tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post1077010380521130291..comments2023-10-09T07:04:49.539-07:00Comments on Writing: Franzy's Law #1franzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-26173020044109174042007-07-14T23:51:00.000-07:002007-07-14T23:51:00.000-07:00Carry your bags?? That is what the maid is for.or ...Carry your bags?? That is what the maid is for.<BR/>or have I been in Singapore too long?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-91557117622456330442007-07-10T02:02:00.000-07:002007-07-10T02:02:00.000-07:00I agree about the cross contamination thing, what'...I agree about the cross contamination thing, what's WITH that.Everything is already wrapped in it's own little cocoon of plastic yet I constantly hear "can I have the meat in a separate bag please". I know by now which customers prefer it that way, for the rest I just put it all together unless the meat is not properly sealed and is leaking all over my checkout, fingers, front of my shirt.......then it goes into it's own bag. Also I try to pack as few bags as possible so usually people leaving my checkout need a forklift truck to lift their (over)full bags, that'll teach 'em to come through express with 13 items.....Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-37159876274042361412007-07-10T00:56:00.000-07:002007-07-10T00:56:00.000-07:00Ha! No - I must admit that Franzy's Law #1 always ...Ha! No - I must admit that Franzy's Law #1 always comes about as a result of poor planning. I go to the shops needing only cumin seeds and a lemon ... and maybe some yoghurt ... and a carton of milk to be on the safe side. So I grab a basket. Quick efficient, 12-items-or-less man that I am. I then end up getting about 14 other things that I carefully pack into the basket and mistake for being easy-to-carry because I'm supermacho strong strong because my arm doesn't fall off. <BR/>Once you (or one of your colleagues) unpacks my basket and rearranges it into shopping bags (plastic-wrapped meat separate from sealed box of soap - what's with this cross-contamination bullshit that people are crying about now?) I now have roughly half a cubic metre of shopping that I have to heft out of there, <A HREF="http://franzy.tblog.com/archive/2006/01/" REL="nofollow"><BR/>keeping it carefully away from my knees.<BR/></A><BR/>My own fault really. I should just get a trolley and perform another community service by leaving it directly behind someone's 4WD.franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-86504244357983803172007-07-10T00:43:00.000-07:002007-07-10T00:43:00.000-07:00Had to laugh at that photo, and must admit that cu...Had to laugh at that photo, and must admit that customer I had is not the type we usually see here, I'd never seen him before, most (about 99%) of our customers are really nice, to me, and to each other. I take it you don't use a trolley to get your stuff to your car?Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-25186885672448741212007-07-09T18:56:00.000-07:002007-07-09T18:56:00.000-07:00Amen to that. Not your seat dawg!My seat!I drive!Amen to that. Not your seat dawg!<BR/>My seat!<BR/>I drive!franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-53390110141513600842007-07-09T18:48:00.000-07:002007-07-09T18:48:00.000-07:00I hear ya Franzy - add an umbrella to that equatio...I hear ya Franzy - add an umbrella to that equation and a frantic dog pawing at your trakky daks trying to get in via your driver's seat and you have my average visit to the shops as wellKath Locketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09677312773827236567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-33533322063346822212007-07-09T02:43:00.000-07:002007-07-09T02:43:00.000-07:00River, you are clearly my physical better. I find ...River, you are clearly my physical better. I find it much easier to twist around than swap over 15kgs of heavy shopping hanging from three thin plastic straps. Hurty hurty!<BR/><BR/>You have also never met my wife ...<BR/><A HREF="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1411/759717749_a57f614659.jpg?v=0" REL="nofollow"><BR/>She doesn't put up with that shit.</A>franzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02400212989359954521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696126386168661766.post-86360904424593334762007-07-09T02:22:00.000-07:002007-07-09T02:22:00.000-07:00Why twist around like an itchy contortionist? Simp...Why twist around like an itchy contortionist? Simply transfer the shopping back to the other hand and retrieve your keys....Or do as I saw a customer recently do, walk off jiggling key/change in pockets while wife/partner/slave picks up both fairly heavy bags.....The things I said to him in my mind cannot be repeated.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com