Would you like help with your packing?
Sun 26th October 2008, 6.25 pm
I think I'm missing something. Some trick.
Whenever I am at the checkout in the supermarket I find myself frantically scrabbling around to get all my items packed into plastic bags while the checkout assistant just stares at me as if to say "these people behind you are waiting for you to finish".
I know I'm optimizing for carrying my shopping all the way home - I don't have the luxury of a car - so I have to think about distributing the heavy items evenly between the bags. But I don't think this slows me down so much that it accounts for why everyone else seems to be able to pack the bags in perfectly good time.
The assistants always ask me if I would like help, but I imagine this involves dragging someone out from some other responsibility and slowing everyone down even more.
Does anyone else have the same experience as me, or know what I'm on about?
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PigleT
on Sun 26th October 2008, 8.47 pm
a) use recyclable bags, not plastic (might have nicer handles, amongst other things)
b) I group items such that pizza (if present) forms a strong side and ice-cream and fruit and other things that want to stay cool stay close together; juice tends to stay in one bag up to weight limit.
c) actually the "do you want a hand?" thing probably means that assistant, there, will do something useful , based on previous experience. Always strikes me as a bit too-rote a question that Manglement has imposed upon them to ask, rather than an offer of assistance.
d) so what if you do hold people up? Life is not a rush, oh ye dweller-in-city, ye!
e) get a car. ;^)
Rich
on Mon 27th October 2008, 9.03 am
You're right about the reusable bags. I really should get on that bandwagon. The trouble I have is remembering to bring them to the shop, especially if a trip to the shop is a sudden "aha" on the way home from work.
Pete
on Mon 27th October 2008, 2.37 pm
I've been using a big rucksack for shopping for 3 years now. You can shove an amazing amount of stuff in it and carry it on your shoulders with good straps rather than flimsy handles that cut into your hands. There's also the advantage of being able to cycle home. Occasionally of course you need extra carrier bags but that's unusual and you don't need many anyway.
