Ways to Annoy your Grocery Clerk #24 – Forming Alliances

February 28, 2010

Things start to get bad when customers start agreeing with one another. If one customer has a problem at checkout, usually the customers behind them would also intervene. They form an instant bond and immediately have things in common with what’s wrong with their grocery store. At checkout, we are outnumbered. [...]

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Ask a Grocery Clerk

February 25, 2010

Question: When you help a customer to their car with a loaded grocery cart, do you expect a tip?
Answer: A tip is not necessary when a customer gets a carry out. In major supermarket chains we are not allowed to accept any type of gratuity as it is a courtesy to the [...]

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Ways to Annoy your Grocery Clerk #23 – Checkout Light

February 25, 2010

Checkstands used to have chains that locks to let customers know the checker is unavailable but they were deemed unprofessional. Now grocery checkouts have lights that tell the customer if the checker is open. If the lights are off then the checker is probably either trying to go on break or home. [...]

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Sorry for the Inconvenience

February 24, 2010

Ever had dreams that you’d wish would come true someday?  One of my reoccurring dreams over the past few years was that one day I’d be working at the grocery store and everything stopped working. We would have to close the store and get a few extra days off until the problem is resolved. [...]

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Ask a Grocery Clerk

February 24, 2010

Q: On a side note: Do checkers still learn how to load the bags? At (a large, national “superstore”, big box department store chain) the checkers seem to not know how. They put all the cans in one bag, then double (or triple) it, and put maybe one box of cereal in another bag.
I [...]

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Ways to Annoy your Grocery Clerk #22 – Insufficient Funds

February 23, 2010

Payments made via credit cards and debit cards are instant. It’s a simple process, person slides card, store contacts bank to verify funds, bank tells store to process. We have nothing to do with the bank. We don’t know anything, all we know is if the payment processed or if the payment [...]

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Ways to Annoy your Grocery Clerk #21 – Gameshow

February 22, 2010

Some people just don’t get it. You can only buy what you can spend. Putting items into the shopping cart and then deciding if you want it or not at checkout is not OK. There’s a reason why every item has price tags and if someone has a problem with adding or [...]

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Ask a Grocery Clerk

February 22, 2010

Q: How do you guys feel about the re-usable bags? Does it mess with your system any? I was bagging my own groceries one day and was completely thrown off by how much stuff you can fit in there.
I’m all for re-usable bags but it does kind of messes up the bagging system. [...]

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Ways to Annoy your Grocery Clerk #20 – Checkout Dividers

February 21, 2010

Checkers, we just scan items. We keep scanning items until there are no more items to scan or if something like a divider tells us to stop. You see those 2 bars on the side of the conveyor belt? They are what divides your groceries from the next person. So please [...]

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Hey Guys!

February 20, 2010

Been under the weather lately, so I missed Friday’s post. Will get back to gear on Monday. We’re updating Ways to Annoy your Grocery Clerk,” and we’re going to do something very special for our loyal readers so stay tuned. Grocery clerks and shoppers alike, if you have any suggestions to add [...]

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