My Mother Has Gone Native!

Manton · Aug 12, 2010

My mother, who is somewhat well known in this county (Santa Cruz) and regarded as a fascist (she is a centrist Democrat), has always held herself apart from the libs around here who so tormented her in her past life. She wore their scorn as a badge of honor, in the defiant words of Dan Quayle.

Well, today we went to Whole Foods in Capitola and, like a hippie eco-green killjoy epigone, she ... brought in her own empty canvas grocery bags!! WTF? I was incredulous.

I asked her what on earth she was doing. Had she become a green without me noticing? No. It was peer pressure, pure and simple. Shame. She could no longer stand the dirty looks and snide comments of the cashiers and especially of the other granola patrons. They wore her down.

What's next? Will she become a block captain?

texas_jack · Aug 12, 2010

*cue tasteless mom jokes*

Another New Yorker · Aug 12, 2010

She should consider embracing fascism.

robin · Aug 12, 2010

I know those dirty looks from the cashiers. In turn, I went out and bought a giant $300 canvas bag to bring my groceries home in and now all of those sandal hippies are jealous of me.

Nouveau Pauvre · Aug 12, 2010

Ehhhh. Talk to me when your mom goes post-consumer and starts dumpster-diving.

acidboy · Aug 12, 2010

did you notice if she was wearing sandals?

unjung · Aug 13, 2010

I have acquired several fine bottles of tequila at Albertson's in SC. I did not bring my own bag.

scientific · Aug 13, 2010

maybe she was going for the 5c discount. hard times daddy

KPO89 · Aug 13, 2010

Wow thats crazy...over here we don't even use them. At least I've never seen them in use and I frequent Whole Foods.

canvas shopping bags that is.

tiecollector · Aug 13, 2010

Everyone should be using canvas shopping bags. She should get something mildly offensive screen printed on it.

Fuuma · Aug 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Manton

My mother, who is somewhat well known in this county (Santa Cruz) and regarded as a fascist (she is a centrist Democrat), has always held herself apart from the libs around here who so tormented her in her past life. She wore their scorn as a badge of honor, in the defiant words of Dan Quayle.

Well, today we went to Whole Foods in Capitola and, like a hippie eco-green killjoy epigone, she ... brought in her own empty canvas grocery bags!! WTF? I was incredulous.

I asked her what on earth she was doing. Had she become a green without me noticing? No. It was peer pressure, pure and simple. Shame. She could no longer stand the dirty looks and snide comments of the cashiers and especially of the other granola patrons. They wore her down.

What's next? Will she become a block captain?

Whatever it takes to reduce polution...

impolyt_one · Aug 13, 2010

I use this as my eco-bag, only need one.

whiteslashasian · Aug 13, 2010

When we remember we use Canvas bags. It cuts down on the build up of those really sturdy whole foods paper bags (will sometimes have 6 or 7 of them piled up in the foyer...) and saving 5 cents is just the icing on the cake.

Douglas · Aug 13, 2010

I have a few giant Sam's Club bags. They are awesome. Huge, sturdy, and well-constructed, I can carry a week's worth of groceries plus 3 months' worth of toothpaste or soap or deodorant in just two bags. What's even better is the rush of knowing that even as I am saving the environment, I am crushing American labor.

edmorel · Aug 13, 2010

Originally Posted by Magician

Ehhhh. Talk to me when your mom goes post-consumer and starts dumpster-diving.

"post-consumer"? Is that what they are calling homelessness now?

No canvas bags for me, just can't care enough. I always get plastic.

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