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moonstrucksoul 05-28-2004 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by The Original King
The big things I don't have a problem with. It's when I buy a CD and they put it in a bag. It's the size of a... CD... Why do I need a bag? I have fuckin' thumbs.
exactly , i am always saying no to these little bags they want to put my items in. why waste the plastic ?

as for my groceries, i get enough bags left over from that. there should be some kind of "bring it your bags back and get a discount" program.

cchris 05-28-2004 08:56 AM

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Originally posted by Peryn
Well.... that was a very... anti-climactic answer :(

Kinda ironic having customers complain about policies they have created, huh?



The irony lays beneath.

People want convenience.

Monopolies determine which bag will choke.

water_boy1999 05-28-2004 09:45 AM

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Originally posted by ARTelevision
OK, I'll admit it.
I want absolutely everything in a nice plastic bag with handles.
I save the bags. I use 'em for everything from taking the dogs for walks (ahem) and double wrapping everything when camping or travelling. I'm so much of a bag dude that I feel best when I have my bags in a bag and my bagged items bagged inside of....

...you got it - a bag.

I didn't think there was anything in the world that could possibly get under your skin Art. But I see what not getting a bag can do to a man!:lol:

amonkie 05-28-2004 09:54 AM

So I have probably about 500 plastic bags I've saved over the last year or so and hauled home, they've got your name on them, Art! ;)

ARTelevision 05-28-2004 10:14 AM

heh heh - thanks for the cool responses everyone!

yournamehere 05-28-2004 11:19 AM

I also want everything in a bag - it's just so much easier to carry everything in the least amount of trips if there are handles on everything. This was especially relevant back in the days of living in a few 2nd story apartments - now at least it's only 15 feet from the car door to the kitchen counter

Sometimes I think grocery baggers have never had to carry anything into their house - but I guess thay have to ask because we're all different.

Here's a related question - why don't the manufacturers of those bulky items (toilet paper; dog food bags, etc. ) make built-in handles for their products? I mean - how much more would it cost them to glue or staple on a vinyl loop big enough to slip your hand in?

ARTelevision 05-28-2004 11:22 AM

uh huh..
but I'd still want it in a bag even if it had handles.
heh heh.

ngdawg 05-28-2004 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by moonstrucksoul
exactly , i am always saying no to these little bags they want to put my items in. why waste the plastic ?

as for my groceries, i get enough bags left over from that. there should be some kind of "bring it your bags back and get a discount" program.

The supermarkets here do just that-bring your own and you get 2c off each bag-not a lot, but, unlike Art, i try to get RID of as many as i can. I have bags filled with bags. We use them for the smaller garbage can in the bathroom and in the cars, but they multiply faster than rabbits, it seems.(no longer being a dogowner cut back severely on the bag-usage) And drive up Interstate 440 into Staten Island sometime-it looks like grocery bag hell with them hanging off bushes, trees and moving like urban tumbleweeds down the sides of the road. If it already comes in a bag or has a handle, I say no thanks and carry as-is.

apeman 05-28-2004 11:34 AM

i remember the plastic bag handles used to really cut into my hands walking back from the supermarket... or even break sometimes... maybe i was buying too much beer :(

i dunno what the answer is ... biodegradeable plastic? maybe robotic trolleys that follow you home and then return to the supermarket? there must be a better way

i appreciate you need em for dog-walking and stuff - paper bags don't cut it I'm guessing :) - but it always disturbs me how quickly my bin fills up with plastic wrappers

SaltPork 05-28-2004 06:54 PM

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Originally posted by ARTelevision
I am part of the environment and it helps me.

It's the handles I want...

Art, I always enjoy your insightful, well worded, thoughtful posts. It truly is a pleasure to read your words.

That quote cracked me up, whether you meant it to be funny or not. Furthermore, I couldn't agree with you more on all of your points, at least regarding the bagging of large, bulky items.

ARTelevision 05-28-2004 07:09 PM

Thanks, wrkime.
Truth be told, this thread is indeed part of my humor project...
:)

QuasiMojo 05-28-2004 07:11 PM

When they ask me if I want plastic or paper I just fix a gaze on them and answer cooly, "YES Please."

Fearless_Hyena 05-28-2004 07:31 PM

When I was 17 I bought some Lifesavers at Walmart, and the girl at the checkout asked me if i wanted a bag. So I said YEAH! Give me the biggest bag you got!!

It was big enough to hold about 3 chainsaws

mxyzptlk 05-29-2004 02:54 AM

In this neck of the woods, the question "paper or plastic" is often answered with "paper". The locals have discovered that the brown paper store bags are exactly the right size to store newspapers, the whole bundle is recyclable. Drive down the road at trash collection day and you'll see what I mean.

WarWagon 05-29-2004 05:33 AM

I don't care if I buy a stick of gum, I want the shit double bagged, paper in plastic.

ARTelevision 05-29-2004 06:30 AM

Interesting mxyzptlk. As we live in the same neck of the woods, it must be that I look like a plastic bag afficionado. I assume that taking one look at me instinctively brings up the words, "This dude wants plastic" in the hearts and minds of cashiers. They don't even offer me paper bags at the Farmers' Market. This is all very well and good with me, of course.

glasscutter43 05-29-2004 07:11 PM

Those plastic grocery bags are also my garbage bags. I just can't buy Glad bags to throw in the garbage.

Mehoni 05-30-2004 04:07 AM

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Originally posted by glasscutter43
Those plastic grocery bags are also my garbage bags.
That's what 90% of the Swedes do with them. Migth be why we don't complain about paying for bags (since we use them).

analog 05-30-2004 07:27 AM

I can honestly say, from working at Walgreens before, that there is an equal amount of people who will glare at you if you bag milk as there are people who will glare at you if you DON'T bag it.

Likewise goes for other single items, especially those with handles.

I've had people pull single items out of the bag, grumbling at me for bagging it, and leaving the bag behind.

People are insane.

ARTelevision 05-30-2004 09:15 AM

Ah yeah - nothing like first hand experience.
I can feel the pain.
I'd probably ask them as well, knowing this.
Thanks!


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