Grocery Grievance. Good Grief!

Originally Posted by Coramoor

Wal-mart is bad...but you have not LIVED until you wait in line at an Army Commissary after payday!

AMEN.

I don't know how big your Commissary is, but the one within walking distance to my house (next to the PH NEX) is gigantic. On payday, the lines are so long and wrap around so many damn stantions -- they rival Disneyland's lines in the summertime!

Still, for those prices...they're definitely worth it.

Does your Commissary have those people waiting to help you to your car? Most of the time I don't need help carrying my bags to the car, but I hate that I'm usually obligated to tip them out even when I didn't need them in the first place. Usually they're kids or older people...so I can't really say no.

[scbelle]

Originally Posted by OTW

AMEN.

I don't know how big your Commissary is, but the one within walking distance to my house (next to the PH NEX) is gigantic. On payday, the lines are so long and wrap around so many damn stantions -- they rival Disneyland's lines in the summertime!

Still, for those prices...they're definitely worth it.

Does your Commissary have those people waiting to help you to your car? Most of the time I don't need help carrying my bags to the car, but I hate that I'm usually obligated to tip them out even when I didn't need them in the first place. Usually they're kids or older people...so I can't really say no.

Double AMEN! The payday lines at the commissary are the worst! The PX/BX/NEX are all pretty bad, too. But I hate the overseas commissary with a passion! They'll carry an item for all of a week or two, then yank it off the shelf, jsut as I'm getting used to it. And sometimes they won't carry something at all that I think is just ridiculous. I came home over Easter and fell in love with the cherry coke zero, but my manager at the overseas commissary looks at me like I'm an idiot for requesting them to carry it. And ours has the baggers, too, with a huge sign over the door that says "Baggers Work For Tips Only". That must be a sucky job. I try to be nice and give $5 to the guy who carries out the groceries and puts them in the car (over here, it's usually someone from a different country or a high school student). I know there are a lot of people around here that stiff the baggers.

[Coramoor]

The baggers! Yeah, I hardly ever carry cash so I end up paying them in euro or a handful of change.

I'm overseas right now and I know exactly what you mean about items being stocked. For instance you can buy the swiffer pads...but no handle. I couldn't find a bucket to clean my floors with for the last two months. The stuff they don't carry is so random also.