• PangurBan@lemmy.world
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    Theres no reason to put most produce in bags. I don’t know why people are obsessed with plastic. People even put bananas in bags… Theyre already bagged!

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        21 hours ago

        I try to avoid plastic waste, but am too absent minded to remember my reusables. So I do the same thing the only time the bagger gets told to keep things separate is if there are potatoes and onions. Those things need to be kept separate!

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    I’d proudly and, like a snob, tell you that I’ve ascended beyond plastic bags by using reusable nets.

    But I also keep forgetting the nets at home, so I use the plastic bags and promise myself not to forget. Only to forget again. FUCK.

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      Actually we mostly use paper bags in our stores now, because they’re in a well integrated system where they can get recycled into something else.

      That said, nets are a good idea which works every time you bring them. Which isn’t often.

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      You remember while walking out of the front door, but tell yourself it’s too much effort to go back and get them, only to regret forgetting them and not going back for them while it was easy right?

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      You’re paying for the weight of that net at the register though, not much at once but it adds up.

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        Interesting, our supermarket has a provision for that, but I also weigh just the stuff without net, before packing it. So at least that’s working okay for me

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    Dont lick your finger, the veggies get sprayed with water. Wet your finger with the clean water and the bag will open for you. Just like everything else in this life: Its better when its wetter.

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    I put the bag between my palms and rub back and forth a bunch of times. It works as long as you have both hands free (and you have two hands).

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    The struggle is real.

    …the easiest way to open these IME, is to lightly lick your thumb and the neighboring finger. This makes the respective sides of the bag stick to them for easier opening.

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        21 hours ago

        I’m guessing your supermarket uses those fog thingies? They’re not used everywhere, i.e. not all produce is wet.

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        You are a jerk.

        Also, I don’t touch produce. When I deal with these plastic bags, I am using them to line my thermal bag, to carry home my hot meal of fried or glazed chicken. This is because the carrying pouch the store puts the chicken into has air holes - which means that my thermal bag would get dirty.

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      When masks were mandatory, I couldn’t do this and tried for over a minute to open the damn bag.

      I found that if I start with the cold vegetable, I could use their moisture to wet my fingers.

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      This is an easy answer, stick down one side first then use a finger nail to pick at a corner. But most of my experience with this is the clear 3m tape on cheap heat sinks, so most of the time it already stuck down on the heat sink.

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    You guys put all the fresh stuff in plastic bags? Why not just straight into the shopping bag?

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    Hold the middle of the side that is supposed to open between your pointer finger and thumb and slide them in opposite directions. It almost always works for me :D