Had a cashier tell me to stop buying cheap trash bags and she was right

I was at the Target on Broadway last Tuesday buying the store brand 13-gallon kitchen bags for the third time in two months. The cashier, maybe 60 years old, looked at them and said "those rip every time, don't they?" I laughed and admitted yeah, every single bag ended up with a hole in the bottom. She pointed me to the Glad ForceFlex ones sitting right next to them, same aisle, no extra trip. I grabbed a box on my way out and honestly haven't had a blowout since. Anyone else have a random stranger save them from a bad product habit?

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anthonymurray23d ago

You said "didn't have a blowout since" but how long has it actually been? Because I swear those "upgraded" bags last about a month before they start springing leaks too, just a bit slower than the cheap ones. What's your real metric for knowing these are better, a week, a month, or a full trash can cycle?

milestaylor23d ago

Yeah I just switched to the black contractor bags and my cat immediately started ignoring the litter box.

grantschmidt23d ago

My metric is it hasn't exploded on me yet, so I'm calling it a win.