It is becoming more commonplace in the city, but up here in burbland, all the soccer moms look at me quizzically when I bag my own groceries at the supermarket.I've loved doing it. In addition to all the ecological reasons, let me offer you three other reasons to start trying it, especially for groceries:
- You consume less. When you have to haul it yourself, you make sure whatever you are going to buy isn't going to end up rotting as a choad-infested bacteria nest at the back of your fridge.
- You don't have to mess with shopping carts. What a pain, right? From the broken wheels, to aisle crowding, to people parking too close to you to fit your cart in, you can just go, shop, and git.
- Your food tastes better. You cook with better, fresher ingredients. I end up shopping and cooking my stuff that day. I don't think it's a coincidence that my wife thinks cooking has gotten better recently as well. Furthermore, an extra dimension of pride is added when you not only washed, prepped and cooked your food yourself, but also hauled it with your own blood sweat and tears (anyone who has hauled a lot of stuff on the subway has definitely given all three).
