Just Doing My Part
Setting: The Moncks Corner Bi-Lo 4:30pm
Characters: Three preschoolers ranging from infant to four years, one cashier, one bagger, one mother attempting to keep said preschoolers from touching nearby racks of candy.
(There is a lone bottle of soy sauce and a reusable grocery bag to ring up)
Cashier: Is that all?
Heather: That’s it. (stage whispers) For the last time, no M&M’s we’re going home to make dinner.
Cashier: (Places reusable bag and soy sauce in a plastic bag)
Heather: (swiping debit) You really don’t have to bag those items, thank you.
Cashier: (blank stare)
Heather: (Somewhat embarrassed) It’s kind of the point of those bags; you know, to stop using the plastic ones.
Cashier: (blank, somewhat ruder stare, but removes the items from the plastic bag and places the soy sauce INSIDE the reusable bag)
Heather: Thank you, have a good evening. (Walks out of the store attempting to lug three kids and navigate a busy parking lot)
heheh…I have had those same blank stares when I have brought my own bag in(which is very little because I always forget them) and they do not know what to do with them. The grocery store we go to most has dum-dums that they have in a container for the kids…I loose every time on those, “but, mom there free,” yeah can’t really argue with that:)
Oh, I have a lot of trouble with the reusable bags at Kroger. But there is a specific reason why and so I try to be understanding and patient. It’s not always easy, though.
Omg! Don’t even get me started on the struggle to use cloth grocery bags! I have never in my life had so much trouble getting my point across. I have started to become down right bitchy to baggers and say, the photogs at the aquarium. That’s a whole other topic!
heh you should see what they do when you pull hem out at walmart so they can’t use their magical spinny bag thingie.
Ah, H, you broke the routine, asked someone to snap out of the mind-fog, and think about what was happening.
A very bad thing to do. We thrive on mind-fog and routines on this here planet.
I’m so thankful that Ingles doesn’t give that kind of grief, if only in the reusable bag department. Our Ingles here actually provides bags to us at a very nominal cost. Granted, it’s mercenary but it is also an attempt at being green. I love reusable bags. I just wish the store would understand that the grapefruit and bananas do NOT go on top of the bread, no matter how hearty it looks.