Re: supermarket cashier again


"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> rrhersh@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>> > Operatunity was shown in the US for the first time this evening (a sort
>> > of Pop Idol/American Idol for opera amateurs, but all in one 90-minute
>> > program), and the big winner was shown at her job -- as a cashier at
>> > Tescos. She scanned each item _and bagged it_. Those scenes were
>> > probably shot in 2001.
>>
>> I'm not sure what your point is. In many supermarkets the cashiers
>> routinely bag the groceries. I'm not familiar with Tescoes. Is there
>> something specific about it that makes this surprising?
>
> All the Brits in this thread last month(?) insisted that, contrary to US
> usage, the customer does the bagging, and the cashier will only assist
> if requested. (Of course I don't initiate crosspostings to that den of
> vipers aue.)

Actually, this is not so, some will do it for you, others will let you do it
yourself, unless you're slow, infirm, or whatever. Tescos have mainly two of
types of counter, an express till where check-out assistant places the items
into bags for you, and the other type which are conveyor belt driven so the
items are put in the bags by the customer.

In Morrisons, the cashier asks whether you want assistance, if you're with
someone in a wheelchair/baby in a pram or whatever, similarly most other
major stores. Perhaps those saying you had to do it yourself is because
they're of fit body and appearance and able to do it themselves.

Does that straighten the situation out?

Dyl.



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