to find people that accept help from the cashier to pack their bags lazy??!

yes you're unreasonable mind your own bloody business. Why did anyone ever invent this topic!

Er, don't you like laziness then?

in our tescos if you say yes (which i did occasionally when ds2 was small and in the sling, but I like to do it myself so stuff that goes together when I get home gets put in the same bags together) then someone almost magically appears to do it for you. They certainly don't multitask!

See, i cant let anyone help pack, my shopping goes on the belt in some sort of order ie tins/jars, bakery/crips/biscuits, fridge stuff, frozen stuff, toiletries/cleaning products, fruit and veg etc, hate their packing as alot of people at the till dont know how to pack properly and it would piss me right off if they packed and i got home and found the toilet fresh had leaked over the crusty rolls! iyswim

I meant solutions to avoiding checkout hassle, not a solution to the OP's vent.

I am not in control of myself, I have had some coca-cola and am high on sugary goodness.

Two solutions:

Internet shopping.

Take your own 'bags for life'.

Mummyhill - can I come to your checkout please . I like having a chat to the checkout operator they usually give you more school vouchers aswell .

If they made conveyor belts a bit longer so we are able to get all the shopping on before they whizz them through the scanner then fair enough, but you have half unloaded your trolley when they start scanning - there is a build up of shopping at both ends - stuff you paid for and stuff you are waiting to unload.

I accept the offer of help to start me off whilst unloading trolley then take over.

I prefer packing myslef as I've seen some way the assistants pack shoping and its its not done too well to say the least - eggs on botton for eg.

they are not exactly mind boggling multi tasking when they a computer adds it all up from them , not like the good old days when they rang it up on a till ( always wanted a Sat job doing that , but scanning has no appeal )

Anyway a quick diversion - do you remeber when Tesco used to advertsie - If ther is more than two people queing at a checkout they would open up another - those days have gone !

Just hand them your wad of bags for life, soap

If I have got the kids with me I always accept help with packing, but if I am alone I decline. Then I am so slow they seem to end up helping me anyway just to get me moving!

I always say no or I end up with a plastic bag per two items - I thought we were supposed to saving on plastic bags?

I ask for help packing all the time and couldn't give a toss if it slows things down or speeds them up for other people - the last thing on my mind at that moment in time is the people behind me in the queue. some of you are just toooooooo english for words. stop it now

I sometimes let them start me off if I am still having to unload the trolley. But I prefer to pack myself TBH.

If i'm doing a huge shop with DSs I let them start me off while i'm still loading stuff on the other end.
What annoys me more is middle aged women who take 10 minutes to put their change away and carefully file away their receipt then carefully place it all in their bag. i always move away from the till so the next person can get going while I'm faffing with my bag.

if I am still loading shopping onto the conveyor belt when they start ringing stuff thru, well yes they can help me pack but if it is just a little drop I say I can manage myself. I must add that when I have stopped loading stuff on the belt I do go down other end and start bagging myself

Talking as one of these poor unfortunates who sits there scanning your shopping. Helping with the packing is never much of a hassle and I allways pack fridge stuff in one bag, frozen in another, toiletries seperate, fresh meat seperate etc. I check if you want to use your own bags and offer to put your shopping in them rather than add to landfill. Many people find it helpfull especially if they have a big shop/children in tow or a disability (wether you can see it or not) It also gives customers a chance for a chat (if they want one) whilst you help them.

I do however object to ending up packing a £300 grocery shop on my own whilst a large family stand there chatting with their arms floded giving me amused looks.

If you ask a bloke if he'd like a BJ, he'd probably say yes.

I guess it's the same with some people and bag packing

yes I think you are being unreasonable. In Australia cashier ALWAYS help you pack, and the one and only thing i dislike about Waitrose is that they never offer. I wouldnt think it is difficult to Scan and Pack.

i don't see the problem with accepting help,
our supermarkets ask everybody if they would like any help with their packing, i usually say as long as you take your time scanning then i will be fine.
i have a dodgy back so can't lift a bag with more than a 2 ltre bottle in it, so in that respect it is better to do my own packing, i nearly always have 2 kids with my, yes they are 13 and look as thou they should be helping pack the shopping, they look like any other kids (more beautiful thou obviously,see profile for evidence)
they have autism and they are not useful bag packers! i do feel judged if i have any help thou.

Depends, if I have DD, a trolly full of food and havent finihsed loading onto belt, then yes will take help. I like to get out as quick as possible.
It gets my goat when Im struggling to put shopping on belt and cashier is sitting waiting, grrr.
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I always say "help me if i get slow and start to piss everybody off, otherwise I'm fine thanks".

I prefer to pack because imo I do it better than they do - esp. if they haven't had packing training or whatever they have.

I also arrange the conveyor and the trolley with packing into car and then into cupboards at home in mind . So, have sections of chilled, toiletries, storecupboard in the trolley, on the conveyor and in the bags.

with a family of 5/6 to feed and a 2/3 week big shop, when shopping on my own i ask for someone to help pack. As i am still putting food on one end and i can't do both.

I usually accept help for all the reasons given already - running out of belt, having LOs with me, the cashier being so quick to send it down I can't keep up, etc

But today I didn't get 'help'; I got a cashier who did the whole lot at snail's pace. I was very embarassed about the person behind, because I would have been quicker.

So Flossalump, if you were the person behind me, I do apologise.