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Are people bad at their jobs or are the jobs just bad?

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287 points moonka | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 21:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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thi2 ◴[02 Apr 25 22:59 UTC] No.43562762[source]▶
> At Fred Meyer, our local Kroger-owned grocery store, a bagger in his 70s put all my frozen items in a normal bag, and my chips in the cold storage bag I’d brought from home.

A) Having to work a job (obviously not done out of passion) 70+ is really disheartening B) I don´t understand why this even is something that has to be done by a worker. I bought the groceries. I know where I want my stuff in my bags. Or I just toss them back in the cart and load it properly at the car.

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1. dyauspitr ◴[03 Apr 25 02:23 UTC] No.43564030[source]▶
It depends. When I go to Costco and make huge purchases to last a month, I unload the cart onto the payment conveyor and the bagger bags them on the other side. By the time I’m done unloading the cart and have finished paying, the cart is ready to go. I would say that’s like a 40-50% time save. Those really add up to shorter lines and more purchases for the stores.