Paper, Plastic or just plain Stupid?
Admittedly I have gone in to the grocery store and forgotten my recycled bags in the back of the car. I haven't exactly scooted across the parking lot to get them because (99% of the time) I am stupid enough to be grocery shopping with a 3 year old, because I am one of those who seems to never learn from her past mistakes. (Or like birthing 3 children, you seem to forget the pain... kinda sorta.)
Today I made a conscientious point to remember my bags. And almost everything on my list. Except the Old Bay. I forgot the Old Bay. It's okay, I won't be using it in the next couple of days. I had 5 bags with me. The 6th one was in the car housing spare waters and snacks for the kiddos for after school on the playground. I knew I didn't have enough bags to carry my $196 worth of groceries but it was better than nothing. I could deal with a few plastic bags. I do reuse them. I keep them in the car and use them as garbage bags so that the kid's wrappers and juice boxes don't litter the interior of the van. But they do anyhow. And despite the half dozen or so of plastic Stop & Shop bags my car greatly resembles a garbage can. Somehow wrappers still find their way on to the floor, and onto the seats and in between the seats and in all the little nooks and crannies vans seem to have these days. I have Terrible and Dirty creatures.
But when I hand the green bags over the bag-boy I really do not expect to see this in my shopping cart:
Today I made a conscientious point to remember my bags. And almost everything on my list. Except the Old Bay. I forgot the Old Bay. It's okay, I won't be using it in the next couple of days. I had 5 bags with me. The 6th one was in the car housing spare waters and snacks for the kiddos for after school on the playground. I knew I didn't have enough bags to carry my $196 worth of groceries but it was better than nothing. I could deal with a few plastic bags. I do reuse them. I keep them in the car and use them as garbage bags so that the kid's wrappers and juice boxes don't litter the interior of the van. But they do anyhow. And despite the half dozen or so of plastic Stop & Shop bags my car greatly resembles a garbage can. Somehow wrappers still find their way on to the floor, and onto the seats and in between the seats and in all the little nooks and crannies vans seem to have these days. I have Terrible and Dirty creatures.
But when I hand the green bags over the bag-boy I really do not expect to see this in my shopping cart:
I'm thinking of writing a formal letter of complaint to Stop & Shop...