How Many Plastic Bags Can You Use?

I have asked them to load the bags "heavy" and they usually understand. I hate to have to carry four or five bags for a few items that would have fit into one or two. Like you, I reuse them, but that's not the point!

I have never met a Walmart cashier who bagged properly! Generally I find they put too much in each bag so the bag ends up ripping at some point. Or they'll put things together that shouldn't be, like something heavy with my bread. Just drives me crazy!

I find that most of the cashiers will just hand you the bags or leave the bags at the end of the conveyor belt for you to pack, for me this is ok, as I far prefer to pack my own bags, sometimes you will get 'helpers' you come along and ask if you need help packing your bags. I always say no, I am 40+ guy and there's probably someone who needs more help than I do. Occasionally, dependent on the shop the cashier will actually ask if you want help with your packing. Again I always say no. I am quite particular about how I put my shopping away, and I hate being rushed too. I always take plastic bags with me to save the environment, besides some shops actually reward you for bringing and using your own bags!

Here the mall will not offer the plastic bags for free any more. Perhaps it is not so convenient, but I still support it since it is good for our environment. I usually will have a cloth bag in my handbag. So I don't need the plastic bags from the supermarket. It is already my habit to use my own cloth bag. I like to do something that is good for our planet.

We use plastic bags for some things in our house like storing greens in the fridge and cleaning out the cat litter, but most times we shop we take our own re-usable cloth bags. These are very popular in Australia and you see many shoppers using them to cut down on the use of plastic. In some states you even have to pay extra to use the plastic bags that the stores supply. When I was in the USA I did not see anyone in stores using their own bags. I did not frequent too many mainstream stores, but those I did go in, I saw people primarily using plastic bags. When the check out staff do that to me, I just tell them to load the bags up more. Don't give me more plastic than I need.

I used 3 to 4 plastic bags on average.If the plastic bag is dirty,I will throw it away.If not,I will store it in the cabinet.When my friends need a bag to restore something ,I can give my plastic bags to them.After that ,I usually felt very happy. In China,the checkers are more likely to give the customers as less plastic bags as possible.I once came back to my school with one bag which was full of food that the plastic bags almost ripped.I think the phenomenon resulted from the checkers themselves.If one bag is enough,they wouldn't like to put your things into an extra bag.Since they thought it was a waste and what they have done had no obvious advantages.Of course,you can obtain more plastic bags when you have requested the checkers.But you'll spend a little money on it.

Oh good grief! I tried the self checkout at Walmart this morning and put every item in one sack. I didn't have a lot, but cashiers probably would have used two sacks. Walmart, at least the ones here offer the ability to bring the plastic sacks back to recycle. There's a huge bin at the front of the store where you can drop them in. My grandmother always brings every plastic sack she has, not just the Walmart ones. You're not supposed to do that, but hopefully Walmart recycles them somewhere too. lol

A lot of them do that, as a result I have way too many bags.

She may have been nervous due to her inexperience on her first day working as a cashier, i can overlook on that, i will not take offense at all. The most i will do is to take couple of items out of my several plastic bags and place them into those near empty plastic bags, so that i don't have to carry too many bags while getting out of the store. I will just return those unuse bags to her personally. It is not a big deal at all. I am sure she will improve over time in using the proper technique for bagging customers' items.

I do exactly what you do, I start to rearrange the stuff I brought. I hate when they put one item into one plastic bag. It does not make a bit of sense. I too will reuse my plastic bag but I truly miss the paper bags so much. With the paper bags you can fit so much more in them and they seem to be so much more sturdy then these cheap plastic bags. I love when I get to bag my own stuff because nine out of ten times the bagger does not due it to my liking.

Over here, most of the time cashiers only do registry work and there's a bagger boy at the end of every counter. Plastic bags for years had already been banned in our city so small to medium purchases are placed in those brown bags of different sizes while larger ones are placed in carton boxes and tied. Nice to see you again, we were friends at the old Mylot if I remember right.

macdingolinger I think it's nice that you didn't say anything since it was her first day on the job...perhaps she noticed what you did and will learn from it. I have a strange situation..we have several Walmarts...the one on the other side of the freeway now charges for paper bags and has eliminated all plastic bags. It's .10 per paper bag...The other 2 Walmarts use plastic and paper bags and do not charge...this is Cal so is anyone surpised...

Tell them that you need all your items in two bags and no more.Before the packing starts you should instruct them to avoid time and waste.Tell them you preference of having few bags when you have more items.Carry a bag made of jute or paper,in order to avert carrying things in plastic bags.Hope these steps will help you.

I could deal with that a lot better than one who puts chemicals in with my food! I have stopped to tell a manager before that I don't want to eat food that has been carried home in a bag with cleaners. Although I wash my produce before consumption, the chemical could leach into the food and not be removed by washing. A box of rat killer in with my veggies is just not appropriate!!