Has anyone had any problems refusing a carrier bag.

rag_doll

carbonmonoxide wrote: »

I was in Sainsburys a few months back and when I declined a plastic bag the cashier told me I might as well have one as you can recycle them anyway. When I explained its better to reuse first, then recycle he looked at me as if I was mad and continued trying to put my shopping in the plastic bag he had ready. I explained that I had my own bag and he went of on a rant saying "all this global warming is a load of rubbish" and that it was just nature like when there was an ice age!!! He then said "I like it hot anyway" before moving on to the next customer.

I bet you felt so enlightened by this guy's wisdom!! Not the most professional supermarket worker I've ever heard of!!! As he clearly loves carrier bags I would of been tempted to tell him to shove it where the sun doesn't shine, or perhaps in this guy's case he believes it does shine from there!!! On my way out I would have passed on this guy's knowledge to Customer Services!! :rolleyes:

Savvy_Sue

IamJen wrote: »

My favorite is when the cashier's already bagged one or two items, but then removes them after you decline the bag, and then throws the bag AWAY. Argh argh argh.

They're probably told they have to do that. I know when I was getting my shopping delivered, and I moaned about the waste of carrier bags, they explained that they're not allowed to 'mix' certain types of shopping. And if they've put something into a bag and taken it out, they're probably not supposed to keep it in case the 'wrong' thing goes in next.

I'm not explaining myself very well, but I hope that makes sense.

carbonmonoxide

rag_doll wrote: »

I bet you felt so enlightened by this guy's wisdom!! Not the most professional supermarket worker I've ever heard of!!! As he clearly loves carrier bags I would of been tempted to tell him to shove it where the sun doesn't shine, or perhaps in this guy's case he believes it does shine from there!!! On my way out I would have passed on this guy's knowledge to Customer Services!! :rolleyes:

lol! - I did e-mail customer services actually! They were very apologetic. On the whole I find Sainsburys quite good what with their free bag for life days etc... Funnily enough I haven't seen this cashier since!!!

nearlyrich

We have a collection of bags for life that usually live in the boot of the car, sometimes I even remember to take them into the shop LOL.

I don't do the big global warming thing myself to be honest but landfill is a timebomb waiting to happen, we used to burn everything and just put ashes in the bin, ashes going into landfill is not such a major issue, plastic bags don't rot away they are there forever. Actually maybe burning everything wans't that good for the planet either in hindsight.

geordie_joe

nearlyrich wrote: »

I don't do the big global warming thing myself to be honest but landfill is a timebomb waiting to happen, .

This is a serious question, well maybe several.

Why is landfill a time bomb waiting to happen? What is going to happen?

I know that one day we will run out of room to bury stuff, but we are working to reduce what we put in landfill. And hopefully we'll prevent that happening.

I know landfill creates gases such as methane, but this is dealt with now.

nearlyrich wrote: »

plastic bags don't rot away they are there forever. .

If they don't rot away what harm will they do?

Yes they will be there for thousands of years, but archaeologists are always looking to dig up old stuff. Just look at the way they get exited on time time when the find an ancient rubbish dump.

I also don't understand why people get so upset about putting plastic bags in landfill and never mention the fact that a large number of those plastic bags contain rubbish.

I can't recycle any of may rubbish, the council won't take it and it's too far to the recycling point for me. Anything I throw out goes in black bags and ends up in landfill. My microwave went into a black bag last week and into land fill. I know this as the bin man told me. Last week I caught him and asked what to do with my broken microwave. He said if you just leave it outside we will collect it, take it to the tip and charge you a fiver. If it's in a black bag we'll take it to the tip for free.

I just don't understand why people worry about the bags we throw away and not the stuff that's inside them when we throw them away.

If you're interested, the reason the microwave was throw out is because about three weeks ago I set it on full power for 9.5 minutes. Came back into the kitchen ten minutes later to find my dinner still on the bench and the microwave completely dead. Completely black on the inside and full of smoke too!

I won't be doing that again!

geordie_joe

nearlyrich, my previous post was not an attack on you. It's just your post brought up some questions and if you don't ask you don't find out.

geordie_joe

Just been shopping in my local Somerfield and they have started selling fold up reusable bags.

They were tucked away behind the counter at the tobacco kiosk, so I couldn't get close enough to have a good look. They are sold in support of Macmillan and it looked like the price said £1. I was quite far away, but it did look like £1 to me, so I apologise if anyone tries to buy one and they turn out to be £7

If there hadn't been a big queue at the kiosk I would have bought one, for the odd times I can't get everything into my little ruck sack.

£1 isn't a lot to pay for a reusable bag, even if it is only intended for use in "emergencies". It is also supporting a very good cause.

mute_posting

Ikea little blue bags, 15p each (less 21% when I stocked up with 15 last saturday) Also, I belive they will replace any that wear out FoC :-)

Perfect as replacement for supermarket shopping IMHO

Savvy_Sue

mute_posting wrote: »

Ikea little blue bags, 15p each (less 21% when I stocked up with 15 last saturday) Also, I belive they will replace any that wear out FoC :-)

Perfect as replacement for supermarket shopping IMHO

Brilliant for keeping in the boot of the car, horrible for carrying round in your pocket! Plus they're very 'open' when full, so wouldn't be brilliant in the rain.

No, for my money the 'best' bags to keep in your pocket are thin soft cotton, often sold in aid of charity, or given away as promotional items. I've even got DH using one with a Fawcett Society logo on. :rotfl:

geordie_joe

Update on the Somerfield/Macmillan bags. The sign says Suggested donation £1 so I guess you get one if you donate at least £1.

Of course, yours truly got so exited about finding out the correct price he forgot to buy one!