If I’m treated like CRAP by some Obama-lover running a store, who suckers me to spend an hour shopping, just to find out that I have no way to carry my stuff, tough luck.
As to you (or others) working there - if you work for that guy, you should quit, otherwise you’re part of the problem.
Having listened to the hype of plastic bags that do not deteriorate,I live in southwest Texas.I have a large yard that is cleaned off.A plastic bag became entangled in a mesquite bush and I observed it for two months until I could no longer stand seeing it anymore from my kitchen window.When I finally got off my a#%,I went and grabbed it and it disintegrated in my hand.Poof,gone.One suggestion,[had to convince wife],Go to produce section and double bag produce.You get bags that are sturdy and great for leftover dumping and garbage.She is a believer.
As to you (or others) working there - if you work for that guy, you should quit, otherwise you’re part of the problem.
First of all when I worked in a grocery store it was the mid 80’s and had nothing at all to do with Obama or “green pissers” for that matter or the lack of grocery bags – at that time it was still a choice as to plastic or paper and we had plenty of both, although I do recall one time we ran out of paper bags because of some order or supplier snafu. Just what some gal or guy working part time at the checkout lane, making barely above minimum wage needs to hear is some asshat cursing at them because of something completely out of their control and yea, I saw that happen.
When I was a teenager and working at a convenience store one day a customer complained that the creamer had curdled in her coffee. I very politely and profusely apologized and told her to pour another cup and that I would get some fresh creamer from the walk in box for her and that it would be on the house. And what did she do? She cursed at me like a drunken sailor and then threw the cup of steaming hot coffee at my head. It was a good thing I was young had good reflexes and dodged it. I would have called the police and filed an assault complaint but she left the store and sped away so fast, it was pointless. Sometimes there are people who take out the frustrations of their lives out on folks who have nothing at all to do with it. Unless I’m treated very rudely, I tend to go out of my way to be polite to people working in retail and restaurant servers because I know what it’s like to be treated like dirt by folks who get some sort of kick out of being rude.
What I was talking about was shoppers who pick up perishable goods like meats and seafood and frozen foods and then change their minds about buying them and instead of putting them back where they belong or taking them to the check out and letting the cashier know that they don’t want the items, dump them where ever they happen to be when they change their mind. I found it disgusting to find a package of expensive salmon or a really nice steak stuck between boxes of cereal, the package warm and leaking and making an awful mess for me to clean up, not to mention the waste. I also sometimes found abandoned food items placed in the freezer aisle, same result, unusable and un-sellable. Again if you’re going to do that, you might as well walk out of the store without paying for it as the end result is the same. And stores make up these losses by factoring in the losses into their prices.
Secondly, stores like the one in the article, Bottom Dollar Foods and stores like BJ’s, Aldi’s, etc. are not refusing to provide bags because they “love” Obama. They do it as a cost saving measure and pass those savings on to their customers in the form of lower prices. If you don’t like it, don’t shop there but don’t be an ass about it. They are no-frills stores and don’t pretend to be anything but. I’ve been shopping at BJ’s for some items for years, going back to the mid 80’s, long before Obama and “green pissing” and know that they don’t provide bags. You either bring your own or go to the bin where they place empty cardboard boxes. That’s the way these stores keep costs down. I don’t mind it because I like saving money.
Again, they are not treating you or anybody else like CRAP because they have some hidden political agenda.