't really need special training to bag groceries, since the people using the self-checkout lanes manage to bag their groceries nicely all by themselves. All it takes is a little common sense. However, if they DID train the baggers at this store, apparently this guy failed the class. 25 demerits!
