I put the bag between my palms and rub back and forth a bunch of times. It works as long as you have both hands free (and you have two hands).
what if I have three hands?
I’d proudly and, like a snob, tell you that I’ve ascended beyond plastic bags by using reusable nets.
But I also keep forgetting the nets at home, so I use the plastic bags and promise myself not to forget. Only to forget again. FUCK.
Actually we mostly use paper bags in our stores now, because they’re in a well integrated system where they can get recycled into something else.
That said, nets are a good idea which works every time you bring them. Which isn’t often.
Bring your own reusable bag.
The plastic bag is folded on the sides. I have much more success if I start by pulling there, than attacking the opening directly. Hard to explain but you’ll figure it out.
Gently blowing on the opening sometimes works
Hold the middle of the side that is supposed to open between your pointer finger and thumb and slide them in opposite directions. It almost always works for me :D
You guys put all the fresh stuff in plastic bags? Why not just straight into the shopping bag?
Yeah, I keep wondering when I last used a plastic bag. These days it’s either prepackaged, directly in the shopping bag or a paper bag.
Because it costs by the pound and you want to make it easy to weigh all vegetables together
Yeah same. Personal preference I guess.
Dont lick your finger, the veggies get sprayed with water. Wet your finger with the clean water and the bag will open for you. Just like everything else in this life: Its better when its wetter.
Except paper bags and toilet paper before you wipe
And socks.
And toilet seats.
A duvet that hasn’t been fully dried is miserable to sleep in.
Dear god. I’m going to have a nightmare about that tonight I think. Just the weird awkward weight…the odd humidity nearby…the impending thought of mildew…
It’s the weird damp sensation when you lay it over you that does it for me. Makes my skin crawl thinking about it.
You people just creeped me out. Like, I was going to close the page.
Nearly too much internet for a sec there.
I got over it.
You can also just breath onto the bag too. Just enough to get the condensation to lightly form and it does the same thing. Although I also just grab a drop of water that’s on the produce container where it sprays sometimes.
I aggressively rub the side that’s meant to open between my fingers and typically that opens it a bit, and from there you just try to separate that while doing the bag open wave.
I would like to see more comments that start with the words “I aggressively rub”.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Lick a finger a little and it’ll open effortlessly.
But I’ve used that to scratch between my cheeks…
If ya clean the trench proper, ya aint gotta dig in the mud later.
Bwahahahaha
Cats: don’t you lick there too?
I’m not sure I can bring my cat to the store to help me open these bags sorry
Hey, I am a janitor that struggles to open trash bags if I’m not wearing clean gloves. They refuse to open with bare hands or if my gloves are greasy.
