XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 10/12/2025 1:10 am, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-08 14:55, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 14:37:25 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>>> The plastic baskets are electronically marked, and the detectors at the   
   >>>> store exit beep if you try to walk out with the plastic basket.   
   >>   
   >> On 2025-12-08, rbowman  wrote:   
   >>> I'll have to look more closely. I was surprised they had enough   
   >>> shrinkage   
   >>> for it to be a concern. The carts, otoh, easily convert to a Homeless   
   >>> Hilux.   
   >>   
   >> I, too, have noticed that many stores have a distinct shortage of   
   >> handbaskets. I remember that back in the 1960s, I read about a study   
   >> that showed that people with shopping carts bought more than people   
   >> using handbaskets. This prompted stores to promote shopping carts.   
   >>   
   >> The consumer groups suggested that it might be because people were more   
   >> likely to use a cart if they knew on their way in that they were buying   
   >> more than would fit in a handbasket.   
   >   
   > This days, I shop with the reusable bag that they told us to use instead   
   > of one use plastic bags. That way, I know how heavy my bag is getting,   
   > so that I can walk back home.   
   >   
   Over the last few weeks, I've noticed the local Supermarket handing out   
   what I can only ASSUME are a new style of single use plastic bags.   
      
   Maybe a different form of plastic .... which could be recyclable.   
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