bag boys

Checkout lane helpers

Bag boys are workers, typically young men, who bag groceries at supermarket checkout counters and often carry purchases to customers' cars.

The term dates from when such positions were filled almost exclusively by teenage boys.

Now often called baggers to be gender-neutral: The bag boys at that store are always friendly.

Related

store · cart · entry-level jobs · youth employment · scanner · assisting · cashier · tips · carryout · convenience store · customer service · produce · clerks · conveyor · thanking · stocking · greeting · barcode scanner

Opposites
store role hierarchy

bag boysstore manager

Retail establishment's leader

general manager · district manager · CEO · department manager · supervisor

checkout process function

bag boyscashiers

Workers processing purchases

checkers · tellers

service direction

bag boysstock boys

Retail inventory replenishers

stockers

Family

bag, bags, bagged, bagging, baggy, boy, boys, boyish, boyhood

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G