Comments on: a little dirt ain’t gonna hurt ya. http://bechiri.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/186/ "compassion and justice blended call us to simplicity of life." -richard foster Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Friday Link Round-Up: 08/29/08 http://bechiri.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/186/#comment-89 Friday Link Round-Up: 08/29/08 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:11:07 +0000 http://bechiri.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-89 [...] A little reusable bag dirt never hurt anyone… right? (blender) [...] [...] A little reusable bag dirt never hurt anyone… right? (blender) [...]

]]> By: ritesofpassage http://bechiri.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/186/#comment-88 ritesofpassage Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:07:35 +0000 http://bechiri.wordpress.com/?p=186#comment-88 I have similar problems with one particular cashier. He's not quite so hostile as your guy, but he apparently honestly believes everything should be in plastic. Unfortunately, he's often the only cashier on duty when I shop after midnight (which I do often) so avoiding his lane doesn't solve the problem. I've been going there for years now, and he's softened quite a bit, but I do still have to watch him. I have caught him putting stuff in plastic bags and then putting that into my bag. The really frustrating thing for me is that if I am a few seconds late in stopping him from pulling a bag off the rack and then tell him I don't need it he'll ball it up and throw it away. Possibly just to teach me a lesson, I can't figure out why else he'd do it. I also don't put produce in those plastic produce bags (unless they're small like mushrooms or beans and I've forgotten my own cloth produce bag). Once I had piled my fruit and veggies on the conveyor belt, which I sort out in groups for ease in weighing, and the (very young) cashier gravely informed me that I should be sure to wash them because she couldn't guarantee the belt was clean. I just laughed, I had no idea what to say to her. I hope she doesn't assume her produce is clean just because she puts it in a plastic bag. But mostly I have good experiences -- either cashiers just accept it and go about their business or they comment positively about it. It helps that in my area lately there is a profusion of those polypropylene $.99 bags EVERYWHERE and in some places the cashiers are giving them away. It educates both the public and the cashiers. I have similar problems with one particular cashier. He’s not quite so hostile as your guy, but he apparently honestly believes everything should be in plastic. Unfortunately, he’s often the only cashier on duty when I shop after midnight (which I do often) so avoiding his lane doesn’t solve the problem. I’ve been going there for years now, and he’s softened quite a bit, but I do still have to watch him. I have caught him putting stuff in plastic bags and then putting that into my bag. The really frustrating thing for me is that if I am a few seconds late in stopping him from pulling a bag off the rack and then tell him I don’t need it he’ll ball it up and throw it away. Possibly just to teach me a lesson, I can’t figure out why else he’d do it.

I also don’t put produce in those plastic produce bags (unless they’re small like mushrooms or beans and I’ve forgotten my own cloth produce bag). Once I had piled my fruit and veggies on the conveyor belt, which I sort out in groups for ease in weighing, and the (very young) cashier gravely informed me that I should be sure to wash them because she couldn’t guarantee the belt was clean. I just laughed, I had no idea what to say to her. I hope she doesn’t assume her produce is clean just because she puts it in a plastic bag.

But mostly I have good experiences — either cashiers just accept it and go about their business or they comment positively about it. It helps that in my area lately there is a profusion of those polypropylene $.99 bags EVERYWHERE and in some places the cashiers are giving them away. It educates both the public and the cashiers.

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