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Mister Kingdom posted:My first job was bagging groceries. I would make more in tips than my actual salary. That was nearly 40 years ago. My favorite is when they cram your insulated bags full of dry goods and then throw all your frozen or refrigerated poo poo in the normal bags. Like, come on. Use a bit of goddamn sense.
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The store I go to I pretty much have to use the self checkout if I want more half my stuff bagged. Otherwise the cashier's are all like, "Oh just leave that in the cart."
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Jan 10, 2019 01:08
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Davros1 posted:The store I go to I pretty much have to use the self checkout if I want more half my stuff bagged. Otherwise the cashier's are all like, "Oh just leave that in the cart." In the case of the stores I go to, the baggers and cashiers are better and faster at scanning and bagging my stuff than I am, so I'll usually go through a line, because the self-check-out kiosks are generally filled with people who haven't had to develop that skill. I generally haven't had an issue with them. That said,I will use the pick-up-a-scanner-at-entrance, scan-and-bag-as-you-go, pay-at-kiosk-and-leave system that's in place at the Kroger I most often visit. Distributing the awkward bagging time during the awkward shopping time is less annoying than doing it all at once at the end.
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Jan 10, 2019 01:23
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maltesh posted:In the case of the stores I go to, the baggers and cashiers are better and faster at scanning and bagging my stuff than I am, so I'll usually go through a line, because the self-check-out kiosks are generally filled with people who haven't had to develop that skill. I generally haven't had an issue with them. Sam's club has a system like that but we use my fiancees mom's membership and she claims to not remember the login for the app. YOU BITCH JUST RESET IT AND SAVE ME TIME
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Jan 10, 2019 02:05
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ReidRansom posted:My favorite is when they cram your insulated bags full of dry goods and then throw all your frozen or refrigerated poo poo in the normal bags. Like, come on. Use a bit of goddamn sense. Or they ask me if I want the 2 liter bottles in a bag. No, I brought bags with me because they never get to go out on their own.
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Jan 10, 2019 02:49
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2 liters are typically cheaper than 20 ounce bottles. They might just be asking if you want it left out so you can start guzzlin'
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Jan 10, 2019 02:54
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Len posted:2 liters are typically cheaper than 20 ounce bottles. They might just be asking if you want it left out so you can start guzzlin' #goontruths
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Jan 10, 2019 02:59
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I worked part time in retail for about six years when I was in school. In that time I think I bagged groceries about three or four times and all those times it was for people who asked because they physically couldn't. I get the feeling most people here would be vaguely insulted by someone else bagging their stuff if it wasn't a complete necessity. Same with greeters. .
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Jan 10, 2019 03:24
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What do Americans do while the checkout girl scans their items and a teenager haphazardly bags them? Pray? Snack? Recite the pledge of allegiance? I don't even let the Christmas charity workers pack my stuff for me. I'd feel like a lazy piece of poo poo watching someone else work while I stand about (plus they'd just do it wrong).
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Jan 10, 2019 03:44
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^^^ there's no way I can pack as fast as they scan, so when I'm finally done packing, the cashier has been standing there, waiting for me to pay. I enjoy getting my stuff bagged because it's almost always done competently and leaves me free to focus on paying, letting all of us get out of there faster. Also, I will never use self checkout because the store is already severely understaffed and I want to support people being employed. Beachcomber has a new favorite as of 03:48 on Jan 10, 2019 |
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Jan 10, 2019 03:45
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Speaking of TV episodes that didn't age well, the episode of Mary Tyler Moore where Mary calls her white boss the n-word is awkward to watch now.
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Jan 10, 2019 03:50
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But you can't pay until everything's been scanned. There's a big window of time to be bagging your fruits and vegetables. It's not like the employees get to go home faster. Only you. This whole drat system reeks of inequality.
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Jan 10, 2019 03:51
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Having someone at the petrol station to "pump" your "gas" for you is a weird, very-American thing as well (or used to be?)
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Jan 10, 2019 03:54
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sassassin posted:But you can't pay until everything's been scanned. There's a big window of time to be bagging your fruits and vegetables. Well first I need to put in my phone number so I get the club card "savings", and then I can start the payment process by putting my card in the slot, and by that time all my stuff is bagged anyway.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:00
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sassassin posted:Having someone at the petrol station to "pump" your "gas" for you is a weird, very-American thing as well (or used to be?) Its New Jersey and Oregon, where you are not legally allowed to pump your own gas.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:00
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That episode of Green Acres with the lynching also draws a lot of controversy, what a ripe subject for discussion.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:01
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sassassin posted:Having someone at the petrol station to "pump" your "gas" for you is a weird, very-American thing as well (or used to be?) Its illegal to pump your own gas in Mexico City so it's not just Oregon and New Jersey.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:05
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FactsAreUseless posted:That episode of Green Acres with the lynching also draws a lot of controversy, what a ripe subject for discussion. Agreed. Also, I always thought the series finale of Mr. Ed where Wilbur sends Ed off to the glue factory was unnecessary and in poor taste.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:09
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Zamboni Rodeo posted:Agreed. Also, I always thought the series finale of Mr. Ed where Wilbur sends Ed off to the glue factory was unnecessary and in poor taste.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:12
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Don Gato posted:Its illegal to pump your own gas in Mexico City so it's not just Oregon and New Jersey. Ah yes, the world famous American metropolis Mexico City.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:48
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Remember the episode of Bewitched where they visit Mexico City and Darren gets arrested but the cops are too sleepy to send him to jail? There's some racist poo poo in these old shows.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:49
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FactsAreUseless posted:Remember the episode of Bewitched where they visit Mexico City and Darren gets arrested but the cops are too sleepy to send him to jail? There's some racist poo poo in these old shows. They actually did send him to jail, that's why they had to get a replacement Darren.
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Jan 10, 2019 04:59
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sassassin posted:But you can't pay until everything's been scanned. There's a big window of time to be bagging your fruits and vegetables. You usually can. Most POS's can do all the card scanny bits up front, and then you just approve the total once they finish scanning.
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Jan 10, 2019 05:06
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Foxfire_ posted:You usually can. Most POS's can do all the card scanny bits up front, and then you just approve the total once they finish scanning.
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Jan 10, 2019 05:08
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That one episode of Heil Honey, I'm Home that is an episode of Heil Honey, I'm Home was in pretty bad taste and has probably not aged well.
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Jan 10, 2019 05:13
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that one episode of Three's Company where Larry has to hide out in Jack's bedroom from the Yakuza has some pretty problematic elements these days, too
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Jan 10, 2019 05:14
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The phone thing is funny in shows like Riverdale and Sabrina, and the new Ducktales a bit, that try to go for a 'timeless' setting but have to deal with their target audience taking smartphones completely for granted. You often see phones used as a shorthand for characterisation to some extent. The Spellmans have a lot of old stuff and still use a landline, but of course they're witches with lifespans measured in centuries, and take their time adapting to modern technology. (not to mention I imagine they value their privacy) Though Ambrose has what looks like an only somewhat outdated laptop. (which makes sense, as he's under house-arrest and would go even more stir-crazy than he normally would without the internet) While the only time we see a smartphone is when Harvey uses one. While on the other hand, Scrooge has a gold-plated flip phone and has trouble keeping up with annoying Silicon Valley noveau riche Mark Beaks' tech talk. Of course, a good flip phone is still perfectly reliable for its original usage and often has battery life measured in days rather than hours of active use compared to most smartphones, so it makes sense for someone like Scrooge who isn't necessarily put off by new technology (he's famously quite open-minded about it, but wants to make sure it's reliable and practical before putting it into use/production) but doesn't get rid of anything as long as it's still useful. (that gold plated flip phone was probably top of the line when he got it) Meanwhile the kids all use smart phones like you'd expect.
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Jan 10, 2019 06:39
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Alaois posted:that one episode of Three's Company where Larry has to hide out in Jack's bedroom from the Yakuza has some pretty problematic elements these days, too I can never not hear Yakuza now and not think of the Yakuza games. Those would fit terrifyingly well in any American sitcom crossover.
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Jan 10, 2019 06:40
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That episode of All In The Family where Edith spends 22 minutes beating Archie with an old desk lamp aged real poorly because he got his face all cut up when that incandescent bulb exploded. Wouldn't have happened with an led one.
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Jan 10, 2019 06:52
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There's an episode of the original Hawaii 5-0 where the villain is supposed to be a Japanese secret agent who was acting as a fifth column before the Pearl Harbor attack but he ended up in a coma and when he wakes up he assumes it's time for him to start his attack (which is all kinds of problematic on its own) but instead of using a Japanese or even Asian actor, it was some white guy with putty on his eyes. Made even more annoying to me because you can clearly see multiple Japanese characters played by Japanese actors all across the series, it's not like they weren't already on set. plainswalker75 posted:Ah yes, the world famous American metropolis Mexico City. He didn't specify which America  .
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Jan 10, 2019 09:08
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Maybe no Japanese actor wanted the part.
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Jan 10, 2019 09:14
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plainswalker75 posted:Ah yes, the world famous American metropolis Mexico City. What continent do you think Mexico is in?
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Jan 10, 2019 09:45
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Beachcomber posted:^^^ there's no way I can pack as fast as they scan, I can pack faster and more accurately than any convenience store motherfucker on earth and have my debit card ready to pay at the same time. Plus if you pack your own stuff, you can make sure toothpaste doesn’t end up in the fridge bag.
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Jan 10, 2019 13:10
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The 'technology' depicted in the 1970's television show The Six Million Dollar Man doesn't age well, when you think about it. In that vein, just about every single 1970's action show (Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, etc) was filmed on the same sound stage and/or southern California street, warehouse area, or stretch of hillside property. And, in the car chase scenes or motorcycle racing scene where there was a sport turn or 180, you could see the scuff marks where the stunt men had practiced it a few times before the take that made it to the final series. Funny, low-budget, formulamatic stuff. 
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Jan 10, 2019 13:35
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Not to mention that $6 million is now the average cost of a US medical bill.
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Jan 10, 2019 13:42
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sassassin posted:What do Americans do while the checkout girl scans their items and a teenager haphazardly bags them? Pray? Snack? Recite the pledge of allegiance? Stare at the cashier slackjawed until the scanning is complete, then haphazardly spend 5 minutes fishing for their method of payment as if they've never seen this happen before in their life, and had no idea they'd have to pay for it at the end of the transaction.
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Jan 10, 2019 13:54
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Read the tabloids, stare at the gum rack. Reply 'uh-huh' when asked if we found everything we needed. Normal stuff.
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Jan 10, 2019 14:01
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Sparky2 posted:In that vein, just about every single 1970's action show (Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman, etc) was filmed on the same sound stage and/or southern California street, warehouse area, or stretch of hillside property. I feel like this is gonna be something that dates the modern crop of action shows, too. Although it's Vancouver instead of California, you see a lot of the same buildings turn up again and again. I've been watching the Arrowverse shows, and while you can occasionally see that Star City and Central City have some conspicuously similar-looking architecture at times, the best part is when you can see them re-use major sets. Bits of the Queen house from Arrow turn up just enough to be noticeable when you're watching them in a more compressed timeframe. Then there's how Supergirl hit season 2 and conspicuously stopped going to the California-looking desert outside National City every goddamn episode.
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Jan 10, 2019 14:03
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Cleretic posted:I feel like this is gonna be something that dates the modern crop of action shows, too. Although it's Vancouver instead of California, you see a lot of the same buildings turn up again and again. That’s like how all those 90s syndicated action shows all used that one Vancouver water treatment plant any time they needed an exterior shot of anything that was supposed to be high-tech or in the future. I remember it was in The Pretender and Mutant X all the time, and probably the 90s Outer Limits too.
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pentyne posted:Its New Jersey and Oregon, where you are not legally allowed to pump your own gas. As of 1/1/18 you can legally pump your own gas in Oregon but only at standalone stations in counties with populations under 40,000. Reading the comments sections on news articles about it and all the memes was a good source of LOLs last year.
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