u/Content_Attitude_233

Yes, I am a bagger at a store that famously doesn't bag your groceries.

If you have an Aldi, you probably are aware that two of their cost saving measures are making you return your own cart (Aldi quarter!) and making you bag your own groceries. The cashiers sit down and fling your items rapid fire into your cart, then you are on your own.

My Aldi also has a self check out. Recently, I was at the self check out with my wife and kids. She was scanning and I was bagging. To be clear, we were in the self check out and I was bagging. The thing employees do not do.

I was also dressed fairly artsy that day. I had on loose, hand dyed pants, a black tank top, and big art deco earrings. I don't remember exactly what Aldi employees wear, but I'm pretty sure it is a generic dark polo and slacks.

A man in about his 50s came up to me and asked, "Is anyone in the office?" I was so caught off guard I just stared at him for a full 15 seconds because I wasn't sure why he was asking me. I didn't even mean to make it awkward for him. I finally managed to say, "I don't work here." He immediately looks embarrassed and says, "Oh, I thought you were helping bag." Then takes off in the direction of the office. At least he wasn't rude, but it was a weird assumption.

Yes, I am helping someone in self check out bag at the store that doesn't bag for you. That makes perfect sense, random man. It definitely couldn't be a normal shopper bagging for her family. That'd be strange. ​

reddit.com
u/Content_Attitude_233 — 7 days ago