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How to buy products in Russia and America

Фото: Depositphotos

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Sometimes, in observations of myself, they slip through the thought that if I were a spy, I would have cracked a long time in trifles. After all, just some 10 years I do not live in Moscow, but I lost the habit of many things, but I don’t know much at all.

Do you know what shocked my future husband most of all during his first trip to Moscow (besides architecture, museums and frost)? That cashiers in supermarkets in Moscow are sitting! When he talks about this to his friends in America, they gasp: “What do you mean! How are they sitting? And when American cashiers find out about this, they don’t believe their ears at all! Because in America, the cashier is always worth it.

And sitting in Russia! Of course, it is harder to stand and, as it seems to me, a sit-in cashier works at the same speed as a standing one. But this is not all the difference!

In America, the cashier weighs all goods weighed - scales are built into the cash register and cashiers enter 4-x digit codes (it amazes me how they remember so many digits!) - sometimes these codes are on labels attached to each fruit and vegetable. And if you buy other goods that need to be weighed (nuts, flour, cereals, etc.), then write down the number on the label. It takes as much time as scanning regular products. It seems to me that it is more convenient for the buyer - no worries about weighing, just enjoy the choice of products!

But this is not the biggest difference in the purchases of products in Russia and America (although I will not tell you for all of Odessa - I can only speak about Moscow and California). We are used to the fact that in Russia we put the products in packages ourselves, and in America the buyer does not do this.

Products are packaged either by a cashier or an assistant involved in it. (he can move between several cashiers, depending on the workload of the latter). And it is very convenient!

You can calmly make sure that everything is properly punched for you (and cashiers sometimes make mistakes) and then pay for the purchase without any fuss. In Moscow, the moment of packing-paying occurs in a fuss. You do not have time to pack everything, but you already have to pay. Immediately they begin to punch the next one in the queue, you put the wallet in the bag on the go, it’s difficult to check the check and check the correctness ...

Of course, in Moscow, I quickly get involved in what I have to pack myself, but at first I still hang out and wait for me to be packed, which causes discontent of the next in line ...

Packages are now paid everywhere, but in Los Angeles, if you bring your packages, they give you for each package discount in 10 cents. I do not know if they give a discount in Moscow.

And one more trifle - in America, they always hand over the change, in Moscow - on a plate (or what you call it) for cash and from there it is still necessary to pick it out. And the hand is very comfortable. And buyers give money to cashiers in hand.

Original article published on the site Blondycandywellness.com and reprinted with permission of the author.

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