Oahu has recently joined the other counties in the state in instituting a plastic bag ban at retail stores (not at restaurants, which puzzles even some restaurateurs I’ve spoken with). Most big retail stores have printed up their own logoed takeaway bags which they sell to their customers.

I do most of my daily grocery shopping at Safeway, but I have bags from Foodland and Longs Drugs and from Buzz’s Steakhouse. I actually have a small twinge of guilt when I hand over my bag from one of those other places to a Safeway cashier.

Now that’s a First World problem!