After a ban on the use of plastic in Thailand, people have been using different things to make purchases in markets, drawing wows from the Twitterati.
A user posted pictures of a woman using a flower vase to fill her groceries, a man using a wheelbarrow in a shop to stuff his shopped items, and a woman using a used rice bag.
The user wrote: "Thailand started 2020 with a major plastic bag ban.
So now Thais have made it a trend to put their shoppings in random things & I'm living for it.
LMFAO. "
It got 182. 1K retweets and 631. 3K likes.
In reply, Twitterati posted their own pictures of people using wicker baskets, traffic cone and even a clothes line to keep their stuff.
There was also a picture of one shopper using a school bag to stuff his shopped things into.
One Twitter user posted a picture of a shopper using a clothes line and wrote: "I want to add my favourite picture of this ban to this thread.
Lmao. "
"OMG, we do these at Filipino kid parties!
they have to jump and grab as many as they can, " said one amused Twitter user.
Another said: "OMG, that's so creative.
I definitely should try it at my parties. "
"I'm screaming.
They got more ridiculous as you went on, " said one user.
"The auntie with the reused rice bag on the 4th pic.
That's how can I say. . .
iconic?
legendary?"
remarked another user.
"I always wanna do this instead of carrying heavy shopping home!!"