Reuseable Shopping Totes Now at My Target

FINALLY.

I dunno how long they've been available where you live, but I just found these charming little bags, tucked behind the dollar junk display at my local Target, so I picked up three of them.  Apparently they are being disseminated across the country from the West Coast, where they debuted in response to laws in California banning plastic bags.   

How long have I been bitching about this, here and in those customer surveys printed on the receipts?

Of course, my critique of Target won't stop.  I love shopping there too much to quit my petty carping.  Whether it's complaining about their phony "farm" or their lack of information regarding the origins of their "organic" fruit or how they stink up their store with a nasty Starbucks - like any good naggy spouse, I'll be there to grind them down with constant reminders of how they could improve, if they really really wanted to. 

That's really a good model for consumers.  Instead of an entitled, glossy-handbag-wielding princess, perhaps the face we present to Target should be more of a grouchy old wife, ready to poke the produce and sniff at the meat and clout them over the head with our pocketbooks if they try any funny stuff, like trying to take our money, which of course, they are.   

Comments

[matt]

Great post - these look really nice. It would be great if the flow of eco-friendly products into places like Target would increase.

[Jenet]

Yea reminds me of the old days when you had paper shopping bags with the paper handles that you would fold up and use them again.

Or paper "sacks" that you carried your groceries home in and you used it again for writing paper.

[write a dissertation]

Blogs are good for every one where we get lots of information for any topics nice job keep it up !!!

[Marlene Affeld]

Interesting - makes one wonder - I enjoy your reviews. Wishing you the best. I am a great supporter of the recylable shopping bages - I use them for everything. Wishing you the best.

[threadbeaur]

And now they give you five cents off your bill when you use any reusable shopping bag.
I use mine all the time.