05 Aug

Whole Foods guilt trip

Every time I go through Whole Foods checkout now, the following two things happen:

  1. If you bring your own bag, they ask you if you’d like to donate the 5 cent bag credit to a charity or take it off your bill.
  2. They ask you if you want to buy this bag that will feed 100 children.

Putting people in a situation where they basically have to say “No, I’ll keep my nickel!” and “No, thanks for asking, but I’ll let those 100 children starve!” isn’t a way to promote positive change in the world.