Baggin' Macy's

So...I consider myself pretty aware when it comes to "green" issues. I recycle everything I can. We no longer use paper plates in our house. I carry the cloth bags to the grocery store. Recently I've taken it a step farther and I take my Inconvient Bag to the mall with me. Up until yesterday, no one has given me any issues when I ask to not put my items in a plastic bag. Then I walked into Macy's. I don't shop there regularly, but A.J. needed Calvin Klein undershirts. So in I walk, I grab a package of shirts and I go to the register to pay. When I ask the nice gentleman behind the counter to not put my shirts in a bag, he tells me that's not an option. It is Macy's policy that anything bought in their store has to go into their bags. They want us to "advertise for them", (his words not mine). I do not consider myself a crusader. However, I felt it necessary to tell this sales man how Macy's is killing the planet by insisting their customers take plastic bags even when they don't want them. If I could've gotten the shirts anywhere else, I would've put them back. But that wasn't an option. So I took their plastic bag, went home and then put it in my recycle pile. In the future, I will not shop Macy's! Maybe if there are enough people out there who complain about it things will change. Until then, the boycott is on!!!