At work, there’s nothing like having a customer telling you how to do your job even though you’ve been accustomed to doing the same thing for years. Some customers just want some things a certain way like don’t put the detergent with the food or “Please don’t put the bananas and bread together,” and there’s no problem to that. The problem lies in them telling the clerk how to specifically bag things while watching them and then getting annoyed because the clerk isn’t bagging to their standards.
Backseat Bagger: Don’t you dare put the bread together with the canned tomatoes!
Me: I wasn’t. I was just putting the bread to the side.
Backseat Bagger: Laundry sheets in their own bag! You think I want my food smelling like potpourri?
Me: Of course not…
Backseat Bagger: Hey, hey! Nothing on the eggs!
Me: How about the bread?
Backseat Bagger: I said nothing, didn’t I?
Me: OK, eggs all by themselves.
Backseat Bagger: Wait! Wait! Fruits in the same bag!
Me: They are aren’t they?
Backseat Bagger: Potatoes are not fruits!
Me: Would you like me to bag this giant bag of dog food?
Backseat Bagger: You trying to be a smartass?
Backseat Bagger: Hey! Hey! Do not put the dog food under the cart! I prefer it to be inside the cart so it’s easier to lift!
Me: Would you like help out to your car?
Backseat Bagger: Of course I do!
Me: …
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Lol! I love that term, back seat bagger
I think the most annoying one that comes to my store is this guy who NEEDS to have everything double bagged even if it’s canned tomatos and a bag chips…. which obviously must be double bagged.
I feel like they might as well bag their food if they’re going to be so picky about where it is placed inside a bag.
Yikes! I think I bagged for her a few years ago.
My first thought was ” SHUT THE HELL UP ” then after i heard it, it was ” OH so you want to play games ok then we will wait till you tell me how to bag the next item “
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