We keep a dozen or so reusable shopping bags in the car, where we promptly remember them as soon as half the groceries have been bagged in plastic. sigh
The phenomenon in the cartoon is at least in part because the plastic in plastic bags seems to split apart if you look at it crooked. I still prefer paper, which at least stands upright. #ddtb
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We own a number of reusable shopping bags.
We are absolutely terrible at remembering to take them to the store with us. So much so that I have to wonder why the hell we bothered to buy them.
That said, yeah, they do seem to be doing the following with the plastic bags. #seb
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First, my local grocery store gave a nickel discount for every reusable bag I used. I always forgot my bags.
Then, the store started charging me a nickel for every plastic bag I needed. All of the sudden, I started remembering the reusable bags.
All for a 50-cent surcharge. Psychology, is a funny business.
True, we do get at our store a small discount. Still doesn’t help.