Supermarket Pet Peeves


I guess this is another example of affluenza, if most stores (outside of affluent areas) don’t teach their employees to do this.

Edit - but I’m going to argue my own supposition. I grew up in the rust belt and still visit sometimes. i don’t think any of those podunk stores in small towns mix their slicers, either.

So i’m not sure what the answer is.

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Totally respect that. Kant was an extreme Strange Ranger as a person, but a giant as a moral philosopher.

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Oh, Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel

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Monty Python almost always has the perfect retort for any situation.

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Especially to the French.

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Are you “certain” about Wittgenstein?

Hegel, absolutely Schopenhauer!

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I generally use the self check out - because I can pick-scan-bag in a sensible order.
avoiding the applesauce packed on top of the potato chips, et. al. . . .

absolutely years ago I suggested to the (then) manager they have a different beep tone at adjacent stations. the beeps are all the same - more than once I-think-I-scanned, heard the beep, put it in the bag only to be greeted by "Scan all Items . . . "
. . . . no joy.

the self-scan at Weis is the same brand and essentially identical to Giant, but it has different ‘options’ programmed in.

“Select your language” - really? why is that info not stored in my ‘preferred shopper’s profile’ I just entered?

“Check for any remaining items under cart” - really?

“Select your payment method:” - it won’t take your card swipe/tap until you choose . . .

avoid self-check out lanes with puzzled users . . . a big amen! to that one.

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How about “unexpected item in the bagging area!” if you bring your own bag and place it there.

A loud alarm ( that German one :face_with_hand_over_mouth:) follows, and it shuts down until help arrives. :person_facepalming:t5: Is that just for me?

I also use with caution with unusual (to the store) loose produce. Scrolling for lemongrass can be time consuming.

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I’ll take note of the brand next trip - but after you ‘log in’ with phone or customer card, anything that goes on the weight scale will produce an error message - here it works to just take it off then punch the “Use my own bag” button followed by entering number of own bags on the scale area.

I have the PLU’s noted in my (computerized) shopping list - but failing that I’ve found ‘look up by name’ much faster.
the shelf tags used to have the PLU - they stopped doing that… so my ‘look it up’ tasks have increased.

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oh, Edeka has lots of loud beeps . . .

the original ‘full length’ is now private (?) but here’s an out-take:

and the original found . . .
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2c6blz

so, obviously the check out beepers can be ‘tuned’ - if the store had any intention of taking customer ideas seriously . . .

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I remembered reading about this co-op when I saw this story in the NYT

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# 50 Years of Broccoli (and Mockery): A Co-op Co-Founder Calls It Quits

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I sure remember Joe Holtz. Looks like he has a lot less hair now. :smile:

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If i could dance like Gene Kelly I know what i would do when the produce sprinkler goes on!

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Speaking of produce sprinklers, yesterday I got a bunch of spinach and had to shake off a quarter cup of water before I bagged it. It was priced by the bunch, but I can imagine a not insignificant amount of marginal profit supermarkets make from selling water on produce by the pound.

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