And look, she's even smiling

Uh, the bag gripping arms are on a carousel at the end of the checkout counter, not on the shopping cart. The cashier loads the bags up as the items are scanned and when a bag is full, turns the carousel to the next bag. It's usually up to the customer to remove the bags and place them in the cart, which is out of frame in this shot.

Now that I've defended my fellow Texans, let me state that Kearra (not Keisha) is being a helpful Wal-Mart employee, which is not the norm in my experience. I can't say, however, that she's going the extra mile. She's just going the mile, like employees at other stores do.

I think Consumerist ought to have a "name that caption" contest... because I think we can do a better job than Edelman Inc.

What in the world does the "fat yards" comment mean?

Surely an honorable Wal-Mart critic like The Consumerist would never stoop so low as to make fun of the employees or customers they so vigorously and sincerely stand up for.

I think "fat yards" is in reference to Texas, which as we know from Super-Size Me, is the fattest state in the nation.

Ex-Wal-Mart cashier here - we were SUPPOSED to do that. And those bag carousels are as much a curse as a blessing. Some customers will assist and take their own bags, but some won't... so we have to stop bagging their order, clear off some of the bags by putting them in the cart, and then go back to what we were doing... the whole time, they're getting upset that it's taking so long.

Doesn't Wal-Mart time the checkout process to make sure you're fast enough? How can you be fast if you have to load someone's cart for them?

First telling posters to shut the hell up and now more wierd random fat stuff.

> We suppose that if we calculate in "fat yards," the distance from the checkout counter to the shopping cart might very well constitute "a mile."

Was your mother fat or something and you never got over it?

Where does all this random anger and bile come from?

fat yards has something to do with quilting. I don't quilt so I have no clue what it is.

Fat yards are like dog years.

Reminder: There may be some humor involved here. Also, headlines on The Onion are not real.

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