Its possible that the managers just thought that you were able to work independently being given a set task. This is necessary for fresh food departments, much much moreso than checkouts.
Also, I really do feel for you regarding the no bags/boxes situation. How much crap did you get all day?
Hmm, Yes that does sound right. I don't mind working independently, seeing as it's much easier to get things done, instead of relying on another worker.
Oh the no bags/boxes situation was quite fun. For the first about, half an hour after opening, the boxes outside the shop were gone. A customer even wanted all his shopping (which was a lot) packed in bags (there were barely any and they were bags that were found around the registers), So I was annoyed a bit about that. I needed the bags for people who request a bag for an item or two. He completely cleared me out.
But yeah, after the boxes went, we were out of boxes for the next few hours till my shift ended. So basically I'd tell the customer that we had neither and they chose to either put the items back in their trolley, or buy a purple bag thingy that was near the registers for $2 each. (we didnt even have any green bags)
yeah, the customers weren't pissed or nothing. They understood (from what I could see), that we couldn't help it, having no bags/boxes and all. So yeah, I didn't get any crap. Some customers were a bit.... yeah.... when they found out.
After my shift ended, a friend who worked later on, told me that heaps of boxes ended up coming out, so I was like :|
Ps. I managed to find out why my paragraphs weren't working ehehe.