In a gesture of good will, our local Extra Foods has been allowing us to bring our own bags for grocery shopping – and even reward us! The number of bags that we have brought to use is charged to the bill and then debited off the bill. In that way, we receive “points” based on the original charge.
At least, that’s my understanding.
Today, the amount was charged, but the cashier could not debit the charge afterwards (didn’t have automatic authorization).
As we see it, we were charged a penny for each bag that we brought! The store did not sell us a bag. The store did not provide a bag for us.
We brought the bag. And we were charged for bringing the bag (OK, our helpful cashier was able to void the charge with a little direction from us).
So now, instead of receiving a reward for bringing our own bags, we are penalized, and charged money for bags that we own.
Something doesn’t seem right here!
We are encouraged to bring our own bags here too, and charged 5 cents if the store has to supply a bag, but the points idea is a good one if it works !