Rant: paper or plastic

These days, it's more like plastic or plastic. When did I lose my choice in this process? By the time I get a word in to ask for paper, they've already packed half of my stuff into plastic. Oh, and what a fine packing job it is. At some point, a memo went out to every clerk in every grocery store across the country: one item per bag! What's up with that? You're telling me that you can't make the mental leap to bag the cream cheese with the frozen peas? I didn't break that jar of pickles on aisle 7, don't take it out on me. Something is wrong when you buy 50 items and leave with 51 bags. And don't get me started on the highly toxic "non-food" items. The last thing I want is that radioactive bar of soap in the same bag as my box of Cheerios. No, no, no. Better safe than sorry ... give me a bag for each.