Yes, we should ban plastic bags.

I know that a lot of the country makes fun of us in California for our forward environmentalism... and I've seen some flak about banning plastic bags.  But let me tell you why I'm in favor of it.

Since so many stores insist on forcing us all to use self check, we're left to figure these bags out on our own.

Seriously, the hardest part of self check isn't looking up the produce or stuffing bills in the machine... its separating the damn bags so you can put stuff in them.  I end up overstuffing bags or taking forever trying to set them up... its incredible.

So, we should absolutely ban plastic bags and force people to bring their own canvas or use paper.

Now, selling us paper... that's another story.