I’m just wondering what the title asks: do you organize your groceries in the order you will check them out, if doing self-checkout, or arrange them on the belt/counter in a standard checkout line, in the hope that they’ll be bagged in a specific way?

I didn’t know there was any other way people do it, but just learned some people prefer to checkout/bag without pre-arranging things. I’m kind of curious to see what’s more common, or if there’s some other options I haven’t considered?

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
    17·
    2 months ago

    Oh absolutely. They are arranged in the trolly before even getting to checkout too but you are querying a crowd on Lemmy that is going to be biased towards programmer / engineer types that tend to function well in their world due to compulsive features often considered pathologic by others.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      6·
      2 months ago

      You reminded me of when a partner and I entered a grocery store to buy sun screen lotion. I narrated my thoughts figuring out where it would be and found it immediately. She commented on how she’d never have found it that quickly. All I did was make logical deductions based on my knowledge of grocery stores.

      Truly, people think differently. What is natural to me might be alien to another.

      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        2 months ago

        The only logic I can think of is to look for it in the same place where all the other lotions are located. I guess that section should be close to the toothbrush section. I wonder if deduction would actually work in my local supermarket.

    • seth@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      2 months ago

      Initially I felt bad about being considered pathologic, but it’s right there in the word: path o’ logic. I know it’s not the etymology but I’m going to embrace it. To hell with those pathodumdums.

    • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      you are querying a crowd on Lemmy that is going to be biased towards programmer / engineer types that tend to function well in their world due to compulsive features often considered pathologic by others.

      I feel personally attacked. :D

      Edit: also to answer the question. Yes I absolutely arrange things on the checkout belt.

      I group these items: Liquids. Fridge. Cans and bottles. Fruit and veg, heavier ones first so the potatoes don’t crush the berries. Frozen gear near fridge gear. Chemicals / cleaning gear separate.

      I should add that I’m buying for a lot of people so the shopping trips tend to be large and there would be a full bag of most of those groupings.