solarpunk memes

I have these reusable nets for fruits & veggies, and I always figured I'd encounter a cashier at some point, who'll say "Excuse me, you need to be destroying the environment, otherwise I cannot weigh these".

Thankfully, I have not yet (here in the Europes), but the self-checkout register at one of the shops genuinely has a step programmed in where it asks you, if you're using a reusable net or similar. If you click "Yes", it has the nerve to ask you to remove it before weighing. And it's just like:

Thankfully, self-checkout registers can be easily lied to, so I just tell it that my veggies are unpacked.

My local grocery store doesn't have a self checkout and I swear they must assume they heard me wrong when I ask them not to bag things. :(

In Austin, there was a short period of time where all grocery stores were legally required to ditch plastic bags.

A successful campaign strategy for city council right after that was to run against the plastic bag ban because people kept forgetting their reusable bags. Everybody agreed they are bad but individualism and a sense of laziness prevailed. This is America.

Where do you live?

Depends on the state/area.

I know at least in Georgia (US), they still had those tissue paper thin bags at Target when I was there on business earlier in the year. They may have had reusable bags that you could buy didn't notice any), yet I didn't see a single person using one.

Yeah, but depending on the state, they're not widely adopted. A lot of people aren't going to spend the extra money for reusable bags unless they're forced to.

It’s OK my local Walmart will force you to do your own checking out in the future anyway.