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What have you done, Mark
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.
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)
Always fold mine and put them next to my shoes. Then next time I leave the house, I put the bags in my car 🙂
Or you wear the bags on your feet and put the shoes in the car.
When I’m done unloading at home, I hang them on the doorknob so I remember them next time I leave.
The spice must flow…
On reusable bags
I just use an old cardboard box.
I am an old cardboard box
Checkmate Atheists
The advantages of a mobile home.
Curse of ADHD.
Only way I’ve found around it is to throw a few bags right back in the car after unloading.
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
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
Some reusable bags are just clunky. The ideal ones are those you can fold to the point you fit it on your purse or pocket.
Even in spite of best efforts for good systems to remember mine, I still forget them often. The problem in the US is that the system is not complete. The bags need to be made of biodegradable and/or recyclable materials, and every store needs a convenient way to turn in old bags so they can go into a recycling system. There probably shouldn’t be a charge for them either.
I have some old cloth bags and they work great. They are probably 15 years old at least but they are made of highly woven cotton so they can take a beating and are machine washable.
It’s not really individual approaches that my comment is about. I was a cashier in a state where they had banned single use bags, and that seemed to make things worse. Instead of thin single-use plastic bags getting everywhere, there are now nearly as many thicker multi-use usually plastic bags being treated like single-use ones and also getting everywhere. My point was that it’s a system that needs more circularity.
The collection must grow
People still use bags? I don’t have a car but I go on public transit with my cart and I haven’t used bags in forever and even if I did have a car I wouldn’t use them because I would just load them directly into my car. Tbh there’s not a lot of uses for bags imo. They just seem like it’s all extra baggage… Ha…
At that point, isn’t your cart just a really big reusable bag with wheels?
How do you carry everything?
Not sure if their post was edited after your response, but they did say how.
I go on public transit with my cart
They are probably talking about something like this:
My ex had one of these, it was great
Nah those are garbage imo. I got a wagon type, like long 4 wheels pull cart. Fucking fits 200 pounds and can do it in one trip.
You probably make Multiple Trips like a peasant!
Nope, mine is a pull one that holds 250 lbs and can do it in one trip.
Speaking of forgetful, don’t forget to run those bags through the wash every now and then.
Those things will harbor some nasty bacteria if you let them.
Huh I actually never considered that, thanks! I’ll chuck it in the machine next time I wash my dog’s harness
Good call
When grocery stores were fighting the California bag ban, they used that argument to claim disposable bag bans hurt the poor. Who would have thunk you could just wash them?
