The simplest thing you can do to help


picture of a kitty in a plastic sack via skirv without permission

Everyday of my life I say "I don't need a sack."

It's not that big a deal. I'm at Walgreens, I just bought some Ricola (which, in case you've never purchased anything at a store, already come in a bag) and I don't need another thin sheet of blown poly film to wrap my bag of wax paper wrapped cough drops.

I get a lot of shit for not wanting a bag when I buy things. Store clerks seem especially perturbed and annoyed by my refusal to accept a sack and I'm not sure why. It's not like I'm the guy who refuses to let you scan my items because it "irradiates" my throat lozenges. I'm not some kind of fucking nut, I just don't want an extra bag that will go into a landfill and take umpteen zillion years to decompose. Even at National Health Food Store Chain, where you get a nickel back by not using a bag, cashiers give me a shitty look when I don't want a bag. So what gives? Why is it so offensive to people for me to refuse their bag? I don't really get it.

I challenge you to stop accepting a bag. I'm not even saying that you have go as hardcore as we are and carry cloth bags everywhere (though you probably should). Just stop taking a bag when you don't need one. Put the thing you just bought in your pocket, or take it out to the car in nature's own carrying device: your fucking hand.

You: "Is that the hand you fuck with or the hand that gets fucked?"
Me: "One and the same friend."
- posted by Mason @ 2:24 PM