Plastic Bag Part 2

I was at Eunilaine, grocery near our house. I was doing the grocery (obviously what else would I do in a grocery store) and I had my usual cloth bags with me.

I was at the cash register again and I told the girl manning it that I dont want it put in a plastic bag and she said "ok po , Ma'am!". That pleased me to no end, because as I was waiting for my turn, I was cringing inwardly because I was anticipating a battle with the plastic bag brigade again.

Anyway, she told that to the bagger and I gave my bags to the bagger. The bagger then proceeded to put my groceries INSIDE A PLASTIC BAG then put it in my bag!

SUSMARYOSEP!

I had to explain why I didnt want it in a plastic bag and the bagger said "Eh ma'am naka bag naman po sa plastic eh!"

huh?


Another one was when I was in Koh Samui, Thailand doing the shopping for the ship. We had like 20 packs of groceries and we asked for cartons instead of plastic bags.

Looked like they haven't encountered such a request before and they all looked at me quizically. I had to do some explaining. They finally understood but I had to explain. The woman said they had no cartons. In a grocery?! C'mon. My friend Ashby and I said "we dont believe you, youre a grocery store you must have some somewhere?"

And magically some appeared enough to pack everything. But the weird thing? We had to buy OUR OWN tape to seal the cartons.

HAAYYYYYYYY.......