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The bagboy at A&P At 16 I entered the working world as a bagboy at my local A&P supermarket. The A&Ps were once common in the South and are now defunct. I worked there 3½ years, through a year of community college. The A&P was an old-fashioned supermarket with checkers, bagboys, produce clerks and meat cutters. The checkers actually had to ring items up on the cash register, keying in the price sticker amount, and were checked randomly by the head cashier for speed and accuracy. The other bagboys and I were expected to place items neatly into the paper bags and in the proper order, with heavier items on the bottom and bread and eggs on top. We then pushed the items in the shopping cart out to the customer’s car and placed the bags in the vehicle. We were always polite and were occasionally rewarded with a small tip, which made our day. We wore dress shirts with neckties and a long red apron tied behind our backs. Today I yearn for that type of customer service and employee pride. Tim Stewart, Hope Mills, South River EMC |
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