Target now give me 5 cents for every bag I bring of my own. They hardly blink.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Oct 14, 2009 7:39:18 pm PDT #13913 of 30001
-t - Oct 14, 2009 7:41:14 pm PDT #13914 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Raley's has gotten a lot better about the self-checkout being cool with my reusable bags. I figure that whatever time I lose with the wrangling myself is made up by the not having to chat to the people checking me out factor. Sure, they're all friendly, but I know they are secretly judging my cream and Splenda and eight kinds of yogurt.
Polter-Cow - Oct 14, 2009 7:49:59 pm PDT #13915 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Target now give me 5 cents for every bag I bring of my own. They hardly blink.
Safeway gives me 3 cents, but not per bag.
msbelle - Oct 14, 2009 7:55:39 pm PDT #13916 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
no one gives you money for bringing your own bag in NYC. in my neighborhood, they are forever surprised by it and look at you oddly.
Strega - Oct 14, 2009 8:05:18 pm PDT #13917 of 30001
I love the research applied to the checkout line problem. It's the new traveling salesman's dilemma! Sadly at TJs most of those rules don't apply.
Shamless pimpage! These are awesome grocery bags, and they're on sale right now. [link]
After 6 months or so mine are losing their ability to stand up on their own as nicely as they used to, but that may be because I am prone to crumpling them up when they're empty. Anyway, they're nifty and I have gotten compliments on them from the clerks.
And these are great too, while I'm pimping. They're bags with a built-in stuffsack so they'll fit in a purse or backpack but opened they hold quite a lot. [link]
msbelle - Have you tried hot & sour soup? When nothing else works I've found it will at least stop the sniffles long enough for me to inhale properly and feel sane again for an hour or two.
Tom Scola - Oct 14, 2009 8:13:20 pm PDT #13918 of 30001
hwæt
msbelle, you should go to bed.
esse - Oct 14, 2009 9:14:09 pm PDT #13919 of 30001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
tom, are you home and hale?
Tom Scola - Oct 14, 2009 9:50:01 pm PDT #13920 of 30001
hwæt
I'm home and I'm drunk.
esse - Oct 14, 2009 11:08:18 pm PDT #13921 of 30001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I believe that counts. Miss you already.
Sue - Oct 15, 2009 3:20:21 am PDT #13922 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I have been needing tissue so often now for 3 days that the skin under my nose and on either side is chapped. I am putting on petroleum jelly tonight, all lotions and make-up sting. enough stupid allergies sinus crap. and the medicines not so much really stopping the runny nose.
You need the Kleenex with the lotion. They're non-chafing.
One chain of grocery stores here has started charging .05/bag. At one of their stores they don't give out bags at all, you have to bring your own or buy thier reusable ones.
This is usually not a problem for me because I've been schlepping my groceries home in a backpack for years. I have become extremely picky and I can't let anyone else pack my own groceries in my bags, and I get irritated if they don't ring in my groceries in the way I've put them on the counter--because I have put them on the counter in the exact order I want to put them in my bag.