Grocery Store Question: Do you push your own cart to your car?

[purbeast0]

i grew up working at a mom/pop local grocery store for 8 years and we offered to take groceries out to people's cars. however we had our own special carts. the parknig lot was on a hill and we did not allow people to tak ecarts out off of the porch, and it was partially due to the insurance the owners had on the store. it did not insure carts running away and nailing cars.

we would use common sense asking people if they need help out though, wouldn't ask people with 2 items or anything. it was a great way to make tips though and was a great job to have throughout highschool and college. on a good 6 hour shift on saturday I could easily make over $40 in cash tips.

typical tip was $1 but you would get less, stiffed, $2 or $3 every now and then, and then there were some people who would give you $5. holiday times you would see a lot more $5's than normal.

 

[Brainonska511]

Whole foods doesn't even unload your cart for you when you check out. All of the decent grocery stores here do that.

Lol. I worked in a good grocery store in suburbia. We never unloaded people's carts unless they asked for help; lots of people are anal about how their groceries are arranged, as they think how they put them on the belt will equate to how they get bagged. We bagged their stuff and returned it to the cart though and if they asked for help out to the car, we'd provide that as well. We would only ask them if they needed help when it seemed obvious.

It wasn't about tipping either. We would get fired if we accepted a tip. (Even though some of the people really were pushy about trying to tip you for it)

We were told we couldn't take tips, but it was understood if you went outside with a carryout (didn't happen that often), then taking it, but not demanding or asking for it, would be okay. There were some people that were crazy though - tipping in store; those I would try to refuse and then they'd just shove money in my apron pocket.

 

[ThePresence]

WTF?! You must live in the high dollar area. We push our own carts around here :^D

This.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Of course I push my own cart.
I usually go to Aldis, where they don't have that nonsense, however, the big supermarket store near my house is a Jewel, and I've seen them pushing carts for old ladies and what not.

 

[nageov3t]

has the OP defined where "here" is? I don't think I've seen milk in a glass container, pretty much ever.

for ~5 years, I lived in a neighborhood with really shitty parking... even on a good day, I was parking 3-4 blocks away from my apartment. I got into the habit of never buying more than I could carry in one trip, and I still do that today.

for my 2-3 bags worth of groceries, I just use the self-checkout and carry the stuff to my car.

 

[Brainonska511]

has the OP defined where "here" is? I don't think I've seen milk in a glass container, pretty much ever.

The only one I've ever seen in a glass bottle is some crazy expensive organic fancy pants milk. I believe it was about $4-$5 for half a gallon.

 

[The_Dude8]

The only one I've ever seen in a glass bottle is some crazy expensive organic fancy pants milk. I believe it was about $4-$5 for half a gallon.

Breast milk or skim milk?

 

[PottedMeat]

Breast milk or skim milk?

Cambodian Immigrant

 

[MotF Bane]

So OP, you shop at a very high-priced grocery store. It's expensive, and it shows you have a fairly large amount of disposable income - after all, you could go to a cheaper grocery store, and have to carry your own stuff. It'll be, oh, let's say 90% as healthy for you, but for substantially less cost.

Then you could be donating that much more money to poor people around the world who only have as much food in a week as you eat in a day. So your food won't be quite as healthy as it is now, but at least they'll get to eat at all. Aren't you terribly greedy and inconsiderate to let your fellow man suffer while you pay such high prices willingly for your food?

What a terrible person you are.

 

[davmat787]

I always push my own, leave the employees available for someone that needs it.

Exactly how I feel.