Japan Gripe: These Stupid Garbage Bags

Before coming to Japan, I was convinced that everything in Japan was better. Everything in the Land of the rising Sun would be based on logic and that sense of beauty and usefulness that comes from having limited space, so much, unlike my homeland. 

Everything would be better in Japan, I told myself. Now, almost two decades later, I have to ask myself:

If everything in Japan is better, then why are the garbage bags so stupid?

You have to use the city issued garbage bags for whatever kind of garbage you're throwing out and pay for them. That I can kind of deal with but we don't have options like drawstring tops on these plastic sacks. You must tie them shut and you must tie them shut well because when you try to tie besides that have not been tied yet, it will untie the original knot if you're not careful. 

I hate these. I want it to be easier, especially as I get older and are more prone to arthritis in these long cold months.