Dear Target cashier:

I know your concern is primarily for my health and safety.  I, too, would not like it if my bathroom cleaner somehow ended up mixing with my eggs and milk... or if it got on my magazine... or if my magazine somehow broke the eggs... or if the salsa crushed my sunglasses... But did I REALLY need FIVE shopping bags for: a pair of sunglasses, a magazine, two greeting cards, salsa, ice cream sandwiches, eggs, and milk?  I'm thinking hell and no.

Now, we really don't waste these plastic bags because they come in handy when we walk Oreo... but at this point, Oreo is going to have to develop a bowel problem in order to use all the bags we have attained. I know I took up time and space as I consolidated my bags myself and you probably thought I was insulting you by re-bagging everything.  Or maybe you thought I was stupid.  "That woman is sure to have her salsa break her eggs and then coat her magazine with the goo mixture."  Or maybe you were just annoyed that I was taking up space that another customer needed as he checked out.  But really, it worked out okay.  Nothing broke and he didn't need that space (and, by the way, how did he get away with no bags just because he only bought a couple of items?).

And I'm not really mad at you.  Really I'm more frustrated that I always forget to bring my reusable canvas shopping bags into the store.  Seriously, I forget EVERY time and they're right IN the car!  I know!  It has to become habit.  I'll work on it, I promise... but you need to work on your bag addiction or mixed-product phobia.  We're both unhealthy for the environment right now.

Sincerely, BP