[RP TownTalk] Fwd: banning plastic bags: victory and defeat

[cranky old coot]

Dwight,
The Old Coot feels your pain. We can't remember to get both the shopping 
list and the reusable bags out of the kitchen at the same time! You 
would think that this would be an advantage of multiple personalities, 
but Nooooo! Perhaps this is a case were the whole is equal to _less_ 
than the sum of its parts.

For weeks I have been carrying around a big trash bag of plastic bags in 
the back of my truck. It is a big bag because I couldn't remember to 
take the small bags of bags to the truck when I was going to the store. 
Now I can't remember to take the big bag from the parking lot to the 
store. Thank god plastic is light so it doesn't effect my gas mileage!

Dwight, good luck leaving the reusables in the car. I have found if they 
are not on the top of the pile....  Maybe I need a check list 1) keys 2) 
shopping list, 3) old plastic bags 4) new reusable bags 5) pants 6) ...

Or maybe I need someone to remind me.  No I've tried that. Its cheaper 
to keep buying reusable bags.

While we are on the subject, what is the deal at Giant? Sometimes the 
checkout person deducts $0.03 for each reusable bag used, sometimes not. 
And how do you get the $0.03 in the self check counter?

OC

Dwight Holmes wrote:
> Seriously, though, how can you expect a guy who forgets where his car
> is to remember to take the reusable bags with him to shop?
>