Minor things that bother you

[Max Rockatansky]

A paper bag isn't fitting into my bathroom trash cans.  I can't use them as a glove to pick up dog turds either. 

Well, you're just going to have to buy plastic bags, then.

Or just get them from work, see my comments about military exchanges a couple posts up.  The Feds aren't beholden to the California plastic bag ban coming in 2026.

[LilianaUwU]

I was doing some DoorDashing today, I guess Wendy's is already getting into the Halloween spirit. They have some meal of misfortune thing that they're branding with Halloween themes. It seems like every year holidays/traditions like Halloween and Christmas get shoved down her throat earlier and earlier. And personally, I love Halloween the most as I'm a huge horror movie fan but when you're celebrating it for half of the fucking year, it kind of takes the fun out of it.

On a related note, I was once naïve enough to think I should put up Christmas decorations on November 1, but now I'm in agreement with those that say it shouldn't be until it's damn near too late. (I say as I still haven't taken down my Christmas decorations from last year.)

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm still surprised that my wife never took up my offer to tolerate the Christmas Tree being up all year. 

[kkt]

Unless a bag is already loose I usually do the bagging after the transition is over.  For whatever reason the modern grocery bags want to stick together and take effort to separate.  I rather just get my transaction over than having the register screaming at me because I'm not scanning fast enough.

Y'all in California still have single use bags?

NY still does...they're just paper.

I reuse my paper grocery bags until they fall apart, usually 20-30 times.  When it's time to retire them they carry weeds and prunings from the garden to the yard waste bin.

[kkt]

Yeah, I know it's fucking ridiculous, IMO.

I agree. Plastic bags are fucking ridiculous pieces of shit.

The only thing I've ever heard anyone say in their defense is, "Well at least I can come up with creative ways to throw them away."

Plastic bags are great because they're durable and can be reused for multiple things as has already been pointed out.

If you say so.  I don't see many reuses for the plastic bags the grocery store gives me.  I don't have a dog, and they're the wrong size for my bathroom garbage.  Once in a while I use them to protect books or paper when I'm outside and it might rain, inside of the cloth bag, but that's not very common.

[LilianaUwU]

My issue with plastic bags comes with the inconsistent quality. Some can be so tough that it can handle almost any weight while others will break if you breathe on them funny. I got a fleet of reusable bags and those at least are consistently good at holding whatever you throw at them.

[Scott5114]

Plastic bags are great because they're durable

No, they're not. Or at least the people at the grocery store don't seem to think so, because if you buy 20 items they'll give you 114 bags.

and can be reused for multiple things as has already been pointed out.

All of which are just creative ways of throwing them away, because they are literal garbage.