They already have those small security stickers that set off alarms. Why not just enforce those? Doesn’t matter whether a customer just paid at the register, if the alarm goes off, the guard should double check. It may be a malfunction or the cashier did not check the item out properly or he/she forgot to check it out at all.

Here’s a suggestion, why not use iron-clad chests for the products, at least we can re-use the container for storing other stuff.

Anyway, I’ve gotten my own war wounds with these plastic things and I give my two thumbs down on them.

I kind of liked it because we divide the rolls between 3 bathrooms and they don’t get dusty this way BUT paper would be so much better because I could recycle it easily. That’s something for us to think about.

Also, you’re absolutely correct that Costco could use it clout so they’re not individually wrapped. They made a big deal out of demanding the larger can size for tuna!

@ Simply Forties: Yup. I sent a link to this piece to Costco’s customer relations execs, with details on the site’s page rank and the several thousand people who have visited (something in excess of 16,000, to tell the truth) since the first of February. Interestingly, no response has been forthcoming.