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[Sooner]

When we were very poor married college students, my aunt tried to give my husband $20 and he didn't know what to do.  Well, when we would go visit them it got to be a thing

She would put money in with cookies, chase him all over the hill both of them running and laughing.  Throw money in the car window at him when we'd leave, all sorts of sneak attacks.  Pretty funny thinking back.  He would hug and kiss her and thank her and write thank you notes when she out-foxed him!  

[shoptilyadropagain]

Many years ago this was common practice at all the grocery stores in my area.  They weren't tipped, it was just all part of the checkout process.  I think if you ask while you're checking out now, they will get someone to do it.

[happilyretiredgirl]

Maybe they are trying to bring back the good old days, when they had a cashier, a bagger and they would take your shopping cart to your car and unload in your car......those were the days....lol

and...your gas was pumped and oil checked and windshield washed.....now I'm dating myself...but it was nice 😊 

[Susan345]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

I Don't have white hair but one day I was getting on the elevator and a little one getting off looked at me and asked her Mom "is she an old lady?"   I just laughed.

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[LavernLuvsShoes]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Looking for tip $money$ is my guess. People gotta make a livin' one way or another.

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Not so sure of that...

Every time I visit my local Publix, the "Bag Person" offers to take my bags to the car - It depends on how heavy and how many bags I have, whether I accept the offer.

And I know for a fact that they are NOT allowed to take tips. 

[wagirl]

I don't do my grocery shopping in the stores anymore, always online now,  but I certainly would accept  help with bags of stuff if asked. 

[UpNorthGorgy]

I taught at our Tribal School (Ojibwe) and asked the students when is one considered a Mindimooay. (Old Lady)They all said when you have white hair. Some people grey early?

I was REALLY  embarrassed when a young man in a wheelchair  last summer, who was a Veteran offered to pay for my stuff in a Hardware Store. I politely thanked him and dec!ined. He was trying to be nice to a Senior Citizen, I guess?

[Pecky]

I see it as he was just being nice and nothing to do with age. That is hard to come by these days.  I was at Lowe's getting a few bags of mulch and they were pretty heavy.  Two men walked by me seeing I was trying to put them on the cart and just walked by.  

[Carolina925]

I like to think that maybe they just needed a break and to talk to a kind ear. When I was growing up, there were dedicated "bag boys" who bagged and took the groceries to the car. I never thought much about it, it was just their job.

I had a wonderful experience once in the grocery store when a child, maybe 3 or 4 (I've never been blessed with children so don't know ages very well), called out "grandma" and reached for me. I'm white and she was not; not all see color. Her mother looked horrified, my heart just swelled a few sizes larger.

[luvmybeetle]

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@ThinkingOutLoud wrote:

I would always accept the help. It has nothing to do with age or ability. Letting someone do a kind deed is a good thing.

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I totally agree with you.  A few years ago we had bag boys at the grocery and they always carried out your groceries.  And I would be honored if someone asked if they could help me do anything.  That's what I taught my children.  To help other people.  I think it's rude to talk that way about someone trying to help.