In this state (i will call it denial) they had banned bags for a little while,
why? because they had cooties on them, and so the reusable bags that were forced upon us to use, could no longer be used.

So, there i was, first day in town in a month, and the cashier, in hysterics, says i need to leave my back pack outside. (i had just gotten off my bicycle) I asked her, "you want me to leave my backpack outside with my bicycle?"

She freaked out, and i didn't know why she was freaking out.
If i knew, i would have asked her, "Do you allow women to bring in their purses?"