Plastic Bags and Stupid Rich Entitled People who don't deserve them

[starlee]

I hate giving out plastic bags. I work at a convenience store, so they are inevitable, but it really bugs me to give them out. Oahu is a small island, and you know all those stupid bags just end up in the trash. It's especially frustrating because most of these people are staying in the hotel, only buying a few items, and are just going to go up an elevator to their room. I just don't understand the desire to wrap every thing in a layer of thin plastic. I offer them, but don't automatically bag. Only when prompted.

Anyways, there are two customers in line, Good Customer and Sucky Lady and her husband. GC comes up with three drinks.

GC: Oh, I don't want a bag. They are so bad for the island. Please keep it.
Me: *beams* Aww, thanks for caring about my home.

Then comes SL. She and her husband have 3 small items.

Me: *ringing* And do you need a bag?
SL: Yes.
Me: Ok! *bags items*
SL: *snottily* Yeah, we don't care about the environment. Whatever. *rolls eyes*



I have no words. I am still pissed off.

[Lace Neil Singer]

It always bugs me when people ask for a bag to put one sandwich or one bottle of milk in it. For a sandwich that the person is going to eat soon, they don't need a bag. As for milk; if they think it's going to stop leaks, they're sadly deluded. The bags we give out have holes in the bottom to stop kids from suffocating themselves.

[EricKei]

Gallons of milk are one of the few things I would insist on getting plastic for (I prefer paper, or the reusable ones when I remember to bring them) -- not because of leaks (hopefully, as I try to check for those), but because the jugs "sweat" condensation in the trunk >_>

All the same, it did annoy me when I went to a grocery here in my (new) town, asked for paper, and got plastic >_<

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I recycle my plastic bags. I bring my lunch to work in them, and then put the empty bags in the bin by the entrance.

When the bin is full, the bags are taken to the backroom and baled along with all the other plastic we generate from taking it off clothing, taking it off shrink-wrapped pallets, etc.

[Akasa]

I reuse my bags as trash bags. Also I saw on youtube a video of how to turn plastic bags into yarn which I found interesting.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Just because the next guy "will do it for you" just means that instead of 2 plastic bags going out it's only one, which is better than nothing.

I actually use bio-degradable plastic bags for the dog's droppings, and they are pretty damn cheap.

[starlee]

I would say I give out about a 5th of the bags my coworkers do. They just automatically bag...and also ask my customers again if they want a bag after they've already said no! I am looking forward to the bag tax. Also, we don't have those recycling things for bags in front of stores. So they allllll go in the trash. But mostly I am just annoyed by the inconsideration of these people. Like how Waikiki beach is full of cigarette butts.....the only beach that I've been to that has that problem, by the way.

[protege]

Every time I head to the supermarket, I end up with a crapload of bags. We're talking several *dozen* bags. Most get used as garbage bin liners, but quite a few are used to carry my lunch to work. What bags don't get filled with trash, get dumped in the store's recycling bin. Some even find their way into various projects--four went into recovering the front seats on a certain vehicle. One each on upper and lower sections, meant the new covers went on easily Still others became cheap "gloves" when cleaning up greasy suspension components.

[Mike Taylor]

Because I move every few years, I save up plastic bags and use them as packing material.

[Kagato]

I keep plastic bags and stick them in one of the kitchen drawers in my flat, with as many people living here as we have we go through quite a few since we all use them for bin liners for our desk bins, then chuck the full bag into the rubbish skip outside.

[mhkohne]

Because I move every few years, I save up plastic bags and use them as packing material.

When I ship stuff that I sell on EBay, my primary packing material is old plastic bags & leftover packing from inbound packages. Works great, but of course the wife gets mad when we don't have any bags around for emptying the litter boxes...

[Merriweather]

I admit to asking for bags on holidays - because they're handy when packing the suitcase to go home. Good for sorting worn from clean clothing, wrapping delicate things bought, or just keeping things like the inevitable stack of post cards & brochures under control.

But, they go home with me, and once there, end up eventually at the recycle center.

[Deserted]

When I go to the grocery store, it's one of 2 situations:

1) I'm in my cab doing a major shopping trip, in which case I pretty much need the bags.

2) I'm walking, in which case I have my backpack with me. The only things that get bagged in plastic are whatever doesn't fit in the pack. (Not much; it's a fairly large bag and I shop small when walking.)

[wolfie]

It always bugs me when people ask for a bag to put one sandwich or one bottle of milk in it. For a sandwich that the person is going to eat soon, they don't need a bag. As for milk; if they think it's going to stop leaks, they're sadly deluded. The bags we give out have holes in the bottom to stop kids from suffocating themselves.

Unfortunately the holes also keep SCs from suffocating themselves.

But mostly I am just annoyed by the inconsideration of these people. Like how Waikiki beach is full of cigarette butts.....the only beach that I've been to that has that problem, by the way.

You've pretty much gotta expect it - after all, there's a pretty close connection between butts and assholes.

Welcome to CS! There are plenty of cookies, Jester's got the Boozohol (be sure to have your ID ready), and we've also got (double-bagged to keep a certain pony from smelling it) delicious salted-and-smoked pork bellies. Be sure not to say the "B" word (also the name of an English author believed by some to have written Shakespeare's plays), or it'll be gone before you can get any.

[brucetiki]

Over here non-biodegradable plastic bags are illegal (the thicker plastic bags used in the higher end department stores, fashion stores etc are still legal though). This means the vast majority of stores charge for biodegradable bags, which a) encourages the reusing of bags and b) makes you question if you really need a bag.