I just took Excedrin PM in an attempt to defeat this sinus headache that has been plaguing me all weekend, so I have about half an hour until I can no longer keep my eyes open. I’ll try to type fast. It’s always the sinuses on the right side of my face that give me trouble. The left ones are very well behaved, but the right ones have a serious attitude problem. I’ve had about enough of their nonsense, let me tell you.
Anyway, I went grocery shopping this afternoon. First I went to the organic market, which was strangely crowded, short staffed and out of some stuff I wanted like peppers and blueberries. So then I went to the regular grocery store, which was also really busy, although better staffed. Not only was there just one register open at the organic market (although to her credit, the poor cashier kept paging other people to come up to the front of the store, and they kept ignoring her) but the guy in front of me in line said his wife had his wallet, but she was in the bathroom. Then she finally came out of the bathroom, and she didn’t have his wallet. And she didn’t have her wallet, so they sent one of the kids out to the car. Luckily for me, at that point the cashier suspended their sale and rang me up. I was trying to be gracious and patient, but what I wanted to say was “get your shit together, losers!” Part of me wondered if it was some sort of scam, but I think maybe I’ve just watched too many episodes of Hustle.
Now, at the organic market I have reusable bags to use, and they give me a 10 cent credit per bag. The Giant and Whole Foods also encourage you to get the reusable grocery bags, and I think they’ll give you a credit too. My question is, is it rude or somehow bad form to use a reusable bag from another grocery store? I can’t help but wonder if the Giant people would give me the evil eye for using a Whole Foods bag. If they truly care about the environment, that would be one thing, but I think they really just want to sell me their reusable bags. Would you use one store’s bag at another store? Discuss in the comments, please!
We totally use the whole foods bags at safeway all the time. tough for them.
Once I went to pay and found I had neither a checkbook or an ATM card in my purse. It was a full cart too. Luckily I found out before the cashier started ringing me. They wheeled my cart into the refrigerated area while I went home to get the checkbook. All I lost was time and gas!
I don't know about your area, obviously, but where I am the grocery stores seem really good about bags from other stores.
I use whatever bag I remember to grab. If you think about it, by bringing your own, you're saving the company money so it shouldn't really care where the bag comes from. Marketing companies have jumped on the green bag bandwagon, so now I have a few bags from random companies that I use, too.
I've had that very same thought. I've come to the conclusion that it doesn't matter. And if, somehow, it offends the grocery store people, well, I'm willing to live with that.