no bananaWhy is this so hard
SonicBlue03I’ll try for five minutes and find out it opens on the other end.
Mario_Dies.wavI do this with dog poop bags, it’s so frustrating!
MudManI use ones that are explicitly labelled with a black strip. My tactic for opening them is to put them between my lips and blow, which works pretty well but got really weird during the mandatory masking periods.
IninewCrowThe best days are when you successful open one … and realize it wasn’t sealed at the bottom either
simply use the moisture from the sprayers
I’ve touched sprayed produce before just for the grip. 🥴
The what now? I haven’t seen those since the early '90s.
They’re still in use everywhere I’ve shopped
Grammaton Clericjust rub it between your fingers, it isn’t rocket science 🙄
You’d think that!
My hands are too dry for this to be effective
That should actually help
You must be shrooming. There’s a reason people moisten their fingers when working with stuff like this.
They do it with paper because paper is porous.
I would encourage you to read and understand things before behaving like an unpleasant and haughty know-it-all
You didn’t even click my link because if you read it, then you’d have to admit that you’ve been embarrassingly wrong this entire time, starting with that eye-rolling emoji. That’s really hard for you, isn’t it – to admit that you’re wrong.
get fucked loser
i hope you die soon
The BartoHey now, who said you could live on my planet?
Apathy TreeI can hear your username. Well done.
SeraphThat's what she said.
OderusI touch the moist sprayers to wet my fingers enough and the opening of the bag is always the part that’s already detached.
Those two types help.
agamemnonymousClap the whole bag between your hands and rub them together like a scheming villain
MrJameGumbIf you listen closely you can hear him whisper words of wisdom such as: “I’ve tried both ends five times now!”, “I think this one must be defective!”, or my personal favorite “I don’t think these are the same brand they had out last week!”
Sounds like me plugging in a USB stick.
USB plugs are actually a great at-home demonstration of quantum mechanics. The USB plug exists in a quantum superposition of alignment - being simultaneously correctly aligned and not aligned until being inserted. Once insertion is attempted, the wave function collapses to a random alignment.
0x4E4FDamn… I thought I was the only one that noticed they switched the plastic bag brand.
They usually have the good green ones, but then sometimes they have the clear ones that are harder to open
All of them are clear ones here, you just notice these new ones are harder to open, and then you start reading the fine print at the lower end of the bag… yep, not the same ones as last week 😂.
I just wave it around frantically until the wind opens it.
This doesn’t usually work 😂. Tried it a few times 😂.
I have dry hands, these are my nemesis
I heavily heavily sympathetize. I can’t get the damn things open. I bought the reusable mesh bags because it is far less frustrating to use. Except when I forget to bring them…
Crumple it into a ball and straighten it again. Then put it between your flat hands and rub them against each other.
The small wrinkles from crumpling break cohesion between the layers, and the friction from rubbing separates them.
The small wrinkles from crumpling break cohesion between the layers, and the friction from rubbing separates them.
Burn the witch!
Just buy reusable mesh bags and stop wasting plastic to protect your produce for a 20 minute car ride.
There’s no way I’m getting to my car when opening a bag is this hard
“Joke about the inability to open a car because the inability to open a little bag”
;-)
The joke is the same as in the picture. As in: since I’m having so much trouble opening this bag I will never get to my car because I’ll be stuck here trying to open this bag. Hope that helps!
We still reuse the plastic bags around here… so, not a total waste I guess.
chickenThe “waste” is negligible; doing some napkin math, a 20 minute car ride accounts for 300 times higher carbon footprint than a plastic produce bag (can elaborate if you want). A reused mesh bag is going to be less hygienic and less convenient, and factoring in the higher footprint of production and distribution (produce bags come in packs of 3500) you would need to get a lot of reuse out of it to even be worth it. Considering impact of disposal, as long as you live somewhere that has sane waste disposal and doesn’t empty their trash into the ocean it’s not going to be significant either.
starman2112People need to get some perspective on plastic waste. I’ve seen no end of complaints about how my 3d printing hobby is responsible for climate change… In my country, we produce >200 kg of plastic per capita. My 1kg spool of vegetable-derived plastic is not causing the oceans to acidify.
I think it’s just since it is a visible thing, and because alternatives are products you can buy and be seen using, it becomes a prime target for scolding and virtue signalling.
ImFresh3xIt’s like complaining about a phone charger being left in the socket when the windows are open with the AC on.
Those produce bags weigh like 1/4 of a gram. Those produce reusable bags weigh like 30 grams. Most people lose or break, or toss the reusable produce bags before using them 120 times. It’s feel good bullshit for high consuming Whole Foods shoppers. And it’s a distraction.
To be clear, I’m all for reusable grocery bags, and generally against single use items. But the produce bags are so thin and light, they’re probably the least problematic.
DreamButteverything that helps helps
It’s less about the carbon and more about the fact that it doesn’t degrade. It’s plastic pollution.
Best part is I can carry 2-3 fully loaded reusable bags vs 12 flimsy plastic ones that split and overflow.
SiegeRhino“just put the fruit in the cart” gang represent
You’re a savage, go back to the forest.
Right? Just gonna wash it anyway
Just dump all the loose blueberries into it.
I put them in my pockets and hope I don’t bump into anyone.
halcyoncmdrNot all of those bags are the same.
The produce bag rolls at most stores around me are compostable now. They are also breathable and will keep the produce fresh longer when left in the bag.
Compostable means they can be recycled, which isn’t as good as reusing, which isn’t as good as reducing.
Reduce>Reuse>Recycle
Swedneckin sweden we have paper bags that are then used for food waste recycling at home.
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆I just tap the tips of my finger and thumb to my tongue for a bit of moisture and then they open right up.
Yep, works like a charm 👍.
Should probably mention I pick up the fruits and veggies with the bag like picking up dog doo, so I’m not licking my fingers and then touching food on the shelf. It shouldn’t be an issue of licking dirty hands after work; you can wash them in a bathroom either coming into the store or before leaving your jobsite.
Meeh, doesn’t really matter IMO, they get peeled anyway. Not one of those “oh, I’m not touching that” kind of people. You’re gonna peel that anyway, what difference does it make 🤷.
Do you peel your tomatoes?
In some cases, yes, for some dishes I mean. But in general, no. Still, you wash them really good with water, so no problem there.