Whenever I go to the sister city of the People's Republic of Santa Monica, also known as Pasadena (which used to be a very conservative town), I always say 'either bag it for free, or you can put these things back on the shelves.' Only one time has a store re-shelved the products, the rest of the time they simply bagged it and moved on. The only place that actually tried to defend the law was a sole checker at Bevmo of all places, when I rejected her option of carrying a bottle of whiskey out to the car outside of a bag. I told her she could refund the purchase, she refused and I went and found a manager who provided a bag and a coupon for a future visit.
It costs stores far more to put items back on the shelves than it does to make customers happy. I know it is a bit spiteful to play these games with stores, but so what; they should have been on the front line fighting against these stupid laws in the first place.
That is a wonderful counter-attack/ ‘bag it or put it back.’ I hadn’t thought of that! Well done. I have been told by checkers - ‘Make a stink about this law. It is only city-wide. We think it is stupid, too.’