On Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:12:42 -0700 (PDT), ItsJoanNotJoann
wrote:

On Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 7:29:54 AM UTC-5, Frank wrote:

On 4/7/2015 3:32 AM, wrote:

What I spilled on my pants was in a drain pan. The quart at the store
was SEALED. If it was leaking, it would have leaked on the shelf before
I picked it up.

Still could leak if turned on its side like being jousted about in the
trunk of your car. I've seen it happen and that's why clerks package it
separately.


Putting it in a separate bag is not going to keep it from leaking.

This is true, and I have never seen a plastic quart of oil leak in all
my years. Those old cardboard oil cans of years ago, were more likely
to leak. Sure ANYTHING is possible. The world could explode today too,
but people tend to over react.

I should also mention that on numerous occasions, I have told the clerks
at this store to NOT put one liter bottles of soda in a bag, and NOT bag
the toilet paper. More than once I have had those crappy bags rip open
from the heavy soda bottles. Even double bagged, they still rip. And
there is no reason the Tp needs to be bagged. But even after I ASK them
to NOT beg the stuff, they still do. As a customer, I have the right to
hsve my purchases bagged the way I want them. I find it easier to carry
the soda by gripping the bottle, and that is my right.

I shuld note that since I live on a farm, thee is no garbage pickup. I
have to burn paper and plastic, and drive 16 miles (both ways) to get
rid of cans and bottles. The less trash I bring home, the less I have
to burn, and burning plastic bags are not something I want to breathe.

There is another local convenience store with one particular clerk who I
have regularly gotten upset with. I walk up to the counter with a HOT
sandwich and a COLD can of soda. I intend to eat/drink this as soon as
I get to my car. She tosses both in a bag. EVEN AFTER I CLEARLY SAY
"NO BAG". So, the sandwich against the cold soda gets cold and the soda
gets warm. First off, there is absolutely no reason to need a bag for
two items, and it's obvious this is something I intend to eat NOW. If,
after I say "NO BAG", she bags it, I immediately take it out of the bag,
and leave the bag on the counter.

Clerks should be REQUIRED to ASK if we want a bag, especially for small
purchases.