Korean Job Discussion Forums

[orosee]

[sadguy]

agreed, the paper bags at emart are horrible. they rip every time. i just get the trashbags now.

[Reise-ohne-Ende]

[NYC_Gal 2.0]

My issue is that the Homeplus near me is juuuuust over the border for the next town, so their garbage bags aren't for my area. I try to bring my own bag or two, but sometimes I just end up using a box and taking a taxi home, if the stuff is heavy.

[orosee]

I still get plenty of plastic bags from convenience stores, and the nearest E-Mart is too far away for regular shopping. But I still let the metal, plastic, glass and paper waste pile up. Lazy me.

In Bangkok they're now selling nylon reusable shopping bags for 30 or 50 Baht, quite strong and they can be folded to the size of a flat pack of cigarettes. At least that's how I bought one, I'm not sure if I can refold it to that format. Anyway, I still keep forgetting it at home.

[West Coast Tatterdemalion]

Quit your bellyachin'. We are freaking drowning in plastic. We need to reduce it much, much further until we don't "do" plastic anymore. I applaud the Korean chains for doing this. Who care is the paper bags are fragile. Bring your own bag from home and store it in those lockers. Not too difficult.

[rumdiary]

You have to ask for the bag before you pay. Just say "bag-UH" and they'll bag your stuff. You should ask before you pay because they charge you for the bag and it's a waste of their time to have to do a seperate transaction because some waygook can't get with the program. How long have you been in Korea? I think I was able to figure out this bizarre phenomenon within a week. Many Koreans bring their own bags so the cashiers don't assume everyone needs one.

[atwood]

HomePlus Express still has big plastic bags.

[akcrono]