Ah-fore ya know it, Tha A-TX pussy cartel is gonna charge us men-folk if'n we don't bring our own rubbers.Nah, it's George Bush's fault. We never got any of that good Iraqi oil fer ourselves 'cause if we did the plastic bags would be almost free againProlly charge us fer disposal, too, if'n we don't take tha used ones wif us.
Ah blame Obama!Originally Posted by David.Douchehurst
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Dallas, My H.E.B. usually comps my bags when I forget. They are nice that way. Sorry you didn't experience same. I'll recommend that they check to see if someone is from out of town and then they should comp the bags. You get used to taking a bag or two with you most of the time (I hear it is kinda like marriage from my married friends LOL). I do like that it keeps those damn thin plastic ones from blowing all around as trash and ending up in the creeks and lake.
I remember seeing those types of bags in Europe on my first trip there and wondering when we would get them in the states to replace our "low tech" paper bags. Maybe when we end this stupid War on Drugs and can grow lots of hemp fast and cheap paper will come back (since we won't have to cut down trees for it). When I lived in London we always carried a string bag to the market (it was a real market with lots of booths in Camden Town, then we went to the butcher if we wanted meat) and it was no big deal. Count me as skeptical that the plastic bag bans cause disease to any measurable degree. My stores always put the chicken in a smaller plastic bag and I later recycle that as well.
I have a million reusable bags (I keep a dozen in the car usually), you can have some of mine anytime you want. I used to shop at Randall's, but they are a fair bit more expensive for regular groceries than H.E.B. except for their meat specials (and the meat is usually better) even with their shoppers club. I visit about five different stores for different things, but Randall's no longer - If I'm going to pay those prices I'll shop Whole Foods or Central Market (but then I'm a foodie).