tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post875644049661707391..comments2024-03-28T17:25:17.827+07:00Comments on Thai 101: Fighting "one bag, one product"Rikkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196282287835224940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6905541471605961414.post-6967384818126141182009-02-18T10:08:00.000+07:002009-02-18T10:08:00.000+07:00Ouch! I didn't realise that 7-11 gave out so many ...Ouch! I didn't realise that 7-11 gave out so many bags! I guess only paying bills and picking up 12Call cards for my phone and the odd drink is why. <BR/><BR/>All the 7-11 are too close to Villa for me to choose them, or I imagine I'd shop more there too. <BR/><BR/>Ok, another subject, but WHY are there so many 7-11s? Just in my little area there's four. Crazy.<BR/><BR/>I do get a ton of bags whenever I shop, but I tend to use them. And like you, they go in the rubbish. The small ones are used for food type rubbish that'll go off if I put them in the house bin. The larger ones are for kitty litter. Both are double bagged. <BR/><BR/>And when I go shopping at places like Central, where they are always trying to give fancy bags, I try and insist on them putting things in bags I have from my first purchase instead of having six bags flapping around me. They are not comfortable doing that, but I do try.<BR/><BR/>Just this week I asked my favourite book seller to stop triple wrapping books sent by motorcycle taxi. They send a lot of books overseas so they put a hard protective foam around the plastic wrapped books, then paper wrapping over the lot. As it's not needed for inner BKK, I requested paper wrapping with no plastic, no foam, which they were quite happy to do.<BR/><BR/>(btw - My recent delivery included a book you advised, the Thai-English dictionary by Domnern Sathienpong. Thanks!)<BR/><BR/>But your post reminds me that I could do better. So much better. <BR/><BR/>Villa Market gives away cloth bags every so often, so I could start taking those along.<BR/><BR/>Bookstores also give away cloth bags which are far better than getting new plastic every time I get a wild hair for book buying in person.<BR/><BR/>And all of this would only take a little more effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com