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That's really neat, but difficult in places like California where there's a bag fee.
by SamReidHughes 9y ago
That's really neat, but difficult in places like California where there's a bag fee.
- dannypgh 9y agoIs this somehow incompatible with bringing your own bags?
- ThePadawan 9y agoWe have a 5 cent bag fee too (Switzerland), and it works just fine. I fail to see the problem? Our bags have big bar codes to scan, and there's also a big "+1 bag" button on the self checkout machines.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoI don't know, in the supermarket I go to, in California, they're very possessive about bags in the self checkout, as if there's high penalties if some customers walk out without paying for their bag.
- always_good 9y agoI still don't understand what hardship you're trying to point out. Are you saying in your store there's a significant barrier to buying a bag? As someone who has lived in California, sounds like you have a beef with a single store.
- jonknee 9y agoIt's not like you leave the store balancing everything in your hands... Scan, put in whatever bag you brought and then go.
- chrisseaton 9y agoIn the UK you just get asked how many bags you've used so they can charge the fee.
- jschwartzi 9y agoAt grocery stores where I live you can't bag any of your groceries until you've scanned them all. It's the main reason I don't use self-checkout alongside the computer nattering at you and making you wait for it to finish.
- zimablue 9y agoTo be fair, the Tesco I use most has found some really irritating middle ground where the bags are held by a specific employee that you go and ask for a bag from, slowing everything up massively. Every time I go in I have the same thought that it's such a waste of someone's life to spend most of it standing motionless with the sole purpose to reduce theft of plastic bags.
- evgen 9y agoSame thing at some large Sainsbury's, very annoying. They are also the medium-weight plastic bags instead of the light ones; I suppose people like to feel they are getting something of value for their five pence, but I find these bags far less useful for re-use at home. At some point I am going to have to figure out how to order a 50-pack of Waitrose bags just for scooping the cat's litter box...
- imroot 9y agoIn Gaithersburg, MD, you're just prompted to enter in the number of bags you've used. You're then charged the $.05 per bag on your tab.