Put an end to this evil practice!

Right get this people!

Five times now I've been into a well-known supermarket and I have to report dirty work at the crossroads.

You see being a bit of a pedant when the notion takes me, I'm sometimes sad enough to weigh say 2 onions, without a little clear plastic bag to keep them in, and then weigh them again this time in the said bag before attaching the sticky price label.

Each time the cost differential with the bag included has been 1p more! Therefore if I am representative of every punter going in to this shop, and indeed all of its many other branches throughout the land, then these guys must be making a fortune on little placcy bags. Something ought to be done.

When challeneged they look a bit shifty and say "Well it shouldn't be a penny extra" to which I reply "You're tellin me that it shouldn't pal!" But nothing has been done about it since my initial complaint.

I am on to them of course and weigh my stuff sans little bag thus avoiding getting turned over. One up to me I think!

Now you might say I'm a sad fecker who perhaps ought to get a life and you'd of course be right.

Don't go to a woman who has big boobs either, or her boobs might rest on the scales and you'll be charged a tenner for a banana.

Why shouldn't you pay for plastic bags?

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Why shouldn't you pay for plastic bags?

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A good question.

Quote: zooo @ January 29 2011, 4:00 PM GMT

Don't go to a woman who has big boobs either, or her boobs might rest on the scales and you'll be charged a tenner for a banana.

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Don't go to a woman who has big boobs either, or her boobs might rest on the scales and you'll be charged a tenner for a banana.

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Ah, I wondered who the gag writer for Miranda was! Explains why you're always bigging the big bird up.

I bloody wish!

Well Marks & Sparks charge a bob. A bloody shilling per carrier bag. When I was a lad and scout, I'd clean every window around the house for a bob.
On the plus side, they are bigger than your average bag and stronger. But do I remember to reuse them next time. No, I pay a bob a bag again.

We should pay for plastic bags.

We will, when the oceans are up to our navels and the air is 93% carbon dioxide.

Hmmm. This thread was meant to be quite frivolous but seems one or two, quite keen to save the planet (as indeed am I) have misunderstood my point, so let me elaborate.

I'm not referring to carrier bags. It's those little mini bags in the veg section that one puts onions, sprouts and carrots into to stop them falling out through the holes in your trolley.

Now there's a perfectly good argument that says we should pay for these too and I don't say it's wrong. However what I'm saying is this. Each of these bags probably costs a squillionth of a penny to manufacture, so to have it charged at a penny is nothing short of extortion. Furthermore there is no attempt by said retailer to inform its customers that they are paying for these bags. So a fairer solution might be to inform customers that they are in fact paying a penny for them.

Now a penny ain't much to the individual for sure, but multiplied by the millions and zillions of these that are used in a year represents a significant sum of money. So therefore armed with this knowledge then customers could quite simply elect to either pay their penny or make alternative arrangements. It's not paying that's the issue with me, it's the retailer being disingenuous and not telling customers what it's up to.

On the broader issue of carrier bags, Ireland eradicated these evil contrivances by charging heavily for them up front a few years ago so customers knew the score. This had the very desirable effect of virtually removing them from every day usage. Perhaps we might do well to follow Ireland's lead here.

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A banana, boobs, a tenner - there's clearly a sexual reference here...

On the bag issue. It's a penny, you at most use 2 a week. That's about a pound per year. Not even worth thinking about.

Quote: Blenkinsop @ January 29 2011, 11:25 PM GMT

Hmmm. This thread was meant to be quite frivolous but seems one or two, quite keen to save the planet (as indeed am I) have misunderstood my point, so let me elaborate.

I'm not referring to carrier bags. It's those little mini bags in the veg section that one puts onions, sprouts and carrots into to stop them falling out through the holes in your trolley.

Now there's a perfectly good argument that says we should pay for these too and I don't say it's wrong. However what I'm saying is this. Each of these bags probably costs a squillionth of a penny to manufacture, so to have it charged at a penny is nothing short of extortion. Furthermore there is no attempt by said retailer to inform its customers that they are paying for these bags. So a fairer solution might be to inform customers that they are in fact paying a penny for them.

Now a penny ain't much to the individual for sure, but multiplied by the millions and zillions of these that are used in a year represents a significant sum of money. So therefore armed with this knowledge then customers could quite simply elect to either pay their penny or make alternative arrangements. It's not paying that's the issue with me, it's the retailer being disingenuous and not telling customers what it's up to.

On the broader issue of carrier bags, Ireland eradicated these evil contrivances by charging heavily for them up front a few years ago so customers knew the score. This had the very desirable effect of virtually removing them from every day usage. Perhaps we might do well to follow Ireland's lead here.

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Why don't you rape a panda you enviromental criminal?

Plus, the only thing stopping you bringing back the same little bags each week is your own ability to remember!

Much better things to complain about where supermarkets are concerned, I'd say.