One sound I hope never to hear again is that of a grocery store employee asking me if I’d like my milk in a bag. What? As if that cold, little handle on the milk jug is meant for carrying and not pouring? As if it’s not obvious that it’s more efficient to lug groceries into the house when all the items are bagged?
Please! Milk should go in a bag by default, especially when customers have sufficient space in their reusables. It irks me that the opposite supposition is true, and since President Donald Trump assures us that we need no longer worry about nuclear war with North Korea, I thought this might be the time to air this grievance.
Reader, mine is an unpopular position. I anticipated delirious affirmation when I posted it on Facebook Wednesday, but instead I was largely pilloried by my so-called friends — for being a wimp, for drinking milk, for buying plastic containers, for giving vent to utterly trivial beefs … you name it.
But the public does seem to care. My milk rant attracted more comments than anything, serious or silly, I’ve posted to social media in the last two months.
