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Unread 10-18-2014, 11:40 AM   #85
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Originally Posted by ithacaartist View Post
My mom would hand the bag to the guy ath the A&P, and he would run it through the grinder. They also used to carry your groceries out to your car for you. Today, we get to use the dehumanizing self-checkout!
Same robot check-outs here too. And the brown paper bags, so handy for wrapping parcels for mailing, have disappeared. Replaced with plastic bags only good for collecting dog poop...Which is exactly what I use them for...
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