Thursday, July 06, 2006


Perishable the thought!


I went grocery shopping sunday, and the check out girl was young...well. young enough to be my daughter. I asked her if she could please put the perishable items in separate bags (I take those in right away but leave the rest for hubby, haha being a semi invalid has its advantages). She looked at me all confused and asked what are perishable items?? Hmmm...dont they teach these check out girls anything? I remember when my brother was a bagger at the store up the street when we were kids, he had to go through bagging classes, yes there is a right way to bag groceries but no one knows that these days. Anyway, I digress (oh how cool is that I that I used that phrase!). When the gal didnt know what perishable meant I said "oh well just put the cold items together". She says ok. She scans my shake n bake mix and hold it up "is this cold?" I am looking at her like you have got to be kidding?? Really I was looking for the hidden camera, am I being punked? Nope she was dead serious. I said "no" So she continues scanning and bagging and she gets to my yogurt container..."is this cold?" she asked. "umm yes" I said.

This is frightening to me. I hope they dont put her in charge of Medicare when I am older!

Later

14 Comments:

Blogger kattbanjo said...

LOL! That was hilariuos! cold shake and bake...hehehehe

8:25 PM  
Blogger Fantastagirl said...

LOL... yogurt is perishable? whodathunkit?

I worked in a grocery store - and yes, I took bagging class - (the checkers had to do it too!)

9:35 PM  
Blogger keeks said...

OMG!!! She's obviously never had to donate non-perishable item either.

I always argue with hubby about bagging at the one store that you have to DIY. Eggs do NOT go on the bottom of anything... meat and bread don't go in the same bag, etc etc.

We also have to review shopping cart rules as last time we were out he piled about 9 cans of soup on top of a watermelon section. sigh

11:38 PM  
Blogger Spider Walk said...

Good Lawd!
I have a lot of patience with people, but if someone is an IDIOT like that, I just can't keep quite about it!

7:30 AM  
Blogger S* said...

I hear ya. And what annoys me is that I worked in a supermarket in high school and basically, anything I do, I try to do my best at. There were no bagging classes, though, and you can't teach common sense. You also can't teach someone how to give a sh*t.

9:35 AM  
Blogger Mz.Elle said...

Haaaaahaaahaahaa.
I LOVE people like that,they make me feel oh so SMRT!
Heh

4:52 PM  
Blogger L said...

This is about the only thing I have no paitence for, there is a correct way and a wrong way to bag groceries, heaven for bid the persone who bags my stuff and sticks my cleaning stuff in with the groceries LOL. They should teach the cashiers the proper way to bag groceries, sorry Mel didnt mean to rattle on LOL.

4:55 PM  
Blogger Me said...

Wow, that is really sad. For the most part, the baggers at my grocery are pretty good.

5:00 PM  
Blogger john said...

bummer !

6:04 PM  
Blogger Josh said...

She had to be kidding you.. I hope. What a nut. Surprised she doesn't work for USPS.

12:16 AM  
Blogger kimber said...

My god.... If it goes in a fridge, it's a perishable.... what's so difficult about that concept??!?!?! They DO still teach kids about hot vs. cold in school, don't they?

3:22 AM  
Blogger kristi said...

It is amazing what the baggers at the store will do, especially when they put canned goods and bread in the same bag.....I could kill them

7:27 AM  
Blogger blackcrag said...

I bagged groceries for a while, a long time ago, at a store I was recently told is closing... but that is neither here nor there-though it is there, just not for much longer.

I didn't take a class per se, but I was taught the proper way to bag groceries. To this day, I prefer to bag my own groceries, as most people don't seem to have a clue.

As for your girl... if she was that dumb, she wouldn't have made it out of the womb, right? probably she was a ceasarian birth. Damn those c-sections!

11:13 PM  
Blogger Tenacious T said...

ahahahahahaha - this made my day, as scary as it is.

12:59 AM  

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