Lifestyle: bag roulette

Self-tutoring about grocery shopping: the tutor shares some points.

I live about 1km from a grocery store where I do about half my shopping. If I’m only going there, I always walk – it’s one way I keep the fat off.

I generally get paper bags. Sometimes, on the way home, I need to rest my arms and re-position the bags. If there are deals, I sometimes buy a lot to carry home (we’re a family of four).

Today I bought two gallons of milk and some other items. It was raining, so the cashier decided I’d be best off with plastic bags. I took her advice.

I was impressed with how strong the plastic bags are: each supported a gallon of milk the entire walk, held only at the handles (I didn’t have to support them from underneath).

Yet, many years ago, a plastic bag from another place did fail on me, and the jug of milk fell – and broke(!) Nowadays, I hold the bag as low as possible, so if it fails, the milk only falls a few inches, then likely won’t break.