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Big scam #422: charging for bags! If the stores were really serious about āsaving the world from evil plastic bagsā they wouldnāt offer them and charge for them!
What the last 2 generations are ignorant of is the fact that company accountants hate the thought of giving away something for free if they can get away with charging the public for it. Case in point: I worked for The Bay in the ā70ās and some time around 1975 the accountants tried to figure out how they were going to convince the public they should be paying 5 cents per bag. Of course, it didnāt fly. Now, they are riding on the excuse that they are doing something for the planet. No, they are NOT. Even our local BC Liquor store wants an exorbitant 25 cents for a doggone PAPER BAG!
By all means, if youāve got your own bag, bring it. But PLEASE people STOP PAYING THEM FOR THEIRS!
I saw a bunch of funny pictures, apparently Thailand banned plastic shopping bags and partly in protest partly just for the fun of it the people there have made it a trend to collect their groceries in whatever random containers they can find from laundry baskets to suitcases, hampers to plant pots, buckets to wheelbarrows, gift bags to trash cans, even saw 1 person using a big traffic cone!
That one plastic bag was apparently the tipping point; the world went all Mad Max and the clerkās own clothing was reduced to rags even before Buni got home!
I was at a checkout behind someone ā the clerk asked āPaper or plastic?ā and the guy sniffed āIāll take whatever doesnāt ruin the planet!ā. I shouldāve said āSo bring your own bag, Van Driesen!ā
Today, I bought 2 Walmart re-usable bags, 50 cents each, made in Cambodiaā¦So I helped save the planet, and feed someone in another country at the same timeā¦.but I also had to drive my gas powered van to said store to get my groceriesā¦I am so torn!!! The guilt!!! Woe is me!!!
stop me if youāve heard me tell this before. i always smile now when the cashier asks if we need a bag because i was using my backpack (and my bicycle) for shopping four decades ago in tokyo and in those days gone by often going back and forth with the ^%$ suspicious clerks, assuring them, no, i really, really donāt need a plastic bagā¦
wldhrsy2luv 10 months ago
Poor Buni!
SHIVA 10 months ago
Canāt figure out this one.
blunebottle 10 months ago
Big scam #422: charging for bags! If the stores were really serious about āsaving the world from evil plastic bagsā they wouldnāt offer them and charge for them!
What the last 2 generations are ignorant of is the fact that company accountants hate the thought of giving away something for free if they can get away with charging the public for it. Case in point: I worked for The Bay in the ā70ās and some time around 1975 the accountants tried to figure out how they were going to convince the public they should be paying 5 cents per bag. Of course, it didnāt fly. Now, they are riding on the excuse that they are doing something for the planet. No, they are NOT. Even our local BC Liquor store wants an exorbitant 25 cents for a doggone PAPER BAG!
By all means, if youāve got your own bag, bring it. But PLEASE people STOP PAYING THEM FOR THEIRS!
Frankie5466 10 months ago
I saw a bunch of funny pictures, apparently Thailand banned plastic shopping bags and partly in protest partly just for the fun of it the people there have made it a trend to collect their groceries in whatever random containers they can find from laundry baskets to suitcases, hampers to plant pots, buckets to wheelbarrows, gift bags to trash cans, even saw 1 person using a big traffic cone!
phritzg Premium Member 10 months ago
If I get sent to that place after I pass, at least Iāll be among friends. No humans are infallible, so we should all end up down there.
jr1234 10 months ago
Buni should be able to buy a reusable bag at that store.
Fishenguy Premium Member 10 months ago
I keep forgetting my bag in the car. I have 3 of them, but I canāt seem to remember to grab one when I exit the car.
Vince M 10 months ago
That one plastic bag was apparently the tipping point; the world went all Mad Max and the clerkās own clothing was reduced to rags even before Buni got home!
Vince M 10 months ago
I was at a checkout behind someone ā the clerk asked āPaper or plastic?ā and the guy sniffed āIāll take whatever doesnāt ruin the planet!ā. I shouldāve said āSo bring your own bag, Van Driesen!ā
Thehag 10 months ago
I have never seen a check out person guilt anyone for bags. I fact I have had to say āno bag thanksā multiple times.
Robert Miller Premium Member 10 months ago
Today, I bought 2 Walmart re-usable bags, 50 cents each, made in Cambodiaā¦So I helped save the planet, and feed someone in another country at the same timeā¦.but I also had to drive my gas powered van to said store to get my groceriesā¦I am so torn!!! The guilt!!! Woe is me!!!
coffeeturtle 10 months ago
New Jersey?
gopher gofer 10 months ago
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iām not a bad person. i just forgot to bring my reusable shopping bag that one timeā¦
gopher gofer 10 months ago
stop me if youāve heard me tell this before. i always smile now when the cashier asks if we need a bag because i was using my backpack (and my bicycle) for shopping four decades ago in tokyo and in those days gone by often going back and forth with the ^%$ suspicious clerks, assuring them, no, i really, really donāt need a plastic bagā¦
Grumpy Old Guy 10 months ago
Ironic when you think about that a large majority of the individual food products sold at a grocery store, already come in their own plastic bagā¦.