I suppose I’m having an Andy Rooney moment, but why is it that in movies and on TV shows, groceries are placed in a 1-ply flimsy brown paper bag without the handles? It puzzles me that the brown handle-less bag has had such career longevity! Last week I watched one of my favorite shows on HBO. The character, seemingly in her 70s, enters her home with a few handle-less grocery bags. The first thought that entered my mind was that at my age, I would have a helluva a time carrying groceries in those types of bags—and I’m much younger in age than the character! I don’t know about you, but I distinctly remember when in the late 70s, supermarkets provided the convenient grocery bags with handles! I suppose it might seem more dramatic to have the character bear hug his/her groceries with what might seem as movie cliché items.
With respect to recent grocery bag regulations, I think the entertainment business should get with the times! The nationwide ban on plastic bags has begun. In addition, a surcharge of 10 -25 cents per bag is applied should a customer forget to bring their own reusable bags. I’ve also read that within a few years, the single-use bags will be banned from most supermarkets and retail stores. Maybe movies don’t always mirror real life changes and events, but I think the paper bag—with or without handles should retire from show biz altogether!
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