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What a coincidence. I just ordered some reusable veggie bags. I’ve used canvas grocery bags for years, and I’ve tried to reuse plastic veggie bag, but they’re a lot more flimsy.
We bought those canvas bags from our grocery store. We’re getting much better about remembering to throw them in the car before we leave to shop.
Musical commentary, from one of my favorite bands ever:
http://new.music.yahoo.com/pee-wee-fist/tracks/ghost-of-a-plastic-bag–9090743
Very cool song!
What a great mockumentary. Thanks for sharing!
Cool, yes? And be sure to check out ChrisB.’s musical accompaniment.
I’m such a sap, I started rooting for that little plastic bag to make it to the sea. He’s free, he’s free! Oh wait, it’s a plastic bag.
{smile}
It was the serious-sounding narrator. I did that, too.
It’s “just” a plastic bag in the same way the “Red Balloon” is just a balloon in the film of the same name.
I believe in plastic bags.
There goes my ocean.
Chris, I was thinking of Red Balloon too!
“There goes my ocean.”
‘Zackly. It amazes me to see people grabbing lots of plastic bags, so they can put one tomato or pepper in each. I don’t ALWAYS remember the bags in my car or in my kitchen WAITING to be put in the car, but at least I just stick everything in the same bag that the grocery store gives me. Things aren’t going to get THAT messed up in the short trip to the car and thence to home.
And it’s OK with me if peppers and onions touch one another in a bag. They certainly mingle in my stomach.
…and I do mostly remember the bags. Finally.
I had the fortunate experience of accompanying my German grandmother and her string bags to the butcher, baker, and grocer, so I’ve brought my own bags forever. Finally, now that the concept is catching on, I don’t have to wrestle baggers to the ground anymore to get my groceries into my containers! (I say containers because I find a plastic milk crate very useful for heavy things like big bottles of V8, bags of potatoes., etc.)
Something that has happened more than once at drugstores, where the checker is behind a wide counter: I say I don’t need a bag, the clerk starts putting my item(s) into the bag hanging just below her, I grab it and remove my items and put them in my bag, she snatches the still-pristine bag and throws it in the trash!
Oh, no! That’s just freaky. I mostly just say I don’t need a bag because I never organized myself enough to buy more than a couple of items at a time.
Incredibly, it has happened even with just a single item. Other than a pack of gum, many cashiers seem shocked by the idea that you could put something in your pocket, purse, or *horrors* just carry it in your hand. I couldn’t begin to count the number of times the response to “thanks, I don’t need a bag” was a concerned “are you sure?”
Like it’s a big decision you might regret later? That’s pretty funny.
“I say I don’t need a bag, the clerk starts putting my item(s) into the bag hanging just below her, I grab it and remove my items and put them in my bag, she snatches the still-pristine bag and throws it in the trash!”
I’ve had that happen, too. Also at the grocery store, although they are a lot more aware of people bringing their own bags than they used to be. I go home gnashing my teeth at the thought of the wasted bag.