I have come up with some ways that Winco could really help improve my grocery shopping experience and make it a lot better and a little less, well, embarrassing for me.
Anyone who shops at Winco knows that you are responsible for bagging your own groceries. But if you happen to be a little "plastic bag opening" challenged like me, it can be really embarrassing! I don't know why, but I have the hardest time getting plastic bags to open at the top. I've managed to get by with this handicap at other stores. At Maceys for example, I am just in the produce department for an extra long time, but that's okay. I do eventually get the bags open and I can finish my shopping. But at Winco it has been pretty traumatic. It's not like the produce department where I can take as long as I want working on opening the bags. There are people behind me!
A couple weeks ago while at Winco I was checking out and there was a huge line behind me. My heart was racing as I went to work on bagging . . . but no . . . I couldn't get the darn bags to open. I held up the whole line! I don't really know what they could do to fix this problem . . . Perhaps they could have someone there to help open the bags? . . . Okay, I guess that would defeat the purpose of doing your own bagging. I don't know. Perhaps they could look into better privacy options while bagging so that other shoppers cannot "see" you struggling with the bags. At least if they are going to insist on having you do your own bagging . . . they should have some sort of training offered. It is obviously a very hard skill to learn. At least for me.
A couple weeks ago while at Winco I was checking out and there was a huge line behind me. My heart was racing as I went to work on bagging . . . but no . . . I couldn't get the darn bags to open. I held up the whole line! I don't really know what they could do to fix this problem . . . Perhaps they could have someone there to help open the bags? . . . Okay, I guess that would defeat the purpose of doing your own bagging. I don't know. Perhaps they could look into better privacy options while bagging so that other shoppers cannot "see" you struggling with the bags. At least if they are going to insist on having you do your own bagging . . . they should have some sort of training offered. It is obviously a very hard skill to learn. At least for me.
I have since been informed that if you lick your finger and then try opening the bag, it really helps. I just always thought it was a disgusting habit when people licked their finger before turning a page or . . . opening a grocery bag. But by golly, this technique has saved me in the last couple weeks. Not today, however. Not even the finger licking was working today. Thankfully the man bagging next to me had similar problems and we could laugh at ourselves and curse the bags together.
The other issue I have is with their card machine. It would really help if they would not put the ink pen so close to it . . . that would be great. Today I swiped my card and started pressing the buttons etc. and the cashier said, "Could you please just use the touch screen?" Apparently I had grabbed the real pen used for writing checks and was using it on the machine. I am so awesome! But seriously? Don't most of those machines have some sort of pen to use with it? If they are going to use a "touchscreen" one, at least don't put a real pen so close! Seriously. Or perhaps they could disguise their pens as flowers and put them in a cup like any good business that cares about the self esteem of their customers would do.
The sooner they could work on these problems the better! I really like Winco!
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