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Do you organize the order of your groceries in the checkout line? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by seth@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 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.