Is It Wrong Of Twin Falls ID Stores To Expect Customers To Bag?

More and more stores across the United States are asking customers for assistance with bagging their own groceries. Some consumers believe store managers and owners are intentionally short-staffing themselves with the expectation that customers will pull their own weight.

I'm not sure what city you live in, but where I call home I'm my own grocery bagger 99 percent of the time I shop. I haven't really thought about this issue until this holiday season when I noticed there was a gross shortage of baggers at our county stores.

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 If store employees are having their hours cut or even being laid off because store owners are now depending on customers to bag their own goods, then that's not right.

When I shop with my wife, it's no big deal when the checker needs some help with bagging. It's when I'm shopping alone and there's a line of seven to eight people waiting behind me when I start to get slightly annoyed and feel a bit taken advantage of. Baggers certainly help the lines move faster, and there are a lot of customers who don't bag well at all, which makes the wait even longer.

The topic of self-bagging has come up frequently in the news media. If store employees are having their hours cut or even being laid off because store owners are now depending on customers to bag their own goods, then that's not right.

Does bagging your own groceries in Idaho bother you or are you happy to do it?