Some things in life should be free. Really, some things are not to be paid for. Like the right to be able to pee in a bathroom and try on a pair of shoes. But no. In Poland, many times, people are forced to pay for these simple things. Converting the price to dollars, to use the bathroom prices have varied from 75 cents to a dollar. It may not seem like much, but when you really have to pee, every penny counts.
And you know those one-use socks that lie around every corner of a shoe store in the US? Some shoe stores in Poland offer one sock for 75 cents. So you try on a shoe for 75 cents and ask for another sock to try on the other shoe. "That will be another 1.50 zloty, or you can just use that sock on your other foot."
You even have to pay for those stupid plastic grocery bags at some stores. The price for one plastic bag is 50 cents, which is 50 cents more than you'd pay anywhere else. It's a good idea, it may force some people to reuse their bags. Or, you won't ever go back there ever again. As is the case with my family, who drives the extra mile to go to a store with free grocery bags because by the time we realize we forgot the bags at home, no one feels like going back to get them. Nice try, but this is totally impractical.
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