Reusable paper bag

So I support these organic food, vegetarian/vegan-friendly, tree-hugging markets because I believe their food is fresher. I went to one the other day to get some lunch. I had one item in hand and dude was like, would you like a bag? I said sure, I'll take one of those plastic bags right there. He was like, "Well... I have a paper bag right here that you can have." In this tone, that implied it was the correct answer. So, I was like... hmm paper is better for the environment, I'll take it.

Then I'm reading the bag while I'm eating lunch and it's all like "Reuse Me" and gives this speech about how it's already been recycled once. I'm thinking to myself (not talking to the bag) "What the hell am I going to reuse this for?" Like it's still sitting on the floor in my office because it's guilted me into not throwing it away without recycling it. But what would I do with this bag? Paper bags are stupid. They get wet and can't be reused. Plastic bags, now those are reusable, you can wipe them out and crunch them up and store them. I could have held my lunch in one, then brought it home and added it to my plastic bag collection. Some bags I use to take lunch to work, some I use to throw away kitty poo, others I can take on vacation and hold swimsuits or dirty clothes in them... Can a paper bag do any of that? Not as well as a plastic bag...

I guess my point is that I don't really appreciate this dude's attitude that he gave me about wanting plastic.. don't I have the right to choose? Then he gives me this bag printed with all this propaganda. Everyone knows that people love plastic. If we give paper a chance, we don't need a damn speech. That's preaching to the choir. Do real grocery stores even have paper bags any more? I don't notice them and that's because they're just not so reusable. And you can't carry like 8 at a time. You can only carry about 2 paper bags at a time, most don't even have handles.

OK, I'm done.. just saying that paper bags aren't as reusable as they may seem.