There are probably some here who don’t know about Save-A-Lot. They are a “bag it yourself” operation. They carry minimal name brand items, and you are expected to bring your own bags, buy them, or be fortunate enough to find discarded cardboard boxes in the store.
They don’t carry groceries out for the disabled, etc. They say they will try, but my experience is they have only a few registers, hardly any extra employees, and they throw the groceries around in a way that makes you happy just to get out to the car. The pay off for all this is deeply discounted prices on a regular basis. The store is always full.
I can understand BOTH the cashier not having time for the coins AND the woman showing up with very little money. I’ve see both at our local SAL.
I’ve never had to bring or buy my bags at Sav-A-Lot. I usually bring my own because they’re sturdier than those stupid plastic bags (and I have the cutest set of chicken bags) but I’ve forgot numerous times and not been charged. That may be on a state by state basis. I know CA charges no matter what store you’re in...gotta save the planet dontcha know...one plastic bag at a time.
Cindie