Customer comes through my line today and plops her fabric bag down on the belt. I mention this only because I thought it odd that she had her own bag, in light of the conversation that followed.
Customer: "So what are you guys going to do when they ban plastic bags?"
(Canada is supposed to ban single-use plastics; some people are saying the ban will take effect this year, but the news items I've seen say 2021. Anywho ....)
Me, tapping her bag: "Well, people will just have to buy their own bags then."
Customer: "But what are you going to do when somebody comes to the register with a cart full of groceries and they don't have a bag?"
She was putting a slight emphasis on "you" that made it clear that she considered it somehow OUR responsibility to fix this situation, should it occur.
I came so very close to saying "Madam, it won't be our problem and WE won't do anything."
Reusable bags and bins have been available for 10 (or possibly 15 or maybe even 20) years now. A different customer had earlier come through my line with a plastic bin that had been used 25 years ago in her classroom to help keep stuff sorted. It was never intended to be used as a grocery carrier, but that's what she had re-purposed it as. So the options are pretty much endless, and anybody who hasn't made arrangements when the ban goes into effect is just fuck out of luck, in my opinion.
P.S. There is a rumour that we are going back to paper bags. We shall see.
Customer: "So what are you guys going to do when they ban plastic bags?"
(Canada is supposed to ban single-use plastics; some people are saying the ban will take effect this year, but the news items I've seen say 2021. Anywho ....)
Me, tapping her bag: "Well, people will just have to buy their own bags then."
Customer: "But what are you going to do when somebody comes to the register with a cart full of groceries and they don't have a bag?"
She was putting a slight emphasis on "you" that made it clear that she considered it somehow OUR responsibility to fix this situation, should it occur.
I came so very close to saying "Madam, it won't be our problem and WE won't do anything."
Reusable bags and bins have been available for 10 (or possibly 15 or maybe even 20) years now. A different customer had earlier come through my line with a plastic bin that had been used 25 years ago in her classroom to help keep stuff sorted. It was never intended to be used as a grocery carrier, but that's what she had re-purposed it as. So the options are pretty much endless, and anybody who hasn't made arrangements when the ban goes into effect is just fuck out of luck, in my opinion.
P.S. There is a rumour that we are going back to paper bags. We shall see.
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