"Express" 12 Items Or Less

[BigFish]

You ever go to the market and get in the "Express" line and ask yourself......"What the friggen heck is so "Express" about this???? You get in line and the jamoak in front of you is paying with credit cards, pennies and food stamps and all he is friggen getting is a loaf of bread and of course his cigarettes Then.....they have no baggers in the express line (I think baggers are extinct cause I never see anyone bagging except the person doing the ringing) If it is going to be an "Express" line....shouldn't it be cash only and have a friggen bagger??????

OK folks return to your homes........nothin' to see here!

[BigFish]

Last night the guy in front of me has the woman ring up 12 items......then has her ring up 12 more items....seperately!!!!!

[Pete_G]

I was pondering the lack of baggers the last time I was shopping as well. Apparently it's not just my local supermarket.

[afterhours]

larry- and YOU did'nt say anything to him??? come on tell us...

[Backbeach Jake]

Baggers? Hell, half the registers have no cashiers.

[Bill L]

how hard is it to bag your own 12 items?

[afterhours]

i usually bag my own express or not, because there's rarely a bagger anymore.

[Squid kids Dad]

I go to Johnnies foodmaster in Whitman..They always have baggers.Lucky I guess...Walmart is another story..Whats this s&^t about self check out??Another job done away with ...

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Squid kids Dad

I go to Johnnies foodmaster in Whitman..They always have baggers.Lucky I guess...Walmart is another story..Whats this s&^t about self check out??Another job done away with ...

Just like Home depot now !!!
all self service machines for checkout !

[Mike P]

My uncle told me the origin of the term "Jamoke".

It was the name of a race horse back in the 40s or 50s. It ran at Narragansett Park and Suffolk Downs, and apparently was one step away from the glue factory. It became a term applied to a mopey kinda guy--"he's a real Jamoke"

[BigFish]

Yeah....thats the guy!

[afterhours]

Originally Posted by Mike P

My uncle told me the origin of the term "Jamoke".

It was the name of a race horse back in the 40s or 50s. It ran at Narragansett Park and Suffolk Downs, and apparently was one step away from the glue factory. It became a term applied to a mopey kinda guy--"he's a real Jamoke"

i heard the same thing from my uncle too, he used to go the tracks.

[chris L]

Originally Posted by Mike P

My uncle told me the origin of the term "Jamoke".

It was the name of a race horse back in the 40s or 50s. It ran at Narragansett Park and Suffolk Downs, and apparently was one step away from the glue factory. It became a term applied to a mopey kinda guy--"he's a real Jamoke"

that is true or at least what I was told.
its also the name of the hamchunk's (vietnamese kid ) dog in the movie " the green beret "

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by Squid kids Dad

I go to Johnnies foodmaster in Whitman..They always have baggers.Lucky I guess...Walmart is another story..Whats this s&^t about self check out??Another job done away with ...

The self checkout is a good idea if it worked! The ones at walmart freakin stink. I have to sit around and wait for help half the time becuase my item wont scan or whatnot. I gave up and go back to the cashier now. Otherwsie i'll drop kick the damn self checkout things!

[MoroneSaxatilis]

The self checkouts here at the local Stop & Shop work great.
I always use them when purchasing just a few items.
The first ones they had several years ago didn't work for crap.
The engineers/designers have since worked out a lot of the bugs.
I think many times the problem is located between the grocery basket,
and the scanning machine.

[Slingah]

Originally Posted by MoroneSaxatilis

The self checkouts here at the local Stop & Shop work great.
I always use them when purchasing just a few items.
The first ones they had several years ago didn't work for crap.
The engineers designers have since worked out a lot of the bugs.
I think many times the problem is usually is located between the grocery basket,
and the scanning machine.

same here at the local Shaws....works great...in and out....Larry BF...cash is becoming a thing of the past

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by MoroneSaxatilis

The self checkouts here at the local Stop & Shop work great.
I always use them when purchasing just a few items.
The first ones they had several years ago didn't work for crap.
The engineers designers have since worked out a lot of the bugs.
I think many times the problem is usually is located between the grocery basket,
and the scanning machine.

Maybe the new Walmart ones i use have bugs still. Damnit Walmart fix them!

[Raider Ronnie]

[QUOTE=BigFish]You ever go to the market and get in the "Express" line and ask yourself......"What the friggen heck is so "Express" about this???? You get in line and the jamoak in front of you


Larry,
What exactly is a "jamoke" ???

And the supermarket is the wife's job !!!

[Swimmer]

Local stop and shop has an express register with no person. On your honor, run the items over the scannner by your onesys, ya right. First day like the thrid person through was a pro shoplifter. Scans one item, takes 20 # bag of litter, 6 black angus steaks, and four of five other items. He gets away, store calls us. Track him down, and he comes back and pays. Told store security that check out lane is thiers to watch over. If s & s thinks we are going to monitor that one they were crazy. Checks out with no one there. Do you all realize that 12 to 14% of what you pay now is the built in cost of theft. Checkouts with no people monitoring, exceot for someone in an office 300 feet away, is nothing more than a private extension of the public welfare system. This was something new in all the S & S's that day. Guy lived in Norton. Word was he hit every one that day within twenty miles of his house. Dumb friekin idea. Any store that stupid will not get my business. I am not paying for that kind of theft rate.