About once every three or four years, the companies that make plastic garbage and trash bags decide that they are going to “save money” by not putting twist-ties in the boxes of bags that they sell. Instead, they lop off the top of each bag in some sort of strange, wavy design that is supposed to simulate “handles” that permit you to somehow tie the top of the bag off in an overhand knot.
Ha!! Can’t be done.
Anyway, if you succeed in looping the non-handle around to some sort of closure, it’s never tight enough to quell the unsavory odors that tend to emanate from slowly-decaying garbage. And those bigger bags filled with trash and the smaller bags? Fuggettaboutit. And all the time I’m thinking, “What a bunch of cheapskates. Just gimme what I want to buy.” And that’s a box of trash bags that comes with twist-ties.
So far, every time that they’ve pulled that stunt it appears that the consumers just switch brand choices and start purchasing a different selection that has T-T’s in it. After a couple of months or so of slumping sales, the bag people start selling complete sets again. But until they do, I just go over to the produce section of the market and grab a few of their twist-ties that they set out for the produce bags each time I’m in the store. That gets me through until reason is restored once again in the solid-waste disposal industry.
Let’s get this equipment checked out so that we can get back to the day room and flop out until the Sunday breakfast is ready. I’ll get the coffee started.
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