Its good to see customers bring their reusable bags when grocery shopping. Although they are a lot harder to bag, we shouldn’t mind because its good on the environment and they’re more sturdy, so we can avoid the overuse of bags. But the annoying thing is, if you bring your reusable bags, be sure to tell the checker that you have bags. Often, customers would hold their bags in their hand or leave them in the cart and then they tell the checker that they have bags, all while the groceries are already bagged. If you do not want a bag, tell the checker as well. Countless times, if I feel the customer needs a bag, I would bag it for them and then they don’t want their items bagged. They would pull the product from the bag and leave it at the end of the checkstand.
A European girl and a American guy comes in my checkstand …
They bought 2 boxes of Wheat Thins , a large can of Folgers coffee, 3-packs for M&M’s with peanuts and a 4-pack of triple A Duracell batteries.
I bagged the items in plastic…
European Girl: We don’t need bags.
She pulls the items from the bag and tosses the bag at the end of the checkstand.
Annoyed, I take bag and realized it now has a rip in it and stuffed it in my cubby of bags.
European Girl: [talking to her American guy] American’s don’t recycle?
Me: We do recycle.
European Girl: Then why did you throw the bag away?
Me: I didn’t throw it away, its in my cubby with the other bags people leave behind. My garbage can is in front of me.
European Girl: Why don’t you reuse it then?
Me: Plastic bags don’t really stay on the holder after using them, so I’ll use it later because its harder to bag and besides its ripped.
European Girl: You say you recycle but I’m sure you don’t.
Why is she grilling me?
Me: I wasn’t the one who ditched the bag.
American Guy: She left it so you can use it again.
What is this a tag team?
Me: Then hand the bag to me instead of just leaving where you please.
European Girl: [chimes in] So you can reuse it.
Me: With a rip in it? I’m not going to give the bag to someone else.
American Guy: You can reuse it.
Me …
So annoyed…
Do you use reusable bags?
