"Express" 12 Items Or Less - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

BigFish · 02-24-2006, 07:30 PM

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 · 02-24-2006, 07:34 PM

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 · 02-24-2006, 07:57 PM

I was pondering the lack of baggers the last time I was shopping as well.

Apparently it's not just my local supermarket.

afterhours · 02-24-2006, 08:13 PM

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

Backbeach Jake · 02-24-2006, 08:25 PM

Baggers? Hell, half the registers have no cashiers.

Bill L · 02-24-2006, 08:26 PM

how hard is it to bag your own 12 items?

afterhours · 02-24-2006, 08:35 PM

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

Raider Ronnie · 02-24-2006, 08:39 PM

[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 !!!

Squid kids Dad · 02-24-2006, 08:41 PM

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 · 02-24-2006, 08:43 PM

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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 · 02-24-2006, 09:12 PM

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 · 02-24-2006, 10:43 PM

Yeah....thats the guy!

Skip N · 02-25-2006, 12:23 AM

12 items and under my ass!! Why dont the cashiers EVER say anything when someone brings up 30 items at the express lane!? And those self checkout things suck too. They never work half the time.

Skip N · 02-25-2006, 12:28 AM

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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 · 02-25-2006, 01:02 AM

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 · 02-25-2006, 08:20 AM

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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 · 02-25-2006, 01:09 PM

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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!

cheferson · 02-25-2006, 02:57 PM

Have you seen the new scanners S&S are rolling out? You scan as you go,bag items as you go, adds up your total, tells you where items are located and all kinds of other crap. At checkout all you do is scan your card and pay, no scanning each item at the check out.

Slingah · 02-25-2006, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cheferson

Have you seen the new scanners S&S are rolling out? You scan as you go,bag items as you go, adds up your total, tells you where items are located and all kinds of other crap. At checkout all you do is scan your card and pay, no scanning each item at the check out.

thats what I want at my market

Swimmer · 02-25-2006, 03:34 PM

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.

reelecstasy · 02-25-2006, 03:37 PM

I never use the self check out. Another machine taking away someones job... I don't care if i have to stand in line another 5 mins waiting for a human.

~Local 2222 IBEW~

Slingah · 02-25-2006, 03:45 PM

maybe you guys are right....didnt think of the job and theft aspect

The Dad Fisherman · 02-25-2006, 05:24 PM

Just another way for them to monitor your shopping habits....Pretty soon all you have to do is FEEL like having a steak and someone will show up at the door with one.

They will start to have a favorites list for you after you've been there a couple of times

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheferson

Have you seen the new scanners S&S are rolling out? You scan as you go,bag items as you go, adds up your total, tells you where items are located and all kinds of other crap. At checkout all you do is scan your card and pay, no scanning each item at the check out.

luds · 02-25-2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip N

12 items and under my ass!! Why dont the cashiers EVER say anything when someone brings up 30 items at the express lane!? And those self checkout things suck too. They never work half the time.

luds · 02-25-2006, 06:49 PM

I prefer when there is nobody bagging my groceries. The baggers at the grocery stories near me shove your food in the bag like they're trying fit a little more in the trash before they take it out to the dumpster.

BigFish · 02-25-2006, 07:01 PM

When they do bag...I get 2 items in each bag!

So 12 items....6 friggen bags!

Skitterpop · 02-25-2006, 10:15 PM

Squid kids Dad · 02-25-2006, 11:36 PM

afterhours · 02-26-2006, 09:12 AM

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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.

MoroneSaxatilis · 02-26-2006, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Just another way for them to monitor your shopping habits....Pretty soon all you have to do is FEEL like having a steak and someone will show up at the door with one.
They will start to have a favorites list for you after you've been there a couple of times

Come on now, I'm sure you know that that is already OLD technology.
As soon as S&S and Shaws introduced thier "Savings Cards", tracking your shopping/spending habbits is exactly what they were doing.
Look at you receipt: How much your total savings was on that particular shopping trip.
"Rewards Savings So Far This Year", etc.
They taylor the coupons they give you based on your purchases.
They send you coupons in the mail based on what you've spent so far in a given period.
I wouldn't mind someone showing up at my door with a nice, fresh Delmonico as long as it's on sale.