Obviously someone has to do it

I have also wondered about this also... It seems like you never hear from people in other countries what they do and if they do say anything they are usually in college still or work with data entry or something like that. Maybe robots run that kind of stuff over there?!?! Well, maybe this discussion will give us some kind of idea...

Hi Somecowgirl, I actually did everything backwards. I did work at Dunkin Donuts as a teen but as soon as I turned 18, I started working in Insurance and moved my way up to claims adjuster and loved it. I worked there for 12 yrs. My family grew and I started doing a variety of odd jobs ranging from cooking, carpenter's helper, cleaning, sewing, daycare, meatroom, deli etc. Then I landed this job as a cashier in a busy family owned store in a small town. It was meant to be a temporary job until I could find something better. I had just relocated and needed something...anything and this was available. I ended up loving it. Its not the job that I love so much as it is the people. Cashiering itself is not all that fun and the pay kind of sucks but I have a really cool bunch of regulars that I've grown to know and love. I have quit a couple of times and gone back...missed them.

well, my OTHER roommate, was a cart pusher for a while, and the reason she's not here is because she's 1 - afraid of the computer and 2 - doesn't want to learn how to use it so, I suspect that a lot of those grocery people are either of those, or can't afford a computer and internet...

I think in alot of countries they have the open air markets where you bag your own. Sort of like a fruit stand but with meat, vegetables, fruit, spices, clothes, etc. I see them in the movie and we have them here also. I think in the heat it would be pretty iffy on fresh items.

I've been a cashier before in a fastfood chain for almost four years but now I'm working in an office. I never heard of a girl to work as a bagger, it is light work or it includes bagging heavy materials too? well if it is both I'm proud of you. Both are good and decent, So you don't have too worry about it.

I worked at Target for a while. The cashiers checked out the customers and did the bagging. If things were slow, or we were short staffed we would be sent out to bring in some carts as well (this only happened once or twice.)

Lots on here have good jobs some are profesors some nurses or have been in a good trade. BUt surely they have people to work in store to like you. Like they have street vendors or set up in a market the hard workerslike that might not have putrs like we do.

I don't really know a lot of people that are cashiers or anything like as an everyday job, but I have some friends who are students and have a job on the side. A lot of them are cashiers or something similar. I myself worked in a store where I had to make sandwiches and stuff like that. But that was a student job as well. I don't know why you haven't come across a lot of people who are cashiers or baggers actually... But I'm sure there are some on here!

People that do those jobs in other countries are most likely not active online as the cost of Internet is high in many countries and only those earning "well" can afford it. Every country needs such people there is no doubt as people have to pay for goods at stores etc. Keep in mind in the US we are lucky to have such technology and the prices we have and we often take it for granted. Good luck on the new job!

Many years ago I worked in a boutique selling women's clothes. I was a cashier and did other things as well. Unpack boxes and put up clothes on hangers. I learnt much interacting with people. How rude some customers are and still you have to meet them with a polite smile. Be the cashier was interesting how you can train up your mind in counting the money.

I think that some or most people could be embarrassed with the type of job that they have. I don't even have a job right now except finding ways to make some easy cash online (MyLot ;) ;) ) with that I am also a teenager. But getting back to what I was talking about... When people ask me if I have a job I tell them I do and I don't know why. And when people ask what I do I tell them that I am making money selling things online and I tell them that there is a lot of money to be made with what I do, and I try not to get to descriptive because I don't want them to find out I'm lying straight to there face! I think this same concept could be the same that people don't like to admit that they are a bagger or cashier so instead people might say that they are a manager and they try to make themselves look like they are very successful with their lives. And I am not saying that there aren't people who are very successful and I am not saying that there aren't people that make a lot of money. I am just trying to say that this could be a reason why people could tell you that they are more successful with their job and also I would like to add, that it is SO much easier to lie over the internet then it is to lie to someones face!