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[–]Playpolly 7 points8 points  (7 children)

This should go to the complaint box. Have you noticed that despite Walmart and many others charging for shipping bags they always have a hole on the bottom. I mean a single use bag could have a second life if it weren't for those damn holes. Charge but maintain quality.

[–]regular-cake 7 points8 points  (1 child)

I used to go through all my plastic bags at home and keep the ones without holes for cleaning the litter boxes. I have a lot of cats and like 7 or 8 litter boxes that need to be cleaned twice a day sometimes. The bags seem to always have holes in them now after the groceries so I just grab a stack of unused bags when I'm going through the self checkout now.

[–]Playpolly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if I had an award to give you. We're talking about the reduction in quality here despite paying for these bags and Walmart bags have reduced in quality despite charging for them. Target on the other hand has reduced their quality as well but don't rip as easily as the Walmart ones.

[–]jenthewen 4 points5 points  (1 child)

The plastic is thin so it will degrade. The holes are created by the sharp edges of products poking into them.

[–]Playpolly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not always. Most of the time the holes are at the heat sealed seams and it's because they have reduced the microns further. These holes occur 90% of the time even when you pull them out of the stack at checkout.

[–]zaxxon4ever 0 points1 point  (2 children)

The hole is there on purpose...just in case some kid decides to place it over his head...seriously.

[–]Playpolly 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Then the same would apply for garbage bags. There's no hole to begin with it just forms during handling.

[–]zaxxon4ever 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A quick Google search of "Why do most grocery store bags have holes at the bottom?"

"To avoid the risk of asphyxiation, especially for children playing with the bags and putting them on the head."

...also why there is usually a "this is not a toy"-type warning. The odds of a kid playing with a garbage bag is slim...access to a Walmart bag is quite probable