I usually bag what will comfortably fit in there and then use plastic for the rest. If they want their bags busting out the seams then that's their problem.
I am just discovering the joys of reusable bags...I get the environmental thing, I really really do, but they are also annoying... I hate the ones without the little loop so you can't hang it and it's flopping everywhere and takes like 2 of my precious courtesy clerks to do 1 bag Or 1 very frustrated me when on express. Hehe.
I'm a cashier. I spend a lot of time on express. I absolutely hate it when they bring their own bags. The items per minute goal is already absurd, and having to use customer bags is one of the most effective things they can do to slow me down.
If they only have two or three bags, each one is getting 20 pounds of canned items. More if they aren't paying attention.
I fantasize about damaging them with a razor blade. Just one little nick or hole at a time. Just enough to get it unraveling towards failure.
I hate when they ask for paper bags when they have a legit cartfull of groceries. The paper bags with handles can only handle so much and often times they'll unload the softer stuff first and it's hard to put a bag of cans on top of bread without the customer getting pissed off :/
Can I come through your line? I maaaaay have a liiiiitle bit over 15, but I think I'm ok. Oh, and I brought my own bags. *hands you a stack full of filthy reusable bags*
Here's a full cart, and I brought my own bags, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CART
But yeah, to be honest I like the Kroger reusable bags, they're easy to bag most of the time, but other ones with no flat surface can get annoying, so I try to stick produce/bags/other non-boxed stuff in those and leave the boxes for the good bags.
you people need to calm down. are the reusable bags a little more difficult to use? absolutely. is it the end of the world? no.
clearly someone with a full cart and only 4 or 5 bags KNOWS its not going to all fit in the bags, unless they tell you to fill them up as full as possible.
think of this from a customer standpoint: do you honestly think a customer should change how they want their groceries bagged because the cashier has to get a time percentage??
I hate when they ask for paper bags when they have a legit cartfull of groceries. The paper bags with handles can only handle so much and often times they'll unload the softer stuff first and it's hard to put a bag of cans on top of bread without the customer getting pissed off :/
Before my time, a customer at my store asked for their entire 300-400 dollar order to be bagged in double paper.
It's now an inside joke for the odd cashier to notify their bagger that the order is to be triple or quadruple bagged in paper.
And a tip: if you have their cart, and the order is a decent size, set up a bunch of empty paper bags in the cart before hand. It opens up a ton of space for you to work with.
Or 1 very frustrated me when on express. Hehe.
