First ... NO FRATCHING, PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
Now, on to it ...
To nobody's surprise, I'm sure, the issue of single-use plastics is BIG these days. I work in a grocery store and the split between people bringing their own carriers and those who don't is, at a rough guess, 50/50.
So here's one guy coming in and needing half a dozen bags. Can't remember whether he doesn't have reuseable carriers (bags, bins, whatever) or left them in his house or his car.
Customer: "I've got a ton of these things at home! I don't know what to do with them anymore!"
Me: "Well, some of the thrift shops in the city take them and re-use them. I take mine to [Specific Thrift Shop]."
Customer: "Yeah, but I paid for them!"
Okay, buddy, first of all: You paid FIVE CENTS APIECE for them. We're not talking the Hope Diamond here. Donate the fucking things!
Secondly: Have you never thought of, oh, the alternatives to paying a whole nickel apiece for plastic bags? There are all manner of reuseble bags out there. Why, by golly, we sell them ourselves! Some of them are even right at the cash registers; you can just grab one as you go by!
Got too many groceries for those (admittedly) small bags? Take a gander at those nice big plastic BINS at the front of the store. Best thing EVER for family-sized grocery orders. And yes, the initial price might look high, but add up what you've spent on these cheap plastic things over the years ... you've probably paid enough to buy three or four of these babies. AND of course they can be used for other things as well (I used them for laundry baskets for years; they're much sturdier than the baskets actually sold AS laundry baskets).
Seriously, keep your complaints to yourself. All you'll get from me by way of acknowledgement of your hardships is a brief nod and "Your total today is ...."
Now, on to it ...
To nobody's surprise, I'm sure, the issue of single-use plastics is BIG these days. I work in a grocery store and the split between people bringing their own carriers and those who don't is, at a rough guess, 50/50.
So here's one guy coming in and needing half a dozen bags. Can't remember whether he doesn't have reuseable carriers (bags, bins, whatever) or left them in his house or his car.
Customer: "I've got a ton of these things at home! I don't know what to do with them anymore!"
Me: "Well, some of the thrift shops in the city take them and re-use them. I take mine to [Specific Thrift Shop]."
Customer: "Yeah, but I paid for them!"
Okay, buddy, first of all: You paid FIVE CENTS APIECE for them. We're not talking the Hope Diamond here. Donate the fucking things!
Secondly: Have you never thought of, oh, the alternatives to paying a whole nickel apiece for plastic bags? There are all manner of reuseble bags out there. Why, by golly, we sell them ourselves! Some of them are even right at the cash registers; you can just grab one as you go by!
Got too many groceries for those (admittedly) small bags? Take a gander at those nice big plastic BINS at the front of the store. Best thing EVER for family-sized grocery orders. And yes, the initial price might look high, but add up what you've spent on these cheap plastic things over the years ... you've probably paid enough to buy three or four of these babies. AND of course they can be used for other things as well (I used them for laundry baskets for years; they're much sturdier than the baskets actually sold AS laundry baskets).
Seriously, keep your complaints to yourself. All you'll get from me by way of acknowledgement of your hardships is a brief nod and "Your total today is ...."
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