Comment on She broke it so she could baguette properly....

nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Plastic wrapped baguette??

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  • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s weird as well, but what I meant is in Europe you pack your groceries yourself

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    • bitwaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This OP picture is from somewhere in Europe. “Till” is the English word, while Americans would say something like cash register or check out counter. And SPAR is a European chain of grocery stores

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      • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Fair points!

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      • SugarSnack@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        She’s Irish, and has possibly one of the most Irish names I’ve ever seen.

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      • GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m guessing ROI.

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    • spikespaz@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But in the U.S our food is not fresh enough to be bagged by the customer. It must be wrapped so it can sit out for a considerable duration.

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    • vsh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What about food contamination?

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      • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        what about it?

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh, right.

      Maybe we should look into that to reduce unemployment.

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      • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The Asian model, create endless useless jobs to make sure everyone can have something to do even if it’s just standing in front of a parking entrance to point people in.

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      • iegod@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Labor for the sake of it. What an American response.

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      • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        David Graeber wants to speak with you

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    • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Some places in the UK will ask if you want help packing your bags.

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      • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        interesting, didn’t know that despite having lived in the UK and Ireland for a while

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    • azertyfun@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Colruyt insists on their weird “cashier tranfers the items into another cart while scanning and bags them for you while they’re at it” strategy. And they do own the Spar brand in Belgium.

      Although as franchisees some of the Spar stores keep the regular tills. Unfortunately mine does the weird cart transfer thing, which is much slower, though apparently it deters theft…?

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    • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      At expensive American grocery stores, they have baggers.

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      • spikespaz@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Expensive?

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      • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        At my local Price Chopper they have occasional baggers. It’s definitely not an expensive store.

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      • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Exactly what I’m referring to

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  • soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m from the European country known as UK and every single major store sells plastic wrapped baguettes. You only see them in paper in the smaller shops

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  • naun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s a plastic bag with tiny holes in it. These are on the store floor, where people can grab a baguette for themselves. The plastic keeps the braguette relatively safe, and the holes allow moisture to escape, keeping the baguette crispy for the day

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• FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Oddly enough, most American supermarkets put every baguette they bake that day (if they bake it that day) in plastic bags. Although in this case, I believe they mean that they broke the baguette in the plastic bag in half so it would fit in the bag with the rest of the groceries.

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• Bruncvik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The meme is also European, from Ireland. That said, I’m more interested which Spar is selling long enough baguettes that they don’t fit in a bag. My local shops don’t.

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  • luluApples@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I know lidl sell the big baguettes like this

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    • Bruncvik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks; I’ll try it. I usually get bread and sparkling water there (their produce and meat quality got so bad I switched to Aldi), but I haven’t been looking for baguettes yet.

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• postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Americans still feeling superior because their country has solved this problem by selling sliced bread.

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  • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Imagine buying a presliced baguette tho ahahah

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  • nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    meh, as if europe had no bread slicing machines in supermarkets

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    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Double Meh, europeans would not equate a loaf to a baguette.

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