A lot of you (North American) people obviously frequent a different class of restaurant than we do here.

We're never offered a straw with the drink, and might even risk disdain from the staff were we silly enough to ask for one.

But then we don't order diet coke with the fillet mignon.

In the province of Ontario, plastic bags now cost $0.05 each, so stores normally do ask if we want them. My reply is normally the same as before the law: "no bag, please".

Cheers