I didn’t know what to expect on the first day of the grocery bag ban. Well the only thing I expected was that everyone had gotten the memo, was I wrong… So much confusion, so much anger as if I’m asking the customers for donations.
The bewildered look on the customers faces when they ask for paper bags and I tell them, “Sorry but we now charge 10 cents for each bag,” and trying to explain to them that its not our doing but its the new law that just passed. Many customers don’t believe the answer I gave them. I asked management if it was OK if we can put signs on each checkstand to let the customers know we are now charging for bags but was turned down because it was deemed not professional. Of course, we have to do it the hard way.
Few customers left their groceries on the belt or in the cart because they were disgusted by the fact they were being charged for bags. Some put back some of their groceries and bought a few bags so they can carry their groceries home. Many shoppers who bought cartful of groceries opted to not buy bags and wheeled off their groceries as is.
So now, before a customer approaches the checkstand, I tell the customers that we now charge for bags and I get the usual “are you serious?” stare or they don’t say anything at all. I’m Ok with that, eventually customers will get use to it and bring their own bags.
