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The bags at the store are more like a forgetter's fee. Though I don't see how they aren't reusable. I don't understand your criticism when you can bring any re
by always_good 8y ago
The bags at the store are more like a forgetter's fee. Though I don't see how they aren't reusable.
I don't understand your criticism when you can bring any reusable bag into the store. Don't like the store's bags? Bring your own.
If the best criticism you can come up with for the reusable bag mandate is that you need to bring your own, that's not very damning.
In fact, I wouldn't mind if stores sold the same shitty bags as before but for 10 cents. The real win is a cultural shift towards reusability, not a good deal on plastic bags at the point-of-sale. Once again, just keep your favorite reusable bags in your car.
- pishpash 8y agoWrong. The bags are a tax on the poor. Not everybody has a car, are they supposed to carry several reusable bags on their person at all times? The poor also reuse plastic bags to bag trash, now they need to buy garbage bags. Wasting is a first-world problem. The "culture shift of reusability" is a rich person's luxury, like those alarm clocks that shred money, except it is mandated for everyone. I hope you see the absurdity and arrogance of it all.
- detaro 8y agoWhat's the problem with bringing bags as needed if you know you might go buy stuff?
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- always_good 8y ago> are they supposed to carry several reusable bags on their person at all times? I don't get it. Do you think going to the market, especially among poor people, is some spontaneous event? I live in Mexico with its awful purchasing power and, yes, everyone -- especially those with less money -- are bringing their own bags. Here's how that plays out: 1. I need to go to the market 2. I'll bring some money, reusable bags, and my shopping list 3. Oh, and I'll bring my sunglasses because it's sunny Why is this such a surprise to you? Poor people are also likely to reuse other things like clothes (hand-me-downs) and containers (like yogurt containers) just like anybody else. It's ridiculous when people like you assume poor people are so helpless and dumb that they can't even muster the foresight to bring a bag to the market.