Wednesday, May 28, 2008

So I have some good news...

First some background: I carry a bunch of canvas bags in my trunk for when I go to the grocery store. Well I haven't been using them lately for two reasons, #1 - I forget and #2 - I've had some bad experiences with more than one cashier who was more concerned about the inconvenience I was causing than my desire to conserve.

One of the most thoughtful gifts I have ever received was this:



from Holly.



Today I decided I was going to take some of my "Colby Stead" canvas bags to Smiths. I was a bit nervous to ask the bag boy to use my canvas bags. He said sure like he did it all the time. The checker asked how many bags I brought. Then I looked up at the screen where they show you your total and I noticed that they had taken 20 cents off for my bags. I was stoked - they take off 5 cents for every bag.

Finally!

5 comments:

Naomi said...

FYI: They don't take the 5 cents off on self-checkout AND that stupid self-checkout scale freaks out when you put a canvas bag on it.

Talk about convenience...

hOLLIANN said...

Hey they don't do that at macey's, but whenever I hand them my "Costco" green bags, that are big enough to tote a small child btw, they always say cool, or good job. I like to hear that!

GrittyPretty said...

Good for you! I have so many nice cloth bags that I often forget. Urgh.

HollyWood said...

Wow. I can't believe you still have those and that they held up after more than one use. You made my day.

o charm said...

thanks for the inspiration. it seems half of my greenness has left me since i moved overseas. sad.