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I worked as a bagger at a small, family owned grocery store while I was in high school. One day a man came through the checkout with a full cart of groceries.
Me: "Paper or plastic?"
Customer: āIād like double bagged paper and Iād like you to make each bag as heavy as you can.ā
Me: "Sure thing!"
A bit of a strange request, sure, but anything that broke up the monotony of the day was welcomed. I managed to load his entire cart into three fairly heavy bags and bring them out to his car.
Customer: "In case you're wondering - I just had a fight with the wife and it's my turn to pick up the groceries."
Me: "Uh-huh."
Customer: "It's also her turn to unload the car."
Welcome to the Hotel Retail. You can checkout any time you like but you can never leave.
That particular request is the stuff of nightmares.
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As someone that started out bagging, i can tell you where it all comes from for my store. Customer complaints basically. It's those few special snowflakes that whine and throw a super sized cussing tantrum that push us to bag the "safe" way. So please understand that it's not that won't do it that way, we're just conditioned to do what gets us the least likely ass chewing. I once accidentally put a bottle of generic drain cleaner in with some sliced deli chicken. If you didn't look directly at the label, it would have looked like a bottle of BBQ sauce we sold at the store. Same bottle shape and color. Lets just say the customer let fly in the most unholy of ways. So ever since then, i've made absolutely sure to never mix anything like that again.