• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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    I’m confused why they keep buying more reusable bags when they forget to bring some. I usually just put the groceries in the cart unbagged and bring em out to the car, where I usually have the bags and can procede to bag, or if I truly have no bags, just put the groceries in the car bagless.

    As a second option, my state eliminated plastic grocery bags at checkout, and instead offer paper bags for 10 or 15 cents a bag, which seems like a good option for those who forget sometimes.

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      Well, you are confused because unlike most of the world’s population, you have a car and probably a private garage. If you don’t have them, then plastic bags are needed.

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        Wait, you are saying that not having a car and a garage makes people need plastic bags?

        I lived in small, and now in a large North American city, and never owned a car. The city banned plastic bags a few years ago and I already owned some reusable bags bought a decade before, so I just continued to use them.

        But mostly I use my backpack because I don’t have a car and live in a city where I can walk to grocery stores. Otherwise I use my bike panniers. And if I really don’t have a bag, instead of buying a new one, I only buy what I can carry with my hands. Crazy like that.

        Or did the sarcasm go over my head?

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        When I was carless I depended on my reusable bags. Plastic bags were so annoying to walk or bus with.

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      I’m confused why they keep buying more reusable bags when they forget to bring some.

      I see you’ve met my wife. I have about a dozen in the boot of my car. I even had one in my hand the other day but she still bought a couple in Asda. One of them didn’t even make it to the car!

      It’s a constant struggle.

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          I had a chuckle imagining your multiple wives at checkout (after having purchased yet more wives) and one tugs at your shirt and asks “honey, will we make it back to the car?”

          You respond with a grave look “Some of you, yes. But with my hands full, I can’t make any guarantees. You know that.” Before stepping outside into the parking lot of a mad max-like world.