SM Supermarket Follies

Why is it that every time I go shopping to buy dish soap SM is either out of stock or all the bottles have cracked caps?

What is the problem exactly? This must be a factory issue. Are they screwing the caps on too tight? And why are they put on the shelves in a damaged condition? Why does the management allow this? Are they aware of the problem? Have they alerted their suppliers to this problem? When the stockers refill the shelves do they not notice that the bottles are all cracked? Or do they think this is not a problem at all?

I do my best to keep these bottles upright but on the way home they always spill and cause a mess.   Sometimes the bottle has already leaked and when you pick it up your hand gets all slimy with soap.

It's always a relief to find bottles that aren't cracked.

Look at this girl checkout girl:

The reason the line is so slow is because she has no bagger to bag the groceries! She has to do everything herself. Why is this almost always the case?  Why is it SM has 20 lines and 5 cashiers with only 2 baggers to spare?  Some shoppers will just stand and watch her but I am too impatient for that so I always start bagging my own items if need be.

Oh man what now!  Better hope the manager 100 feet away in her little booth is paying attention or else she won't see the cashier is in trouble. What is this? High school? Why does she have to raise her hand holding a tiny little ping pong paddle in order to get help? Why not have a little button she can  push and lights start flashing? That would get their attention much faster.

This cashier is either out of change or needs to void an item she scanned. In the Philippines cashiers always run out of change and can never void an item without the manager assisting them.

It's always best to shop at opening time. No lines. No waiting. No nonsense.