Bag lady

So, we went to Southampton yesterday to do essential "office supplies" shopping: a printer, filing cabinets, a pinboard for the Chinese takeaway menu -- the usual. It was a relatively successful trip, but I now have my first customer service complaint. None of the stores -- Staples, PC World, JJB Sports -- had plastic bags big enough to contain the items we bought. I wouldn't mind if this were a nod to climate change and they wanted to discourage you from using them, but no -- they had stacks of small bags available; they just didn't have bags large enough to take a yoga mat or a pinboard, for example. As a result, we had to stagger, arms laden with awkward-shaped boxes, across a major road and over two sets of steps to reach the platform for the Winchester train. Oh, the indignity!