Why do they put Gallons of Milk in Bags at the grocery store?

Every time I buy milk at the grocery the clerk bags it. Why do they do this? Is it so older people or people with arthritis have an easier time carrying the milk?

Especially in summer? I always request that they bag it. Milk spilled in a friend' car trunk. Two years later, the damned trunk still smells of spoiled milk.

My brother who smokes uses it all the time so my Mom won't smell his well you know the rest.

It spilled in summer and had gone sour quickly.

one that is hand held. After that I'd just get a Utility Knife and cut the carpet out.

It didn't work. NOTHING has worked. It is worth the bag.

and put in new

You have to figure out how to scan your own purchases, but it's not hard. I never use a cart, just carry what I want to the check-out and then out to my ride.

Fuck those bags. There's several thousand of them in the next room from the days before I did the shopping (maybe a slight exaggeration).

but I stopped because I thought I would eventualy cost someone their job in the long run. That still doesn't awnser why they do it is there a bagboy or baggirl here on DU?

Of course there is no service tradition here, what makes it a different matter.
So it's €0.10 per bag and no bagboy.

What is better?

Spaten or Warstiener?

Warsteiner is a lab designed premium beer with no soul;
Spaten is an export brand - very uncommon in Germany (at least in northern Germany).

and do they sell it in the states?

I like Beck's (but they have export grade and domestic grade quality); but most times I buy Bürgerbräu because it isn't bad and the brewery is still family owned.
Wernesgrüner when I don't want a bitter beer or Radeberger when I do.
Flensburger (the brand Fisher gave to Powell) when there is something to celebrate.


I prefer Ebbelwoi (hard Cider) or microbrew though.

you will not leave a trail of milk in the lobby as you leave the store..

Sometimes they just wing that damn thing don't they?

And it keeps detritus and bacteria from getting on the outside of the milk container......so you aren't putting such stuff into your food cooler at home....... (for the germ freaks out there)

...and we don't bag gallons at our store unless the customer asks.

it seams like such a damn waste when they do that.

I never bag laundry detergent or anything a half-gallon or over without being asked.

On the flipside, I won't bag hallmark cards with chilled drinks for condensation reasons.

How much goes into each bag depends on the perceived physical abilities of each customer. When I'm shopping I want it all in one fucking bag, 4 2 liter bottles of coke? Bag it, one bag. If a frail old woman is shopping, then it gets spread out.

If people already have a bag like a bookbag or very large purse, and are say buying batteries, and then get pissed for having to ask for a redundant bag, they get the shitty bag with no handle. No exceptions. If I ask a person if they want a bag, and they say no, then they ask for a bag after all is said and done, they also get the shitty bag.

People on crutches or some other walker type device always get the bags with handles, because the shitty bag is totally useless to someone on crutches.

My god :( , what has my life come to?

College starts again in 20 days! College starts again in 20 days! College starts again in 20 days! Eyes on the prize! Eyes on the prize!

I hope to start college in the spring.

Cancel each other out...

When I used to live in a large apartment complex, I used to hate it when the bagger or checker would toss the gallon back into the cart un-bagged. The parking lot at my complex was not very near my apartment, and oftentimes having the milk unbagged meant an extra trip back out to the car in the dark (I've only got two hands, after all!).

Now, the milk doesn't need its OWN bag, but there's always room for it with the TV dinners or whatnot. :-)

On edit: What really used to confuse me was that the baggers at the store I shopped at would NEVER bag the milk or detergent or whatever without being asked, but would proceed to bag the other items at a rate of 3-4 per bag (in other words, vastly underfilled them -- these were good-sized, strong paper bags with handles).