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I don’t understand how you people can go outside without a bag, let alone an extra bag inside it. How can you just go places with no inventory slots???
Because someone doesn’t put the bags back in the bag of bags, so the bag of bags is now just a bag, and I can’t use that bag, because it’s the bag that contains the bags, except, you know, it doesn’t.
Where do those bags go? Not saying this someone shouldn’t be just putting the bags away but surely they must go somewhere?
I just keep the bags I use for groceries on the backdoor door handle. Once everything is empty they all kinda have to go back together or they’d just be strewn about the kitchen and the place they go is beside the fridge.
You get -2 speed penalty for every bag you equip, and my camp mates always clutter the doorway with their melee tools and weapons instead of with containers.
I have two Trader Joe’s thermal bags, they’re just the right shape to hold the regular square shopping bags folded up.
I then have a full set of the old discontinued Wegmans thermal bags. They’re sturdy AF and they fold up somewhat compact.
So basically I have two full sets of bags and either one of them will handle a weekly shopping trip for a house of four.
When I bring the 200lbs of shopping in, start putting it away, realize that there’s a bunch of crap in the fridge that needs to go before it’ll fit so I clean the fridge, realize I need to reorganize the freezer to put it in the right place, 30-40 minutes later I finally fold up the bags and put them back into their proper configuration, The last thing I want to do is walk all the way back out to the car so I just set them down next to the door like I’ll remember to put them in the car next time. (Rumba does not remember to put them in the car next time)
A full batch of paper bags at the grocery store still cost less than the cheapest item I buy. I don’t feel good about it but I can’t seem to break the rut.
I live in a US state that’s banned plastic bags. It is always funny seeing people from other states being shocked that there isn’t any plastic.
It’s going to be so annoying when my state starts doing this
Why? All you have to do is bring your own reusable bag and they’ll probably sell you one if you forget, so next time you’re less likely to forget
Not necessarily if it is done correctly
Me putting 6 (3 more than I’m sure I’ll need) in my backpack (which is storage overkill now) and then since I’m like a primitive creature or something where if I don’t see it it doesn’t exist, I forget that I have the bags after checking out.
I’m still hacked off that the bag fee was created only as a punishment for single use plastic bags, then once plastic bags were phased out the cunts kept it in and raised the cost with different tiers of biodegradable, reusable and woven bags.
In theory you just have a dozen or so bags that you can take with you every time. The knee-jerk reaction is to call it something the company does to offload responsibility, but unfortunately for us Americans this is the norm in many other places in the world and they deal with it fine.
I like how my state in the US actually managed to do something right for a change.
We phased out plastic for the most part (there is a small business exception) via a tax and now paper bags a free everywhere and many stores sell reusable bags. There was never any mandate to offer paper bags or reusable bags it was just something the free market figured out on its own. Simple legislation made the world a better place.
That is cuntish. Where was that?
Definitely in Australia. After single use got banned, the new plastic bags were 10c and were good enough they could be reused. When they got banned, we got stuck with paper ones for 25c or woven ones for a couple dollars.
They also released $15 “washable paper bags” that I don’t understand who is the target audience.
When they got banned, we got stuck with paper ones for 25c
Cheeky bastards! We had a single use for €0.25 for a while but that’s long gone. Paper bags are still free. They’re generally small unless you’re buying clothes or whatever. You definitely wouldn’t be bagging the weekly shop with them but most places offer free boxes from the shelf stocking leftovers.
They also released $15 “washable paper bags” that I don’t understand who is the target audience.
Very, very rich people is the answer. Surely the amount of energy to wash one is not that far off a fresh paper bag.
The thing is, even for rich people, the cooler bags are cheaper AND better, they’re lined to keep cold things cool longer, and they hold a nice square shape, the sides are stable with nothing in them, so they’re very easy to pack, and they’re super durable, for only $3. They can be washed just as easily as any other bag, and can be zipped closed.
Their fabric ones are also good size, quality, and washable, also for $3.
The $15 ones simply make no sense.
I love my cheap TOTES. That being said, I use theplastic ones for bin bags so I usually get a little supply.
I am in NY state and this happened here, not sure where Lyra is though.
Paper bags are $0.05 each Reusable bags vary by store, size, and design but are usually $1 - $2 depending on the bag design and size Thermal reusable bags vary from a few $$ to $10 depending on size
For a while Walmart didn’t have any paper bags or reusable bags, that was fun.
You want forgetful? My gf and I keep a whole bag of bags in the trunk of our car. Every single time we go shopping, we forget to grab them, buy one in the store, and then add it to the bags in the trunk. It’s a viscous cycle.
You definitely need to do something about it if the bags are starting to melt
I had to read this twice, think about it for 20 minutes, then read my comment again. I’m leaving it.
Try to dilute them with other types of containers, it might help.
Get a foldable bag that you can stuff in your main carryon (purse, backpack, etc) in the event you forget
It’s a good backup. Just gotta put it back once you unload everything or else you forget about it
Just gotta put it back once you unload everything or else you forget about it
Therein lies the problem
I usually forget the big bags I have because I say I’ll put it back in the car tomorrow and that ends up being like next week, but the small foldable ones I have always go in and out of my fanny pack immediately, mostly cause if im unloading groceries I still have my fanny pack on and the act of folding it reminds me to put it back
It would be easier to think puting it back into the carryon rather than the car.
No, no, I don’t think you understand. These already make up 20 of the ones I forgot at home. The problem isn’t not having enough bags.
I just make sure i have bags in everything: my fanny pack, my work backpack, and my car. My car has like 3-5 at the very least, so I use one and forget about it, at least I have some more. I’ll probably even add one in my wallet just in case. Redundancy is my solution to being forgetful
Problem is I don’t generally like to walk around with a backpack or purse unless I’m traveling or spending a very long day away from home.
Yea thats the one problem. You could get a clipon for your keychain but it feels bulky imo
I made grabbing the bags part of my routine. I can remember anything when it is part of my routine.
Curse of ADHD.
Only way I’ve found around it is to throw a few bags right back in the car after unloading.
None of that, “I’ll do it in a few minutes, I won’t forget” nonsense. I absolutely will forget. I can set an alarm for 10 minutes, but then I’m doing something else already and I’ll silence it, thinking “oh yeah, I almost forgot! I’ll do that just as soon as I’m done doing…”
Nope. Bring groceries inside. Go pee. Unload groceries. Return bags to car. If I follow those steps, I’ll remember lol
Get a notes app on your phone and then get in the habit of checking it and using it.
It is hard at first but now I use it a lot
I get boxes from work and just keep a couple in the back of my truck, also keeps my groceries from sliding around the bed. Get boxes when you can their great, I’m keeping my eyes out for a roadside milk crate to replace them though.
I have cloth bags that have to be folded back up and put back inside of a zip-up bag. When I go grocery shopping, it’s extra time with the cashier helping me bag my stuff after they ring it all up while other people in line are sighing and giving me dirty looks, extra time taking all of my groceries out of the bags in my kitchen to put them away and then more extra time to put the bags away and put them back in the car. So, my preference at this point is throwing everything back in the cart after purchase and then bringing as much as I can carry at a time in a laundry basket from the car to the house. Overall, it’s actually faster and less effort that way, especially since I end up forgetting to take the damn bags in the store half the time anyway. A garage is a necessity to make this strategy work, though.
**The occasional plastic carrier bag is fine **
A single-use plastic bag: the sin of any environmentalist. Many of us know the agonising pain of turning up at the supermarket, then realising you’ve left your reusable shopping bags at home. The next 10 minutes is a comedy show, seeing how many items you can stuff into your pockets, clutch in your arms, and even grip between your teeth. You will not let the team down by asking for a plastic bag. I do the same. Even though I know better: the data shows us that the occasional plastic carrier bag is not that big a deal. In fact, in many ways, a single-use plastic bag is better than some alternatives. At least when it comes to the carbon footprint, it’s much lower than the rest. You’d need to use a paper bag several times, and a cotton one tens to hundreds of times to ‘break even’ with the plastic carrier.35, 36 This is also true for other environmental impacts such as water use, acidification, and the pollution of water with nutrients such as nitrogen. This doesn’t mean you should switch back to using single-use carrier bags: it just means you should make sure you’re reusing the other types of bags a lot. If you’re buying a new organic tote bag every second visit, you’re really making things worse. And as seen in previous chapters, you should be focusing much more on what you put in the bag than the bag itself. It will have a much bigger environmental impact. The problem with plastic bags, then, is that they can pollute our waterways. But, like any other form of waste, only if we don’t manage it properly. In rich countries, unless you’re littering near a river or coastline, they’re probably not going to end up in the ocean. Even sending it to landfill is not a big deal. This is a problem in low- to middle-income countries where the use of plastic bags is on the rise but the infrastructure to deal with the waste is not. That’s where tight rules on single-use plastic bags, and the availability of alternatives, really make a difference. So, be conscious of how much you’re using. Take a rucksack or a sturdy bag and reuse it again and again. But you don’t need to stress out if you reach the supermarket till and realise you’ve left it at home.
“Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet” by Hannah Ritchie
I’m not going to pretend to be a expert but from my personal observations I think the banning of plastic bags in my state has made a big difference. Before the ban there were plastic bags everywhere and they would blow around and get stuck in trees and anything else in the way.
After about 6 months I notices the difference. The environment seems to be a lot cleaner now that there isn’t plastic everywhere. The problem hasn’t gone away entirely but it has been reduced.
Where I live Aldi is the only store that actually has any workflow that makes sense for reusable bags. All of my reusable bags have been repurposed for storing contents of “ADHD doom boxes” so I now just have multiple bags of Aldi paper bags which float between my car, my office and the reusable bag storing spot at home, and I’ll either buy a couple more bags when I forget or just keep reusing them until they’re entirely worn out and get tossed into the recycling bin. I think I may have accidentally stumbled upon the best possible solution for my situation because I end up reusing single-use paper bags dozens of times before they get recycled (and because they’re paper they’ll actually break down within my lifetime unlike the single-use plastic bags that hold less)
The spice must flow…
On reusable bags
I don’t use any bags anymore if i can help it. I just load them into my trunk and use a little crate with wheels and a handle on it to bring groceries inside. The crate never leaves my home, so I can’t forget it.
I do the same. The only problem is that i never have any coins for the cart.
Ask some stores if they can help you with that.
The last store I asked this to gave me a keychain that I can use for the carts. Before that they gave me tokens which I held in my car.
When I’m done unloading at home, I hang them on the doorknob so I remember them next time I leave.
