tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post9135936286378877924..comments2023-06-28T06:13:50.901-06:00Comments on A posse ad esse: Call me "David"Paul Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13420342085380365248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-68093973242370912782007-11-29T22:33:00.000-07:002007-11-29T22:33:00.000-07:00marianna~I'm so glad you'll be helping out. I can'...marianna~<BR/>I'm so glad you'll be helping out. I can't say that it'll do ever be able to make a difference for sure, but I just think I have to at least try. If Wal-Mart were actively encouraging people to use the reusables and not just paying lip service to it, it could really help to cause a shift in the habits of a lot of people. I love your story by the way. Thanks for sharing!<BR/>P~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13403847624491620709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-41917820803003286212007-11-29T19:07:00.000-07:002007-11-29T19:07:00.000-07:00Love this post! I will write even though as a non-...Love this post! I will write even though as a non-customer I may not be too persuasive. However, I will also include Meijer and Target in my writing. My favorite bag reuse story is from just this week. I have a large bag from Wild Oats. I can usually get my entire purchase in it. Well, I used it at Kroger. It had my entire purchase in it, but when I started unpacking at home I realized the bagger had double bagged (using plastic) three seperate items!!! ARGH! This happens to me all the time. It is as if they simply do not get the concept! I don't want my milk bagged. If it sweats onto something so what. Onion skins go everywhere...so what! And I didn't put the potatoes in a plastic bag in the produce dept. for a reason. I do better at watching them when I don't have children distracting me!Mariannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06053480963082704523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-19977434436922466612007-11-29T09:30:00.000-07:002007-11-29T09:30:00.000-07:00I bring my own bags when I go to Walmart, they are...I bring my own bags when I go to Walmart, they aren't even the ones from Walmart, I got them at another grocery store. I always put them on the belt first and they always try to scan them. After I explain they are my bags, they always seem happy to put my stuff in them. They just stand up the bag on top of the carousel and fill it. The second time I brought my own bags the man checking me out said, "Oh, you're the bag lady" I guess I'm famous or something.<BR/><BR/>And one day at the grocery store I was using my own bags and the woman behind me in line went and grabbed some of the reusable bags the grocery store was selling. Peer pressure can work!Christyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920326845870515381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-19588810249828576892007-11-28T21:47:00.000-07:002007-11-28T21:47:00.000-07:00Yeah farm mom! Glad to hear you're in there with m...Yeah farm mom! Glad to hear you're in there with me! wouldn't it be nice if maybe they made the bags with little eyelets on the sides that would allow them to slide right over the prongs on the dreaded plastic bag dispensers. Hmmm, I may have to explore that... could be a solution in the making.<BR/>Thanks for sharing<BR/>P~P~https://www.blogger.com/profile/13403847624491620709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091794270907110191.post-2629987468143434792007-11-28T06:01:00.000-07:002007-11-28T06:01:00.000-07:00It's funny you should write about this, I was thin...It's funny you should write about this, I was thinking about writing up a post myself. I am one of those people who pretty much hate walmart, but where I am, walmart has taken over all the small towns and driven away all the little grocery and department stores so that you only have 1 choice. In the small town nearest me, where I often shop there is still one grocery store hanging on, and that is where I shop, but if I need something non-grocery, I have no choice but to shop walmart. <BR/>Anyway, I was there last week and I too noticed the recyclable bags and I too felt it was important to let the mega-corp know these steps were appreciated, so I bought 4, and put them on the conveyer first. The lady behind the counter looked at them with disdain, then began to bag my items in the plastic bags and leave the reusables there on the counter. When I came up to where she was she asks me "so, did you want your stuff in these bags?" And I, of course, say "yes I did" She then holds them up and shows me how they are zip-strip held together in multiple places and she cannot open them! She then puts my reusable bags into a plastic bag!!!! She then tells me, with a shake of her head "people tell me they waste their money on these all the time, and never remember to bring them back in. If you want to switch, and buy the ones with the walmart logo on them, those open up real easy because they want the free advertisement!" Wow! I agree with you, it is a difficult situation for the person behind the counter to bag your things with the plastic bag roundtable in the way. As for me, I'm going to be sure to bring back my reusable bags everytime, and seek out that particular employee everytime I'm there!! LOL! <BR/>I'll write a letter. I think it's a good idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com