Paper...or plastic?
Whatever happened to the good old days of paper? I hate it when things just change on you without fair input ... and this is a prime example. I remember when going to the grocery store meant I got to play with a lot of really pretty paper bags when mom got home (this was when I was a child). That's when some schmuck at the top of the grocery biz discovered that plastic bags saved a lot of money. AT WHAT PRICE? Then there was that period of time where they would ask you which one you wanted so you felt like they gave equal support to both. So deceptive, they were just phasing the paper out and trying to do it without causing an instant outcry! Sure, some stores still offer paper, but it's just a gesture. The sweet paper lovin' that used to be given so freely is now either carried only by customer demand or it's simply denied us.
I know the grocery stores are like us, they can see a good thing when it's right in front of their face! I mean, it has a sturdy feel; it has a much nicer surface for printing your image on, open your eyes grocery stores! Paper was good and you dropped it to save a buck!? I can't believe such a brazen sacrifice of something of true quality for some strange corporate gain.
You know, I can't blame it on the stores entirely though. There is always the outside pressure. Big business America, what with it's single napkin dispenser and it's public restroom hand dryers was right there, urging the grocery stores to cave. GROCERY STORE, COME ON! Just because the businesses around you cave to pressures doesn't mean that you have to! You could have been the diamond in the commercial rough, offering quality "complimentary item" to your customers, but no. You didn't.
I wish I could say I'd never shop with you again for this disgrace...but everyone needs their groceries...
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I know you probably don't want me to bring this up, but don't forget the environmental impact of switching from paper to plastic. Let's remember all the trees we're saving.
You knew I wasn't going to be able to resist posting a comment on this, seeing as how I've got four years experience bagging groceries (with both paper and plastic). And while I did like the fact that you could certainly stuff a whole lot more groceries into a paper bag, plastic is more convenient, environmentally friendly, and, yes, cheaper.
you're intitled to your opinion mr dimattia.
Cheaper=yes
Environmentally friendly (tell that to the ground thats littered with plastic bags)
Convenient (you said yourself you can fit more in paper).
Im gonna side with Sloan here.
Paper bags ROCK!! Plastic bags end up in the sea and kill off the seals and dolphins in South Africa. Plastic bags end up in fences and on trees, blow down the street and take FOREVER to degrade.
Trees can be planted again.
The reason plastic bags end up in the sea, and kill off the seals, etc. is because people aren't disposing of them properly. If you go to any grocery store, there are big bins that say "Recycle Plastic Bags Here." And the reason I said that plastic bags were convenient is because they are much easier to unpack and open than paper sacks.
Here's how to resolve this whole issue. Do like the British do. Bring your own bags to the grocery store and bag your groceries yourself.
Hmmm, I may see your convenience point, but environmentally, no.
You have to recycle your bags at the grocery store...EVERY recycling center has a place for paper like GROCERY BAG paper. Therefore, it stands to reason that paper bags would be more easily recyclable than plastic ones....
MMMMM HMMMMM
I live in Britain, and the whole "bring your own bag to the store" thing hasnt really taken off as you would have us believe.
Mostly because people are selfish. But in my case, its mostly because I am an impulsive shopper , and dont really want to walk around with a big canvas shopping bag JUST IN CASE I may just buy something later in the day.
And as for plastic bags: whether they are being disposed of properly or not, plastic bags are STILL killing off sea life- and that weighed up against "opening easier than paper" just doesnt seem fair.
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