It is really getting insane around this country lately.  Now there is the battle over the bag!  With all the woes that our nation is undergoing, is it really the time to FORCE everyone away from plastic grocery bags?

When the plastic bag came along, I thought it was great.  Here we have a device that can hold more than my old paper bags without ripping along with the added bonus that if something spills in the bag, it would stay in the bag, cool!  Yes, there is an issue that the bags do not stand up like paper and when you get home you may find some of your groceries scatter around the back of your vehicle, but this was a trivial problem.

Now it seems, everyone is calling the plastic bag one of the most evil things on the planet (or at least they make it sound that way).  Just recently, some of our stores in our State of Oregon, have decided to kill off the old plastic bag and some have even decided to charge for each bag unless you have your own cloth bags.  Have you noticed those people that come up to the counter with those dirty nasty looking bags?

I do not like cloth or paper bags!  Why?  First, if something spills, in the bag, it is all over the vehicle.  Next, I would have to wash the cloth bags, using more water and detergents as they get pretty nasty looking quickly.  Then you have the problem of making sure you have them with you, just another pain to live with.

Plastic bags get more than one use in my house, they end up with trash in them and typically, cat littler.  Of course, they are used to pack lunch to work, store loose items around the house and a host of other uses.  Now, instead of have these bags paid for by the price I pay for the groceries, I now have to buy them in addition to the groceries and take the chance that I do not get flogged for using them.

I would think that those who are concerned about the plastic bags, should maybe take on diapers or possibly that hard plastic that seems be bound all over just about any product you buy lately.  How about when you buy scissors and they are incased in this huge flat plastic that requires scissors to get into?  It is a joke how much plastic is used wrapped around products to prevent them from being stolen along with making the product visible.

For me, I will just boycott any stores that force people to give up plastic bags until they all have the policy, at which time, I guess I will have to bite the bullet and make sure my wife does all the shopping so I do not deal with them anymore ;)