European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 scene c t a 0 c t r i p p june 2007 family baggers Side of the Story talking about tipping baggers at the commissary spouse May 6 generated some interesting letters and including one from a friends husband who said i was out to lunch to suggest tipping More than a Buck or two for a Load of the results i reported from a poll of military spouses and a recent poll on the spouse Calls blog put the usual tip Between and 18 percent of those answering the blog poll said they didst want to spouse Calls a wrote with insight gained from Here Are some excerpts from her email for years 25 years and count ing i had the same question and was never really sure How much to tip until that dreadful Day when i lost my Well paying Job at Merrill Lynch and  look for another because the time was too Short due to the anticipated transition to a new duty somebody told me to bag in the meantime and i was now i know out of tip at suggesting the commissary should pay the for More see the spouse Calls blog at j q experience and would like to Erri Barnes give you a update on How much to tip and Why you the first unknown fact to the commis sary shopper is that the baggers must pay a fee to they pay an hourly amount to the head Bagger for 3 or 4 a military spouse stationed in Okina hours you pay about the amount May this Money is partially used to pay someone who fills up each Cash Register with paper and plastic bags every in a regular size commis sary this is about a two hour Job for two because it is a heavy the Money is also paid for someone who brings All these carts Back from the parking lot during the i would like to answer the question on How much to As a bag i can Tell you that my experience was the More carts you the lesser the tips often people who had 5 or 6 carts full of stuff and two baggers who worked for about 20 minutes tipped you As much As someone who had Only one in the tip for or 2 carts was Between and very rarely you received a in customers rather dont want to pay for the because they want that service i think it should be calculated into the Bill at the commissary and then be paid to the Bagger at the end of the because the commissary saves a lot of Money due to help of the a Gerri Young at deca Europe explained that the head baggers fee is set and voted upon yearly by the so its different at each the baggers Are not employed by the commissary at she this includes the head who receives the fees As his or her Only payment for administrative tasks stocking cart scheduling which do not generate thank for your re its Good to look at an Issue from both sides and to see the Bagger who puts your Bacon in the car As a person with a Story and her own Bacon to bring Terri Barnes is a military spouse an Mother of three stationed in Send comments or questions to her at . Fishing through the laundry Home front i was in the midst of getting find behind that Ronnie and Tommy ready for school this May 3 was the Day that All my years of not carefully checking the boys and Rons pockets while sorting laundry finally caught up with until i had gotten away with a Quick shake to see if anything fell out or tried to is a Black Crayon made its Way from Ronnie pocket onto every item of clothing in my dryer that my once White dryer want the Crayon left a legacy that threatened to ruin future loads of Ronnie had spotted the broken Pom Zich Crayon on the school bus floor morning when i heard a noise that demanded immediate the Load of clothes going round and round in my dryer didst sound in an expert at knowing How my close family members and the most used appliances in our Home should sound and smell on any Given and i know what action to take if something is i ran upstairs to invest i handed Tommy his Speed the Day he  resist stick so he would have the right smell for i hoped a Rock or bottle Cap was causing the none of those would damage our and All Are favourites of Tommy and i even get Lucky and find a Quarter or two in picking it up and slipping it into his pocket for he forgot about the Small and i didst hear it when i Shook the clothes into the the end result was a mess of Black Crayon melted All Over our dark i paid a Quick visit to was hesitant to open the dryer the web site provided just what i since May Ive dreaded what i might needed to remove Friedin Crayon stain Jenny and even offered advice for getting my dryer until this i thought the melted Crayon mess had taught me to be extremely thorough when it comes to checking the boys the noisy dryer told a different the two noisemakers turned out to also be the most Likely to cause trouble when the Cherry Chap stick and Peppermint Chopstick i plucked from the dryer we rent even warm there were six More things hiding among the i managed to find four of them before going Back Down stairs to make sure Tommy was actually using the Speed i returned to the family room clutching a variety of artificial bait two sparkly a Crawdad and something that looked like it might be More at Home in outer space than any local watering Tommy did his Best to identify the mystery its supposed to of a i he youre sup posed to make it swim away from the by the time i finally took the dry clothes out and began the task or fold ing two More Worms made an these were no longer Black and sparkly after going through the entire drying looking at those withered i admitted to myself the time had come to ask for help in handling the task of keeping up with the for that in going to the three boys who Fina treasure around every Corner but forget to take it out of their instead of telling them How crayons and Chopstick can ruin i plan to remind them How much pocket change ends up in the washing a to erase any doubt in their i plan to slip a couple of coins into their dirty Little ill either end up with three boys who empty out their pockets at the end of the or a whole lot of clean a Mother of three Pam Zich has moved eight times in 16 years of marriage to her Marine corps they have been stationed in various including Texas and their current Home in email her at  or find the Zichos online at today Well Tell the Board that youre taking on the f Between Day my and my husband always its too much for me you Sirls dont have it so try being the Only Guy at the sym who has to leave Early for a spouses club meeting i my wife unit didst return last were extended at the last v How about 4 Tell you a pet Snake nobody can find you want stress dont let him i just Hope till relieve my boredom maybe today not the Jenny is drawn by Julie Negron of Kadena air her web site is be Safe while camping the consumer product safety commission suggests Consumers follow these guidelines to prevent Carbon monoxide poisoning on a camping trip never use portable Heaters or lanterns while sleeping in enclosed areas such As campers and other recognize the symptoms of Carbon monoxide these include weak sleepiness and see a doctor if you or a member of your family develops cold or flu like symptoms while Carbon monoxide which can easily be mistaken for a cold or is often detected too limit alcohol intake and drug these increase the effects of Carbon monoxide source consumer product safety commission