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General discussionWhy Do People in Grocery Stores Do This?(53 posts)(53 posts)
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Posted February 22, 2016
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tinyE: Same reason they reach into a loaf of bread instead of grabbing the 1st piece, or grab the 2nd back of chips in the stack, or the 3rd t-shirt back on the rack, etc etc etc.
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leon30: Not exactly, around here it is a common practise for the store owners/workers to put the oldest stock first in roll in order to be picked first and so if you want a fresh stock you have to get something from the middle at least.

Aah ninja'd by markrichardb :D
I actually think a lot of the examples I gave have legit reasons. Like you said with the shelving, and I for one reach into a loaf of bread because the pieces are bigger in the middle as the loaves are tapered.


HEY! That reminds me! Totally OT! :D

Why are turds tapered?

So your asshole doesn't slam shut.
Posted February 23, 2016
I used to work at a grocery store, for the first two months I worked the morning shift, and holy fucking shit I hated it so much.

We'd get lots of older people in the morning, and some of them are downright annoying as fuck. I had one older women walk up to me and actually tell me I need to smile more because she had been watching me. When I flashed her a sarcastic smile she gasped at me and walked away. I looked over at my co-worker next to me and he was laughing away. If you do this, walk up to a stranger and tell them they need to smile, you are obnoxious and need to mind your own business.

Once a night shift position opened up I snagged it so fucking quickly. I was a really good worker so my bosses liked me and gave it to me despite the request of other people who had been there for a 1 year+. But I guess they didn't take their job as seriously. That position was the best, started at 10pm, left at 6am. No customers. Two 30 minute breaks with pay. Just me, my music, and putting food on a shelf.
Post edited February 23, 2016 by CARRiON.FLOWERS
Posted February 23, 2016
I do this, but only in open-top fridges. Cause pizza and i'scream lower to the bottom are colder and will not thaw as quick.
Posted February 23, 2016
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pimpmonkey2382.313: but then again I was too busy talking to the cashier chicks most of the time
Ah, yes. The best part about being a bag boy.
Posted February 23, 2016
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pimpmonkey2382.313: but then again I was too busy talking to the cashier chicks most of the time
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HereForTheBeer: Ah, yes. The best part about being a bag boy.
Hell yeah
Posted February 23, 2016
Wait a minute, pimpmonkey was a bag boy?

WTF is wrong with you people!?

Are you fucking trained to put bread in the bottom of the bag and then toss in all the canned and bottled stuff on top of it!? I don't go in there to buy pita bread but I always end up with it!
Posted February 23, 2016
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tinyE: Wait a minute, pimpmonkey was a bag boy?

WTF is wrong with you people!?

Are you fucking trained to put bread in the bottom of the bag and then toss in all the canned and bottled stuff on top of it!? I don't go in there to buy pita bread but I always end up with it!
Sorry my mind was elsewhere
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tinyE: Wait a minute, pimpmonkey was a bag boy?

WTF is wrong with you people!?

Are you fucking trained to put bread in the bottom of the bag and then toss in all the canned and bottled stuff on top of it!? I don't go in there to buy pita bread but I always end up with it!
Funny story with that though when the dre 2001 albums came out I used to order CDs through friend I ordered that one he came to the store and only got a gallon of milk and said he needed my help with it he lived across the street from the store so we had some ever clear and listened to that dre cd I ordered
Post edited February 23, 2016 by pimpmonkey2382.313
Posted February 23, 2016
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markrichardb: I always check the sell-by-dates on bread and other perishables. You don't need to have worked in retail (I have) to know that when stacking bread, employees are asked to put the freshest loaves at the back. For all I know the rules are different in America though. Maybe the 80% sugar content makes their bread effectively immortal.
If you put Wonderbread in the fridge it will outlast any siege or the forces of natural decay.

So yeah its full of sugar.
Posted February 23, 2016
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markrichardb: I always check the sell-by-dates on bread and other perishables. You don't need to have worked in retail (I have) to know that when stacking bread, employees are asked to put the freshest loaves at the back. For all I know the rules are different in America though. Maybe the 80% sugar content makes their bread effectively immortal.
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ScotchMonkey: If you put Wonderbread in the fridge it will outlast any siege or the forces of natural decay.

So yeah its full of sugar.
In the Fallout games I used to think it was odd that you could go into an ancient supermarket and pick up a perfectly preserved loaf of bread.

Now it doesn't seem so far-fetched.
Posted February 23, 2016
I only do this when there is something wrong with the item I have taken. I have done this to a basket because the basket was broken, and I have done this with a product because something was crushed, broken, tampered or dirty.
Posted February 23, 2016
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LootSeeker: I have done this to a basket because the basket was broken.
As opposed to a grocery store basket or cart that isn't broken?

There is no such thing. :P
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Posted February 23, 2016
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ScotchMonkey: If you put Wonderbread in the fridge it will outlast any siege or the forces of natural decay.

So yeah its full of sugar.
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markrichardb: In the Fallout games I used to think it was odd that you could go into an ancient supermarket and pick up a perfectly preserved loaf of bread.

Now it doesn't seem so far-fetched.
You've seen the ingrediants on that damn shit? I'm surprised they don't use them in construction.
Posted February 23, 2016
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LootSeeker: I have done this to a basket because the basket was broken.
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tinyE: As opposed to a grocery store basket or cart that isn't broken?

There is no such thing. :P
I should have said the least broken ;)
Posted February 23, 2016
I've got a better question. Who cares?
Posted February 23, 2016
What worries me is when I see the cashier using gloves. I suddenly wonder what she knows that I don't!
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