"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 4/25/2014 11:32 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> The stores are all inside the city limits. Brownsville does not give
>> you grocery bags but Harlingen, where I'm am closest still does.
>>
>> I have my own reusable bags but had to quit using them as they tend to
>> over pack them and we have a problem carrying the heavy bags.
>>
>> No matter how I have tried to talk to the baggers and monitor what they
>> are packing, they still over pack. I have had to stop using my own bags
>> so that we can carry them. Sad.
>
> To my knowledge, we only have one nearby county that doesn't give you
> bags, or makes you pay for them. I feel the same way about the reusable
> bags - they always pack them heavy. I think those people need more
> training on how to pack grocery bags. On the other hand, if they use the
> plastic ones, they'll put one or two items in them and you end up with a
> ton of bags. That works for me since I use them for scooping kitty litter
> into. Those heavy bags are very hard on my back and awkward to lift out of
> the cart and into my vehicle.

Why don't you decant some of it into other bags while it is still in the
cart?

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