Lack of publicity over England's shops charging 5p a bag

peachyprice

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I know, but it's going to end in tears with some of the horrid, stuck up, selfish and ignorant folks that I have the 'pleasure' to deal with. The shop manager and security have banned some unsavoury people for their horrifying treatment of my colleagues including myself. One time I finished my shift and left the kiosk. So there was one colleague left. Man grabbed my arm shouting in my face 'You will serve me b!tch' I was given a nasty bruise. Can see a few more being banned in the next few weeks.

These customers think they have every right to get a free carrier bag. If the Queen visits a shop after 5th October, she will be charged 5p too if she wanted a bag.

You can't project the fact that you work in a sh!thole onto the rest of the UK. For most people it's a non-even that will just become a normal part of shopping. No drama, no abuse. Which is probably why the majority of shops feel that 2-3 week is plenty of time to prepare their customers.

peachyprice

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

To be quite frank it's been a non event in NI, Wales and Scotland..but then when we get to last of our fellow UK people. [STRIKE]they[/STRIKE] a few appear to struggle with it and turn it into a crisis....Why?

There, corrected that for you

BlueEyedGirl

deanos wrote: »

i presume there is no charge for paper bags, i remember Safeway used to have those to pack groceries in, could the supermarkets switch to paper ones ?

Paper bags are ok, until it rains...

System

People in Wales and Scotland are still pinching the shopping baskets. If they are spending like £30+, they have issues with forking out 5p per £7-10. Using that figure as that is what I can fill my bags for life with.

My work sells newspapers and many customers want a carrier bag just for the paper. Buying The Sun for 40p with a carrier bag charge has increased the price by 12.5%. These customers ask for a new carrier bags every day for years. I doubt some will change.

Plus once the charges are in place, it will be cheaper to buy bin liners and doggy poop bags.

BlueEyedGirl

Noticed Sainsbury's this morning had removed plastic bags from the tills and were heavily promoting the bags for life near the tills.

KxMx

foxtrotoscar wrote: »

To be quite frank it's been a non event in NI, Wales and Scotland..but then when we get to last of our fellow UK people. they appear to struggle with it....Why?

Were there really no moans before it came in

System

BlueEyedGirl wrote: »

Noticed Sainsbury's this morning had removed plastic bags from the tills and were heavily promoting the bags for life near the tills.

Nothing different in the two Sainsburys I visited today.

PennyForThem_2

To be quite frank it's been a non event in NI, Wales and Scotland..but then when we get to last of our fellow UK people. they appear to struggle with it....Why?

Yeah, it was and in fact some pplmade akilling selling the hessian bags on ebay!

I still cannot see why there is all this fuss

The-Truth

olias wrote: »

But the cynic in me thinks its deliberate, so people will be forced to pay for the disposable bags......

Olias

No, the money has to go to charity!

wealdroam

The-Truth wrote: »

No, the money has to go to charity!

I don't think the legislation is quite so certain.

The Government's guidelines, which have been linked to many times on this thread, state:

Dealing with the proceeds

Once you’ve deducted reasonable costs, it’s expected that you’ll donate all proceeds to good causes.