(Aaron Lynett / National Post
Another 10¢ down the drain
Men — who among you can’t relate to the following? You’re packed off to buy the weekly groceries. As you’re walking out the door, your wife reminds you to take the re-usable shopping bags. You mumble in the affirmative, and then go back to debating with yourself whether Sean Connery drove the Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger or Thunderball (the answer is both).
When you get to the check-out and the assistant asks if you have your own bags, you are forced to admit that you do but they’re still in the hall closet at home.
It’s not that we deliberately set out to befoul the planet but we have a lot going on in our brains and don’t fancy trying to juggle 200 bucks worth of groceries back to the car. We need the option of being gouged 5¢ for the privilege of buying a plastic bag by the grasping grocery giants. Read More »
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