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I live in a US state that’s banned plastic bags. It is always funny seeing people from other states being shocked that there isn’t any plastic.
It’s going to be so annoying when my state starts doing this
Why? All you have to do is bring your own reusable bag and they’ll probably sell you one if you forget, so next time you’re less likely to forget
Not necessarily if it is done correctly
You want forgetful? My gf and I keep a whole bag of bags in the trunk of our car. Every single time we go shopping, we forget to grab them, buy one in the store, and then add it to the bags in the trunk. It’s a viscous cycle.
You definitely need to do something about it if the bags are starting to melt
I had to read this twice, think about it for 20 minutes, then read my comment again. I’m leaving it.
Try to dilute them with other types of containers, it might help.
I made grabbing the bags part of my routine. I can remember anything when it is part of my routine.
Where I live Aldi is the only store that actually has any workflow that makes sense for reusable bags. All of my reusable bags have been repurposed for storing contents of “ADHD doom boxes” so I now just have multiple bags of Aldi paper bags which float between my car, my office and the reusable bag storing spot at home, and I’ll either buy a couple more bags when I forget or just keep reusing them until they’re entirely worn out and get tossed into the recycling bin. I think I may have accidentally stumbled upon the best possible solution for my situation because I end up reusing single-use paper bags dozens of times before they get recycled (and because they’re paper they’ll actually break down within my lifetime unlike the single-use plastic bags that hold less)
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I don’t use any bags anymore if i can help it. I just load them into my trunk and use a little crate with wheels and a handle on it to bring groceries inside. The crate never leaves my home, so I can’t forget it.
I do the same. The only problem is that i never have any coins for the cart.
Ask some stores if they can help you with that.
The last store I asked this to gave me a keychain that I can use for the carts. Before that they gave me tokens which I held in my car.
I’ve never really had that problem, because I almost always carry a large-ish backpack with a cotton bag folded inside, but it would be neat if stores had a box near the checkout where you could leave your extra bags for other clients to use for free.
One of the libraries I go to does something like that, they keep some bags near the front desk and give them to users who need something to carry their books. I’ve given them two bags I had no use for. And I know a bulk food store where you can leave empty containers for other clients to use.
JUST GET THE SINGLE USE BAGS.
They are much better for the environment. You can even reuse them. The reusable ones use much more plastic hence are much worse if you don’t regularly reuse them.
Cloth bags are even worse. But very nice.
Single use are banned in some places.
Only if they are free, no? Thought you having to pay for them solves the issue of people being people.
Single use is outright banned in many palces.
Which I kinda don’t mind, because several times in recent years I ended up with groceries all over the parking lot because of how flimsy they were made. Now you have to pay for them, but at least they’re sturdy.
Parking lot? In Europe they just work and you can walk to the grocery store.
Yeah the grocery is a 10 min walk, but I can’t haul a week’s worth of supplies for my household by foot in one trip, and I really don’t have the time to go every day, so yeah a the car comes in handy for that once a week haul.
If you’re driving, just load it into your cart, then load it into your car, then load it into your bag, and take it inside. If you’re taking a bike or the bus, I’m sorry about your 37 reusable bags.
This is what I do 99% of the time because even when I do remember to put them back into the trunk after using them, I never remember to bring them into the store.
Ideas for people like us:
Same store evertim? “Siri remind me bags when I arrive at $nameOfStore”
Same day/time evertim? Set alarm
Looks like your ‘y’ key isn’t working. Might wanna look into it.
If you’re taking a bike get a cargo bike or use pannier bags, and then just build a house that’s designed so you can ride your bike all the way to the fridge/pantry 😂
If you live in an apartment building get one of those foldable trolleys and keep it next to where you lock your bicycle.
At one point I made grocery trips for 3 on my motorbike with a 70L rucksack lol
I wonder if it would help if I taped a bag with my name on it under the seat on each bus I could conceivably take to different grocery stores? But then I’d have to remember to take the bag out from under the seat 😆
But seriously, I do have a bag in my backpack, but I’m not always wearing my backpack 🤦🏻
You would assuredly be investigated for drug running. Why not tie a plastic bag to your keychain? Compressed into a knot, it takes up fairly little space.
I take bike/bus…I bring reusable bags. =/
I don’t understand how you people can go outside without a bag, let alone an extra bag inside it. How can you just go places with no inventory slots???
You get -2 speed penalty for every bag you equip, and my camp mates always clutter the doorway with their melee tools and weapons instead of with containers.
I have two Trader Joe’s thermal bags, they’re just the right shape to hold the regular square shopping bags folded up.
I then have a full set of the old discontinued Wegmans thermal bags. They’re sturdy AF and they fold up somewhat compact.
So basically I have two full sets of bags and either one of them will handle a weekly shopping trip for a house of four.
When I bring the 200lbs of shopping in, start putting it away, realize that there’s a bunch of crap in the fridge that needs to go before it’ll fit so I clean the fridge, realize I need to reorganize the freezer to put it in the right place, 30-40 minutes later I finally fold up the bags and put them back into their proper configuration, The last thing I want to do is walk all the way back out to the car so I just set them down next to the door like I’ll remember to put them in the car next time. (Rumba does not remember to put them in the car next time)
A full batch of paper bags at the grocery store still cost less than the cheapest item I buy. I don’t feel good about it but I can’t seem to break the rut.
Because someone doesn’t put the bags back in the bag of bags, so the bag of bags is now just a bag, and I can’t use that bag, because it’s the bag that contains the bags, except, you know, it doesn’t.
Where do those bags go? Not saying this someone shouldn’t be just putting the bags away but surely they must go somewhere?
I just keep the bags I use for groceries on the backdoor door handle. Once everything is empty they all kinda have to go back together or they’d just be strewn about the kitchen and the place they go is beside the fridge.
In England we call them “bags for life” which I imagine is because they will just stay around forever and multiply because you keep forgetting them.
Keep the bags, or at least a few, in your car.
My problem is remembering to bring them back to my car.
My system is that after I unpack the shopping at home, I leave the bag beside the front door. Then next time I go outside I see it like “Oh yeah, the bag!” and put it in the car.
Works for me.
Yaa or carabiner (at least) one to car keys as the reminder - when they don’t fit in your pocket that can be the sign to grab them all and bring to car
I end up with a pile of bags by my door that “I’ll pick up next time.”
But I keep forgetting where I parked my car with the bags in it! So I just buy another one. I am deeply in debt…
I just throw it all in my car and transfer it to bags when I get home.
I have a great system where I load up a lot of bags into my car so I basically always have access to reusable bags when I drive to the store. And then I promptly forget the bags in the car when I shop and end up with freaking single use plastic anyways.
I was reading that and thought “yeah man great system but then you forget those too!”. Then I read the second part, I feels you man
