Re: supermarket cashier again


Brian M. Scott <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:08:14 +1200, Paul J Kriha
> <paul.nospam.kriha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> <news:42b15081@xxxxxxxxxxxx> in sci.lang:
>
> [...]
>
> > Nearly the same care and neatness is required to pack shopping.
> > All glass bottles have to packed to prevent glass touching
> > glass. The packer prepares separate bags of different
> > categories of product. The classification is done according to
> > presumed destination of each item.
> > Frozen foodstuffs, cold shrinkwrapped meats, and butter get
> > put individually in small bags, then all these refrigerated items
> > end up in a big separate bag. All tins in a separate bag. Bottles of
> > wine get put in individual narrow paper bags and then all in a
> > separate plastic bag. I think the term packing is quite justified.
>
> Not bad. I see no need for the individual bags on the cold
> items, and you've missed out produce, but essentially that's
> how I bag my own (when I have the chance) and how I arrange
> them on the conveyor belt. I just wish that the youngsters
> who are usually doing the bagging would pay more attention
> to the underlying principle.
> Brian

Youngsters, yes, most of the time it's Islander ladies, Indian,
Korean?, Vietnamese?, youngsters from Europe on 6 month
working holidays.

The extra bagging of the cold items is for added insulation
as well as to prevent butter leaking into your car boot.

Produce (vegetables, fruit, etc) is usually collected from
the shelves by the customers and put into thin plastic bags
taken from a dispenser. The cashier has weighing machine
built into the bar in front of her just at the end of the conveyor
belt. I was doubtful about the precision of these contraptions
but when I checked the weights later I found them to be
surprisingly accurate. Spot on from several kg bags of
apples down to 50g of almonds.

Paul JK


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