Vent! Tesco and carrier bags (and lying staff)

prowla

Me - I have several bag for lifes, but I usually forget to take them in.
I ask for carrier bags, and get them.
I re-use the carrier bags as rubbush bags.
The idea that driving to an out-of-town air-conditioned supermarket to buy 4 apples in a moulded plasic container is somehow offset by re-using a carrier bag is ridiculous.

Dipak

Tigsteroonie wrote: »

Shopped in Tesco today. Bought some heavy stuff, and a couple of light items.

Forgot my bags for life so as I went through the till, I picked up one new B4L (9p) and asked for a skinny bag for the light items.

I was told by the cashier that they had NO skinny bags, all she could offer was another B4L for which I would be charged another 9p. I expressed my incredulity at them having run out, and at being charged for the alternative. In the end, I agreed to pay simply to get through the till (and because Marley was getting embarrassed by my rant!)

On walking past the other tills down to Customer Services, I saw that other tills still had skinny bags and were giving them to customers.

So I went to the Service Desk and complained - I don't expect a Tesco's member of staff to lie to me. I have no objection if they want to change their policy and stop giving out skinny bags completely, and I do understand the idea of recyclable bags; but I do not expect to be told that they have none, when in fact they do.

The CS Manager agreed and refunded the 9p for my unnecessary second bag.

I'm merely venting on here because I cannot believe that cashier lied to me :mad:

Tesco have become very tight with their carriers but what i found works a treat is asking for bags and if they dont give then i have asked for my shopping to be refunded and walked.....usually they'll look at you with the evil eyes but you'll soon find the bags will be forecoming abd if they dont just demand a refund or if you havent paid then walk.

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scottishminnie

Churchmouse wrote: »

Let me start by saying I reuse bags. In my handbag I have two bags that fold down into their own little pouches.:D Sometimes, shock horror, I buy more than I intended and need another bag. I expect this to be free. However I can't help thinking this obsession with supermarket bags blinds people to so much else, for example the excess packaging already mentioned in this thread. I believe a lot of shops are only anti plastic bags on cost grounds. It is now spreading to Lakeland and TKMaxx who also expect you to pay for a bag. Are those so in favour of no free bags really saying they want this extended to every shop of every type? There would probably be a premium to be paid in Early Learning centre when you've bought two or three overpackaged toys, and need one of their huge carriers.

And back on topic, I think the OP was absolutely right to be annoyed at being lied to. Strangely, I've just come back from Tesco ( hardly ever shop there but had a £9 off a £60 shop voucher) and the young man on the till shoved about 10 bags at me until he saw I had my own.

Would appear Lakeland have had a rethink - I shopped there yesterday and was happily given a bag without any questions/hassle whatsoever.

cocktail

dizziblonde wrote: »

None of this is to help the planet - Tescos have spotted another way to enhance profits on the name of eco - just like half the stuff with eco in the name is.

eco or green is the buzzword, helps sell a lot of crap at exorbitant prices. the recyclable bags can be returned for a new one if damaged though and you get clubcard points every time you use it--1p per bag so u can make up for the 5p that the bag actually costs in 5 trips--so not much profit there for tesco.
it is heartening though to see folk who use these reusable bags at the supermarket tills. it is still less of the usual plastic bags in the tip and that has to be a good thing

marleyboy

Like bin Liners for example, or Plastic trays for apples, Plastic Milk Bottles, Pop bottles, Plastic wrappings for tomatoes, potatoes, Meat produce, all these items that don't appear on landfill sites. As they say....Every little helps

Sami_Bee

krazykidskate wrote: »

My local Asda has a carrier bag recycling bin overflowing with carrier bags. I asked if I could help myself to some bags from there and was told certainly not. So not sure where they go or what they are used for but surely if they let other customers use them it would be recycling?

next time just don't ask I use the over flowing bag recycling thing all the time.
If you think about it, it is much better to let you do that because it costs money to melt down those bags but costs nothing to let you re-use them

fid1892

krazykidskate wrote: »

My local Asda has a carrier bag recycling bin overflowing with carrier bags. I asked if I could help myself to some bags from there and was told certainly not. So not sure where they go or what they are used for but surely if they let other customers use them it would be recycling?

I can help you with that one !! I help out in a local charity shop from time to time and one of the volunteers has told us that she asked at the local Asda if she could take some of the bags for use in the shop. The manager of the store told her that he couldn;t allow that, as they had no idea what may be in the bags, and if there was anything harmful / illegal in there, it would potentiaally leave the store open to legal action, if the bags had been obtained from the Asda.

As an aside to thsi thread though, I always use the free bags when I shop at Morissons, but I then take them to the charity shop, so they can be used to supply with purchases when required.

before_hollywood

i worked for asda for 7 years, if i want free bags i go through a till manned by someone i once trained, free bags mysteriously appear, no questions asked as many as i want

or i go to netto and get boxes lol

before_hollywood

DCFC79 wrote: »

I hate the fact that an able bodied person is asked if they need a hand packing when they only have 6 items, the checkout operator should use they're intelligence to think "oh wait hesable bodied and he doenst need help packing"

i do too, hence i left my job as an asda checkout trainer

a lot of disabled people dont want help because they dont want to let their disability stop them doing ordinary things, although some people you would swear being a lazy swine was a disability

i dont miss the 14 hour days one bit

baby_fuzz

i used to work in a supermarket. Customers would literally take the p*ss. One bottle would require:
20 clear veggie bags, and 8 plastic carriers.

People abusing the system in this way would only end up having to pay for it by increasing prices of groceries.