Do You Want To Carry These Groceries On Your Head, Or Buy A Bag ?
How Dishonest Businesses Exploit Environmentalism
Beware of Green Capitalists !
It was inevitable that monetizing pollution would be used by dishonest corporations as a money-making opportunity especially since governments are the worst offenders at the top of the list. Big fortunes have been made in the name of saving the environment by large business interests. In this article we will only deal with the petty exploiters such as supermarkets, drugstores and other retail businesses charging you for bags you have to use to carry what you buy from them. Isn’t that simply revolting? It has been a universally accepted practice that stores have to provide packing for what you bought from them since the packing must be part of their cost of doing business. Thanks to the environmentalist dogma these petty opportunists now pretend to save the environment by charging you extra for packing their stuff so you can take it out of the store. One of these days when they ask me if I need a bag I’ll put the jug of milk on my head with the expected result. It’s only 5 to 25 cents for the time being, but it represents millions of extra revenues for chain stores thanks to taking the public for suckers. When Canada Chronicle asked employees why they are charging for bags, the answer was “To save the environment.”
This is far from a complete list but here’s the beginning of who’s who in charging consumers for bags.
These Businesses Charge You For Bags To Carry What They Sold You:
Shoppers Drugmart
London Drugs
The Independent
Save-On Foods
Choices Markets
Winners
Walmart
Hall of Honourable Conduct:
These Businesses Do Not Charge You For Bags
Canada Safeway
Whole Foods
Hudson’s Bay Company (The Bay)
The Pharmacy
Do you know of other names to be added to above lists? Please let us know.
Do You Need A Bag? A Stupid Question Often Asked At The Cash Register Nowadays
Our editor Candidus Maximus compiled these possible replies, so you’ll be prepared:
- No I want to carry the jug of milk and eggs on my head. I love it when eggs and milk crash.
- No, the beef can go in my pocket, lamb chops under my shirt and pork chops in my hand. Do you have a bell I can hang around my neck so they know I’m not a donkey?
- I couldn’t carry all the clothes and shoes I bought for my wife in my hands. It will look weird. Will the police stop me if I wear them over my clothes? I’ll do Anything to save the planet!
- (Blushing) I don’t answer sexual questions.
September 5, 2019