/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Being a bit neurotic, I always place my groceries in specific zones in the cart and
lay out my groceries on the conveyor in a specific sequence, so that stuff doesn't
get smashed and cold stuff is packed together to maintain its temperature for the
ride home:

1 - big and heavy stuff; gallon milk jugs, bags of sugar, etc.
2 - smaller and heavy; cans of soup, bottles of ketchup, etc.
3 - cold and heavy; gallon ice cream, big bag of frozen tater-tots, etc.
4 - cold not so heavy; meat, butter, cheese, etc.
5 - fruits and vegetables
6 - small and light; coffee filters, macaroni & cheese boxes, etc.
7 - large and light; boxes of cereal, etc.
8 - delicate stuff; bead and eggs.

Whether the cashier packs the stuff in the correct order is a crap shoot, younger
male cashiers will first ring up everything, then pack it up in a completely fucked up
order while older female cashiers, will ring up a few items then pack them and go
ring up and pack some more stuff. Usually this results in the proper packing order.