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Plastic Bags (self.retailhell)

submitted 1 year ago by maroudava to c/retailhell

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This happens to me almost daily.

A customer brings up a 1x1 inches, easy-to-hold item to purchase. Surely they don't need a bag, right? After all, the smallest bag size we have would still be way too large for this single item.

With this in mind, once the transaction is complete, I attempt to hand the receipt and item to the customer, only to be responded to with, "uh, can I have a bag??" as if I'm the idiot.

It's like people desire to contribute to landfills.

What's funnier is when it's someone who has a purse on them. You can't put it in your purse?!

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[–] Today 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

We're using those bags to clean trash out of the car, carry lunch to work, line bathroom trash cans, send leftovers home with a friend, or any of the hundred other uses for a bag. I'm confused by the 'bags are bad' people who then buy bags for their trash bins.

[–] maroudava 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm less so saying "bags are bad" and more so saying "let's try not to use bags when it's clearly not necessary". There's no reason to take a plastic bag when you've got a 1 inch item. A lot of the things you listed can be done perfectly fine with a reusable bag or container, which are these days pretty cheap.

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