Wegmans — Local services in Dickson City

A Tale of Bagless Despair

Look, Wegmans, we need to have a talk. You're like that friend who has everything going for them—organic produce that looks like it belongs in a magazine, a cheese section that would make France jealous, and prepared foods that make my kitchen feel deeply inadequate. But then you hit us with the whole "bring your own bags" situation, and suddenly you're that same friend who always "forgets" their wallet at dinner.

There I am, standing in line with my cart full of impulse purchases (because let's be honest, no one has ever stuck to their shopping list in Wegmans), when the crushing realization hits: I've forgotten my reusable bags. Again. Now I'm faced with three options: 1) Juggle seventeen items like a circus performer all the way to my car, 2) Shell out for new bags that'll join the collection of 47 others in my trunk that I also forgot to bring in, or 3) Do the walk of shame back to my car to get the bags I actually remembered to bring but forgot to take inside.

Sure, I appreciate the whole "save the planet" vibe. But at what cost to my dignity? I've mastered the art of cradling groceries like a football player running for touchdown, except instead of glory, I'm just trying not to drop my eggs in the parking lot.

Dear Wegmans, your store is a wonderland of culinary delights, but sometimes a person just needs a good old-fashioned plastic bag. Maybe we could compromise? Like, what if you installed those little treadmills from airports, but just from the checkout to our cars? No bags needed—just roll our groceries straight to the trunk!

5/5 stars because despite the bagless chaos, I'll keep coming back. That olive bar has me in a chokehold.

P.S. To the guy who watched me drop my apples in the parking lot yesterday and just kept walking—I saw you, and I'll remember that next time you're struggling with your bagless...

After not going to a grocery store for over 10 days, I braved going out to Wegman’s this morning. It was terrifying! I arrived by 8 am, and the store was already reasonably crowded. Wegman’s has made no attempt to enforce or even encourage social distancing. People need to go to the grocery store, but they should not have to risk transmitting or contracting a life-threatening disease to do so. I washed my hands and put on gloves before going in; but few other customers or employees had gloves on. There are signs everywhere about limits on what you can buy, but no signs reminding people to keep their distance and to avoid touching merchandise they do not intend to buy. While I waited for another customer to finish choosing his purchase from the self-serve deli case, I stood 6 feet away —only to have another customer push in front of me and start pawing the packages of cold cuts! When I finally did get up to the case, another customer came right up beside me less than a foot away, and once again, start touching all of the packages. Also as I stood at the head of an aisle waiting for people to clear out, I saw a woman pick up at least 5 jars of olives, look at them and put them back on the shelf!! Wegman’s and all other grocery stores need to post frequent and big signs telling people to stand back and only touch merchandise they intend to buy. They also need to enforce limits on the number of people who can come into the store at once so that people can keep their distance. We all need to presume that we are contagious and act accordingly. I probably won’t be going back to Wegmans...

This afternoon (Saturday, July 6) my partner and I came in to get some poke bowls. My partner wanted to grab a bottle of wine while we were here. We went to a checkout lane, which had a long line, and we were met with an extremely rude cashier. It was an older woman with short blonde hair, I believe her name was Marianne or Margaret (something with an M.) My partner paid for the order and provided his ID for his wine purchase. The cashier then asks me for my ID because of my partner’s wine purchase, (the wine wasn’t mine, I rarely drink, but I gave it anyway.) She then spent well over a minute looking at and inspecting both of our IDs and then asked me: “So you’re really 27?” Despite the wine not even being mine and her already scanning my partner’s ID, she then questioned my ID when I did provide it at her request. I don’t always carry my purse with me, so I guess I always have to carry it if my partner ever wants to buy alcohol when we’re together for now on. We already waited in a long line, this just held it up even longer. Then, she packed our poke bowls sideways and when my partner politely asked for her not to bag them sideways, she gave us attitude and very rudely said “ok fine.” This is not the first time our poke bowls were packed sideways and not the first time we received a rude cashier. Almost every time we get poke bowls or sushi they are thrown in and bagged sideways. Food here is great, but customer service is horrible. As good as the food is, i’m not dealing with rude and poor customer service anymore. Won’t be...