People don't bring their own bags for shopping? Is this common worldwide or is this meme US oriented?
Plastic bags go brrrrrr.
Use of most plastic bags are banned in my state, though the high court reversed some part of the government order.
People bring cloth bags to shops when buying stuff, though plastic bags are still used in some places. I thought this was common in many countries :(
I always bring my backpack personally.
ProTip: Keep a bag of bags in your car. When you go to a store with carts, skip the bagging and just put your items back in your cart. You can bag them at your car in peace with no rush. The cashier will appreciate you, the bagger will appreciate you, and the other folk in line will appreciate you.
Huh... That would solve one of my greatest anxieties with self checkout in a busy store.
"Tütentüte" as we call it around here
That’s not just a… normal thing to do?
It’s expensive to buy grocery bag bags… And they are super inconvenient to carry on the bus or train or while walking.
Use no bag, let your products roll loose in your car, live a little!
I don’t even take the packaging. I let the loose wet pickles roll around in my back seat.
These days, what's an ashtray in a car for if you can't fill it with couscous.
Honestly, byob feels a lot nicer too. If you're bagging your own groceries, you're not faffing about with a new bag every 3–6 items, you're not concerning yourself with double-bagging, and it just goes by a bit faster. If you have a couple insulated bags, you're not as worried about routing your trip to get the refrigerated and frozen stuff last (although this might still happen if you get dairy milk and meat, idk). If you're taking the groceries home in your car, you have a lot fewer bags to worry about and don't have to check to make sure you have all them and nothing's rolled out. And carrying them in is easier because you can physically fit more groceries into a trip. Small things, but they do add up to a nicer experience I think.
I bought a used shopping basket at a thrift store - you know, the type with handles that stores often offer for free use. I stays in my car trunk. If I only need a few items it comes into the store with me. Useful in the store, after checkout, then into the house. Cashiers think it’s funny that I have my own.
...times have changed: i used to be kicked out of stores for bringing my own bag...
Haha then I forget I did and buy a new bag like usual 😅
I read this in Arnold's voice.
Bringing your own bag and scanning as you go is magic! Packing as you pick things up makes shopping so much faster!
