speaking of being a complete nut, i also have a problem with baggers. so. went to costco one day. they packed my meats with my veggies in the same box... (they use their old boxes for "bagging" groceries.) i have this thing about contaminated foods. what if the meat juices ooze onto my veggies? what if i want to eat the veggies raw and now they have carcass juices on them? considering that i pay for this stuff, aren't i entitled to have them "bagged my way?"
anyhoo. the groceries were bagged with the chicken on it's side and the bag it was in upside down (what's the point in that?!). so the raw juices spilled onto my veggies and my boxed groceries. super gross. so after that, i made a mind of asking baggers to please bag my raw meats separately and they always look at me like i'm some nut! the funny thing is, if i don't, like 75% of the time i don't, they bag the meats and other groceries together!
just can't win, i tell you. i got the dirtiest look from a grocery bagger person once because i asked her to separate the items, and she barked, "oh, i NEVER do that!" so the next time i was at costco and she bagged my stuff, i didn't say anything, and guess what, the very same girl bagged my raw meats with my veggies. they're all out to get me, i'm sure of it...
sigh. i should just start making separate trips to the store just to ensure that my meats and other foods don't get bagged together. or make 2 trips into the store. or just not buy raw meat anymore. that's make hot mama happy. damn vegetarians. always got a good comeback. : )
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i hear ya 'bout the meat and veggie cohabitation thingee. when i'm at costco, i always try to double bag the meats i buy to protect it from the veggies. don't know how successful that tactic is though.
and if you think it's bad here, try asking this on the east coast. the grocers there WILL DESTROY YOU.
hell, customer service is a dirty word on the east coast. i remember wifey going to a mickey d's in philly and asked to have a hamburger without pickles. the order taker responded, "just take off the pickles when you get it."
Bagging groceries correctly, I've come to believe, does take a certain amount of skill (and training?). Years ago, I used to shop at Food 4 Less. There, the customer is responsible for bagging their own groceries. Haven't been there in awhile, so I don't know if self-bagging still holds true. I developed my own system (canned goods together, heavy stuff on bottom, lighter stuff on top, etc.) I think Vons (where I now regularly shop) actually trains their baggers, and I guess that makes a certain amount of sense. However, there are common sense issues that don't need explaining. Obviously, I'm not going to put a watermelon on top of my bread.
Hmmmmm... Now that I think about it, I've never really observed how Vons bags. I'll have to watch more closely. You do make a good point... I wouldn't want my meats mixed with the veggies...
bagging is indeed simply a matter of rules-of-thumb. things like: don't put cleaning products with stuff you eat. keep boxed foods together, canned foods also, be weary of veggies and eggs, isolate the leaky stuff. i was a bagger at the commissary, there were instructions. there needs to be instructions, can't rely on the common wisdom of baggers.
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