My disabled husband watched me trying to open a trash bag. He told me to lick my thumb and finger and try to open the bag. LOL it worked. Be sure your fingers are clean before licking. I also do this at the grocery store with those little produce bags that are so hard to open. I've told everyone I know about this little trick and they can't believe how easy it is to open a trash bag now.
I would never lick my fingers or even touch my face in the grocery store. My solution is to wet them with the produce itself. They are always spraying the produce so just run your hand over a wet product. I usually don't take those bags, though, because that's just more waste. They are nice for wet garbage while preparing a meal though!
Hi, If you can't safely wet your fingers, try breathing on the edge of the bag (like you would to fog your glasses before wiping them off). Immediately put your thumb tip and index fingertip on opposite sides of the breathed-on spot and rub the bag between them to open the edges. Nancy from NC
Wetting your fingers really is a good idea and I do it even to separate coffee filters but I use tap water at home and now that I am disabled (lungs) I have to be really careful in public places about picking up germs. What I do is carry my own sanitary wipes or grab a couple that many grocery stores now supply when coming in the door to wipe down the cart handle but also grab that second one to carry while doing the shopping to wet fingers for things like opening the produce bags.
I would not do that in the grocery store. I don't think it even matters whether your hands are clean or not. I doubt mine would be as I have to touch things on the way to the produce section. Those produce bags, well who knows what's been on them or who's touched them or sneezed on them. I do not lick my hands out in public. At home when you can wash your hands or just wet fingers at the faucet is much safer.
I do this at home and, if I'm working in the garden, I wet my fingers at the outside tap. However, be careful of doing that at the supermarket. A friend did that and was unwell later. She reckoned maybe a bug had transferred from an item she'd put in her trolley.
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