I do this every time I come home from shopping. One giant, painfully awkward trip is somehow way better than 2 relaxed trips in my brain.

Oh. I thought it was going to be chocolate bars for Yorkie dogs.

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Those kinds of bags are banned here in Canberra.

^They've also just been banned in Los Angeles.

I feel like a Vulcan. I think I'm going to need someone to explain to me why this is hilarious. I'm familiar with and appreciate his situation, but I sincerely don't get what's hilarious about the ad.

Plus, he still has to go back and close the back of the car, which he left open.
So he still needs to make a second trip.

>> ^lucky760:

^They've also just been banned in Los Angeles.
I feel like a Vulcan. I think I'm going to need someone to explain to me why this is hilarious. I'm familiar with and appreciate his situation, but I sincerely don't get what's hilarious about the ad.


That just means you have a Sense of Humour. This is not funny.

What do they use instead? I remember this discount grocery store in the little college town I went to that didn't use bags. Stuff was dirt cheap too. They put out the empty boxes that the stuff was delivered in for you to use. I always thought that was a cool idea.

>> ^dag:

Those kinds of bags are banned here in Canberra.

>> ^lucky760:

^They've also just been banned in Los Angeles.

>> ^jimnms:

What do they use instead? I remember this discount grocery store in the little college town I went to that didn't use bags. Stuff was dirt cheap too. They put out the empty boxes that the stuff was delivered in for you to use. I always thought that was a cool idea.
>> ^dag:
Those kinds of bags are banned here in Canberra.

>> ^lucky760:
^They've also just been banned in Los Angeles.



Shoppers are encouraged to bring their own reusable bags. If they don't, paper bags may be purchased for 10 cents apiece.

They aren't "banned" in Canada but most grocery stores have instituted a new policy that seems to be working in most cases.

First the bags have been switched from the cheep nylon bags to a stronger plastic bag.
At the beginning of your purchase you are asked how many bags you would like to purchase (10¢ bag).

Most people now bring their own cloth bags just to avoid the extra charges.
Also, as you enter the checkout-line in the impulse buying section, there are cloth bags at $1-2 each

Those that do purchase the (plastic) bags, now have a stronger plastic bag that can be reused next time they come and will be good for several uses.

One drawback for cloth bags is when you are buying meat. Sometimes meat such as raw pork and chicken has "drippings" in the package which drip into the bag and then through to your car. Not only is it messy but unsanitary as you get bacteria everywhere which can be dangerous. (always keep some plastic bags handy or buy some to keep - just in case)


Edit: WalMart is still using the cheap Nylon Bags (Which ad up if you buy groceries from them.) They use a lot of bags (only a few items per bag) because they are so short and not very strong. We can easily come home with 15-20 bags on a $70 grocery trip. Excessive in my opinion.

and remember $70 doesn't buy you many groceries.

Ten cents a bag, what a ripoff when they probably pay 10 cents for a box of them. I'm all for re-usable stuff, but those re-usable bags are small and only practical if you make frequent trips to the store and buy a small amount of stuff. I hate going to the store, so I tend to make one trip every 2-3 months and stock up. I would probably need 50 of those re-usable bags for those trips. I do have to force myself to go and buy shit like bread, milk and other stuff that doesn't last long.

Besides just being awfully familiar, what sold me was the wife's bemused indifference at the end >> ^lucky760:

^They've also just been banned in Los Angeles.
I feel like a Vulcan. I think I'm going to need someone to explain to me why this is hilarious. I'm familiar with and appreciate his situation, but I sincerely don't get what's hilarious about the ad.

Well, that's the point. It's financial incentive for you to stop using them. >> ^jimnms:

Ten cents a bag, what a ripoff when they probably pay 10 cents for a box of them. I'm all for re-usable stuff, but those re-usable bags are small and only practical if you make frequent trips to the store and buy a small amount of stuff. I hate going to the store, so I tend to make one trip every 2-3 months and stock up. I would probably need 50 of those re-usable bags for those trips. I do have to force myself to go and buy shit like bread, milk and other stuff that doesn't last long.

There seems to be something about this that's uniquely british. I thought it was great