re: #147 freetoken

Yup, I watch at the store as clerks try to fill those bags. For the first few seconds it looks like a wrestling match.

One of the things I liked about Japan were the grocery stores - every customer bags their own food. It makes much more sense, and the stores set up a system where the customer once bagging is no longer in the line, so the line doesn’t slow down.

I pack my own canvas bags, or at least start to, while the clerk is running items through the scanner. And I do this after running my debit card through the reader as well. So the clerk often just ends up packing the second canvas bag while I finish up the first. Fairly efficient as these things go since we’re both actively doing parts of the process at the same time.