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We also only provide baggage service for the elderly and people with infants, so take it as you may.
Posted by kallman1206]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:58:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by amvanman]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:42:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ishkabibbles]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ishkabibbles]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:22:22 -0800 The Stranger
Look it up, you damned illiterates.
Posted by balderdash]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:15:00 -0800 The Stranger
Convenience is killing the planet and making Americans fat and stupid. I'm all for making people bag their own fucking groceries (seriously, how dumb are you if your an able bodied person and can't bag groceries?), pay for their bags, and walk out to their own car with them.
Posted by dwight moody]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:52:56 -0800 The Stranger Posted by balmonter]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:16:22 -0800 The Stranger loonie: (note the #2 definition)

NOUN:
Informal

1. A Canadian coin worth one dollar.
2. The Canadian dollar.

Posted by razorclammer]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:20:21 -0800 The Stranger
They don't have everything, but you save a ton of money shopping for certain items like bakery, canned goods, and frozen stuff. And their sale items are unbelievable. I'm always able to find staff if I need help so they can't be saving that much money on labour, right?
Posted by Bauhaus I]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:48:02 -0800 The Stranger
The company actually acknowledges they wanted to make a difference for the environment and their customers' bottom lines.
Posted by Idaho Spud]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:52:23 -0800 The Stranger
And that's not all they do. They also insist that you bag your own groceries. The $0.05 per bag is not going to show up as much of anything at all (less than $0.01 per item) on your grocery bill at all. What *does* affect the prices on the shelf significantly is the salaries of the people that would otherwise bag groceries. This they say, has been one way that they keep prices low at TRCS.

Be that as it may, I'd rather pay the extra 5-10% at the till to have my groceries bagged for me. It's just one reason I don't go there anymore. Although I'd have to admit, the store I shop at the most now - Buy Low Foods - the tellers are the ones doing the bagging, and they still do it much faster than I can. I personally think it's more about appearances than actual cost savings. And that's what these signs are about too: appearing to be environmentally friendly. When any company puts it to their customers to be the environmental stewards that they know they won't be, they're just placing the blame outside of the company.
Posted by gromm]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:26:48 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Lovely Linda]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:15:53 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ness]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:39:11 -0800 The Stranger
(Another case of Seattle having the right idea but fucking itself on the details!)
Posted by Timrrr]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:07:14 -0800 The Stranger
Why doesn't the Stranger charge?
If you don't need the money donate it to Green causes.

Posted by Together We Can Help the Environment]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:16:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Trillium Fortnight]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:31:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blankk]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:35:23 -0800 The Stranger
Paper Stranger now $.25
Posted by Doorknob Dan has never seen a pulpmill.]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:07:21 -0800 The Stranger
I tihnk the use of plastic bags is one of the few environmental issues that's currently simple to solve. It's cheaper for the grocery stores, so they'll get behind it. Simple as that.

It also is an important one psychologically, I would say. It's a opening to a mindset that has some basic understanding of reusing things, and generally moving to a reasonable culture.

I'd love to see this in Seattle! It really worked well in Halifax, and is worth expanding.
Posted by Nyima]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:18:15 -0800 The Stranger Good news! You're appearing tonight on CNN to discuss you're obesity. Questions will also include the impact right-wing health care opposition is having on your "near death" state of mind. Dan, in a promotion of his pro-activeness, is considering buying a fashionably frumpled shirt for you. First he has to fly to China and back, so (don't) don't hold your breath. And I mean that seriously, his laptop carrying case -if he remembers it- will contain trace elements of the coal country burgeoning in southern Mongolia.
Posted by dnt trust me]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:39:51 -0800 The Stranger
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

What will we call 'bag ladies' without bags?


Posted by Asian1981]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:28:37 -0800 The Stranger
I am cippled and mostly housebound - near death, so say my doctors.

And very alone. I love the sound of the rain at midnight, it makes me cry a lot.

I am gaining weight - going from 350 to about 420 in just three months. God, soon I will be stuck to this chair.

My only link to life is the ether. And you wonder why?

Shit in your grocery bag.
Posted by My Name Nowhere Soon]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:03:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by the new poor people tax]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:36:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by texan]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:33:45 -0800 The Stranger Posted by pissy mcslogbot]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:19:56 -0800 The Stranger