So - have any of you been to the new drive-thru lanes that McDonald's has - with the two ordering lanes?!?!
It's like McDonald's took the one place where you don't have to worry about not getting in the "wrong" line, and stolen that beautiful gift away. It is now possible to get into the wrong line at the McDonald's drive-thru. I will agree that for the most part, it's a great new system. AND - if you do choose the wrong line you'll only be one car further back than you should have been after the merge. (Unlike at the toll booth lane when you pick the shorter line that ends up taking much longer because three drivers up - they don't have any change!) So, the merge - another interesting mystery - how do they know who merged first? Which order belongs to which car? They ARE tricky.
Also - I was at Meijer today - contemplating the self-check-out lane, or the regular lane. I chose the regular lane since I had some produce, and didn't want to spend the extra time looking t up myself. Plus, sometimes... don't you just want to be served? Why is everything going to self-service?? So, anyway - I chose the regular lane, and I completely regretted it by the time I was walking out. I don't know about you, but when I unpack my grocery cart onto the conveyor I put my items in the order that I would like them packed into bags. All of the boxed items together, the canned foods together, the toiletries together, etc.... Tonight as the cashier put my items into the bags she turned her turnstile after each scan and mix-matched all of my groceries into random sacks - and gave me a ton of extra plastic sacks that I truly didn't need.
Is correctly packing a grocery sack just a lost art form? Guess I'll be visiting the self-check out more often.... I can get through just as fast as the cashier ----------- unless I pick the wrong self-check out machine to wait in line for.
~~This has been Random Thoughts by Jill :)
15 years ago
6 comments:
#1) They are bags, not sacks ;)
#2) I also line up my groceries for how I want them bagged. I would be really annoyed too!
Don't let Liz tell you what to call them! It's merely her East Coastern ways trying to infiltrate Michigan.
Good random thoughts. I enjoyed them.
I think I actually alternate between bags and sacks. I also like to order my groceries on the belt. Everytime I go to the self checkout though, I end up having to have someone come and fix the register for me.
Enjoyed your thoughts:) I do think that packing groceries is a lost art form. I'm that obnoxious shopper who makes a point of telling the bagger that I want all of my meat in a seperate bag--they always look at me like I think their stupid, but I can't tell you how many times I've had produce bagged with my raw chicken--gross!
ever want to talk to "a live person" when navigating throught a customer service phone call...same applies here....keep it social!
I do think it's a lost art form. I remember having to bag groceries for my mom at Cubs when she'd go grocery shopping and she had a very specific way it was to be done. I hate it when they put a TON of heavy stuff like drinks, canned food, etc all in one plastic sack so that it about breaks when you pick it up.
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