Carrier bags

[cheesefest]

In England, carrier bag charges have been in place for almost 6 years. So why do some people still never bring their own bags? Understand if they bought more than they planned or found an item of clothing. It’s the same people each time (at my work) that do this.

The reason I brought this up as went into another supermarket this morning and the supermarket had none of the bags for life - as on the ambient delivery which deliveries are all over the place due to pinggate and shortage in drivers. They only had the large shopper bags.

Customers who didn’t bring bags were kicking off. It’s the stupid people that don’t bring bags’ fault, not the supermarket.

On stopping at some traffic lights, by a council block of flats, bins overflowing with brand new carrier bags as rubbish bags. Do these idiots know it’s cheaper to buy black sacks (about a third cheaper) and bigger? Is there a stigma on reusing bags in certain groups?

How much money are these people wasting? Ten bags at 20p each per week, that’s £104 a year.

Myself have only bought about 10 bags since charge when I bought a coat and a couple of times, my bag broke and it was from a different supermarket.

 

[Calm]

I have bags full of the damn things because my brother does his shopping after work, and doesn't have the foresight to lug a carrier bag around with him all day!

 

[Dyson]

When grocery shopping, I take bags, otherwise I just buy as I need.

 

[Fubsy]

Some people are just not organised, don't care about the planet, happy to pay the cost, stuck in their ways, etc. It's that simple. Not everyone is the same.

I sometimes re-use bags (my boot is full of them), other times I haven't got one with me and it's unplanned purchase that I can't carry. Oh well.

 

[Cadder]

I just seem to forget to take one in half the time. If I'm shopping with my wife it's fine, she's always prepared.

 

[Efour]

I'm too wealthy to care

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Have a full set of “bags for life” (“life”appears to be 18-24 months on average) in the boot of each car just in case.

 

[Deleted User 234324]

I walk to my local shops 2-3 times a week, take 2 bags for life (the canvas type) and a backpack, I gotta lug it back so rarely buy more than I can carry.

Shops only 5 minutes away so its never an issue.

 

[BallistixOnZ490]

Have a full set of “bags for life” (“life”appears to be 18-24 months on average) in the boot of each car just in case.

Fyi the 'life' part means if it breaks you take it back and swap it for a new one.

 

[413x]

People don't care/forget.

They need to charge 1 pound not pennies

 

[Resident]

We have those trolley bag things. Similar to these:

We plonk them in a trolley, pick up a scanner and pack as we shop.

There have been occasions where we've forgot to pick them up but no issue as we just take the trolley to the car and put them in the boot loose, vunerable items go in the empty compartment of my boot-tidy.

 

[BallistixOnZ490]

Also another fun fact - the carrier bag charge was introduced for single use plastic bags only.

Retailers can still give free carrier bags as long as they are a bit thicker and reusable, but nowhere seems to do this.

 

[jsmoke]

I have hundreds of them, usually forget or assume they cost doesn't add up.

 

[BDEE]

OP, have you considered a career change? Your current employment only seems to serve to push up your blood pressure.

 

[decto]

I miss the single use bags, I now have to buy plastic bin liners which are more expensive

 

[BallistixOnZ490]

OP, have you considered a career change? Your current employment only seems to serve to push up your blood pressure.

Can you really blame him? Retail is a crap place to work in because for some unknown reason everyone thinks its perfectly fine to turn up and abuse retail staff.

 

[2004typer]

I try and keep a few bags in the car boot to avoid buying more, but occasionally forget to replenish the boot supply and have to begrudgingly resort to buying more.

 

[2004typer]

We have those trolley bag things. Similar to these:

We plonk them in a trolley, pick up a scanner and pack as we shop.

There have been occasions where we've forgot to pick them up but no issue as we just take the trolley to the car and put them in the boot loose, vunerable items go in the empty compartment of my boot-tidy.

These look great, we shop online but I'd definitely buy a set of these if we reverted to doing the weekly run.

 

[potatolord]

Wales had a carrier bag charge for a while, so I'm used to it. I keep a few bags for life in the car, and generally have a small rucksack with me.

I get annoyed with myself when I have to pay for bags, as it's just clutter I don't need.

 

[Eurofighter]

I quite often forget my bags for life, oops.