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  • But it's wrapped already?!

    Why, why, WHY do you all need a plastic bag for your greetings cards?! You're buying one measley greetings card, what the Hell are you doing between now and when you get home that warrants a plastic-wrapped greetings card needing it's own flimsy plastic bag to 'keep it safe'?!

    Are you mudwrestling hyenas on your way home? Do you routinely hurl yourself out of an aeroplane before you set off just to keep things interesting? Do you antcipate a herd of howler monkeys sweeping through the shopping centre and smearing the card along the way? What the HELL is going to happen to you on your way home that will so endanger the pristineness of a new greetings card that a flimsy plastic bag will be needed to stave it off?!

    And don't tell me it's because it might get bent because 1) how the hell will a pliable plastic bag stop it getting bent and 2) what the Hell do you think happens once it goes into the post box anyway?! The queen's on the stamp but that doesn't mean it gets treated like royalty!

    MiniMammoth, who's definitely not just frustrated because this cast makes opening little bags difficult.

  • #2
    I always take my tote-bag with me if I know I'm going to be purchasing something like that. It's made out of strong material, it's coloured duck egg blue and has bees on it with the words 'bee happy' printed on it. It's so much better than carrying a plastic bag around with you, or a flimsy plastic coated card, which will probably bend as you're carrying it around in your hands anyway. Honestly, there are some beautifully designed totes out there, and they are so much better. You can fit so many things in them and nothing I've carried in mine has been damaged. I even carry my Kindle and puzzle books in there too.

    I do wish I could make this a public announcement, so customers can read it!

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    • #3
      Well, Evannah -- Just because they CAN read it, doesn't mean they WILL We all know that custy's are prone to bouts of selective aliteracy.
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      • #4
        Also consider mode of transportation. I don't drive, so if I'm on my bike out on errands, even with something as simple as a greeting card, I'll ask for a small plastic bag. The card might get bent if I put it in a larger pocket in my coat. The bag handles make transporting good quite easy.

        And yes, this is why I'll ask for milk in plastic bag (double bag for strength) despite milk cartons already having handles.
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        • #5
          Send them to my town. We banned plastic bags a while ago.

          I actually went shopping in another city and bought like two items. Before I could even say anything the cashier automatically bagged them in plastic. In my head I was thinking WTH it's only two damn items! and then realized that this was still a normal thing in an area without a bag ban.
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          • #6
            Think plastic bags are being banned over here in September ish time. Cannot WAIT. Europe has had charges on plastic bags for years so nice to see we're finally catching up!

            I know some people don't have transportation but literally every person who did this the other day had a handbag the size of the TARDIS and they all wanted a crappy bag 'to keep it safe'. To top it off, they all saw me struggling to open the bags with my cast and did they offer to help? Nope, just stood and waited

            Grr blargle rant rant rant fume ..... think I'm done Thank you!

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            • #7
              Ugh, been dealing with this forever. Little old ladies insist on their greeting card in a 'sack' because it's sunny/windy/raining/snowing/cloudy outside. And they can't grasp the concept that we don't have small bags anymore because they were too expensive and we have such a small markup on greeting cards that we are actually LOSING money everytime they want their one greeting card in a 'sack'

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              • #8
                Your cards come in plastic? Ours are just sold as they are, in all their flimsy cardboard glory. If I were to buy one and take it home on the bus during the rain or snow without a bag, it would be ruined by the time I got there.
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                • #9
                  I like having a plastic bag because it is much easier to grab a small bag if you have other groceries or parcels to take in and it frees up my hands if it's plastic bag with handles..I can just put it on my wrist..several reasons for wanting a plastic bag.

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                  • #10
                    Yeah, no plastic bags here. For the most part it doesn't affect me. I have a very thin nylon bag which folds into a pocket, that kinda repels water. It was free, as "swag." But anyway, I guess I don't buy stuff that can't get wet. It's not smart in this climate. I do have a few cards, but they came in a box, and are blank inside so I can use them for whatever.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth bhskittykatt View Post
                      Send them to my town. We banned plastic bags a while ago.
                      I have to ask, what do you use to line small trash cans? I have to keep a bag in my bathroom trash, I am NOT putting my hand in there to get things unstuck from the bottom. And I've never seen actual trash bags that small.
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                      • #12
                        They haven't banned shopping bags here yet, but they charge 5 cents for them.
                        They also sell trash bags that small - 5.2 cents per for the cheapest. Yes I want shopping bags, no really, one for each of the three items, great thanks.
                        I use them for the bath garbage, the recycle box in the kitchen and the daily litter box swipe.
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                        • #13
                          I really can't see carrying a card around in my hand, unless I was going straight home. And I want to keep both the same card and envelope clean. But if I saw the cashier struggling with the bag and wearing a cast, I'd offer to help, instead of just standing there. And I usually have a tote bag with me anyway.
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                          • #14
                            I find that many people are insanely protective of their greeting card at purchase. They'll watch me like a hawk to see what I do with it. I've had many people throw small fits just because I set the card down on the counter in front of them, even though the counter is clean and dry. They immediately pick it up and examine it to make sure I did not damage it in some way. It's weird, like the card at all costs must be kept immaculate and perfectly clean. Some of these same people will haphazardly toss their eggs in a bag and set a six pack of beer and carton of milk on top of them without a problem...but that greeting card! Don't you dare get a bend, smudge or speck on that!!!

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                            • #15
                              Quoth WishfulSpirit View Post
                              Your cards come in plastic?
                              I've seen cards wrapped in plastic - they usually have some kind of 3D doodad on them, so I think it's just to protect that.

                              Quoth Aragarthiel View Post
                              I have to ask, what do you use to line small trash cans? I have to keep a bag in my bathroom trash, I am NOT putting my hand in there to get things unstuck from the bottom. And I've never seen actual trash bags that small.
                              Glad makes a four gallon size. I just wish they made them with handle ties; I hate having to use the twist ties.

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