To Hell in a Plastic Bag
There’s all this malarkey about plastic bags at IKEA and grocery stores. I can see why.
I went to the Giant today to resupply. I picked up a green handbasket to walk around the store because, let’s face it, I’m buying for one. I ended up, less than 10 minutes later, standing in the self-checkout line waiting for a less-than-competent customer fumble his way through a poorly-designed user interface (another post). When it was my turn, I stepped up, scanned quickly, and began the credit card procedure. When I got down to the end, I noticed that a Giant employee had stealthily bagged my goods. One green basket (plus an oversized bottle of soda in my arms) had turned into not one, not two, but seven non-biodegradable, non-recycled plastic bags. Why? I didn’t need that many bags.
What a waste.
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