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Jul 20 2010, 01:12 PM
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Why is it that if I don't have my own bags when shopping in Sainsburys i am given the killer eyes...? I don't forget on purpose, I just never know when i'm going pop in there in the week. There is no room in my handbag to keep them otherwise I would. I use to keep them in the car but then forget to take them out when i parked. Doh! At home in my cupboard I must have about 40 bags (normal plastic ones and heavy duty bags) for when I do my big shopping, and as i'm at home before I go I remember and take them. I'm asked 'Do you have your own bag', me 'No, sorry I didn't realize i was popping in today', which is then followed by a filthy look, a quiet tut and their bags shoved down towards me! I feel like saying okay then I won't buy my bloody shopping from you Since when was it turned into the crime of the century to not have your own bags? Give me a break - I do normally bring them. Anyone else get this? Or is just me?
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Jul 20 2010, 03:55 PM
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QUOTE (Rosewinelover @ Jul 20 2010, 02:12 PM) Why is it that if I don't have my own bags when shopping in Sainsburys i am given the killer eyes...? I don't forget on purpose, I just never know when i'm going pop in there in the week. There is no room in my handbag to keep them otherwise I would. I use to keep them in the car but then forget to take them out when i parked. Doh! At home in my cupboard I must have about 40 bags (normal plastic ones and heavy duty bags) for when I do my big shopping, and as i'm at home before I go I remember and take them. I'm asked 'Do you have your own bag', me 'No, sorry I didn't realize i was popping in today', which is then followed by a filthy look, a quiet tut and their bags shoved down towards me! I feel like saying okay then I won't buy my bloody shopping from you Since when was it turned into the crime of the century to not have your own bags? Give me a break - I do normally bring them. Anyone else get this? Or is just me? Why worry what a shop assistant thinks? If they were put on this earth to use higher brain functions they wouldn't be serving groceries now would they? Or try a trick I learned in Korea; never make eye contact with the beggars...
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Jul 20 2010, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE (Rosewinelover @ Jul 20 2010, 02:12 PM) Why is it that if I don't have my own bags when shopping in Sainsburys i am given the killer eyes...? I don't forget on purpose, I just never know when i'm going pop in there in the week. There is no room in my handbag to keep them otherwise I would. I use to keep them in the car but then forget to take them out when i parked. Doh! At home in my cupboard I must have about 40 bags (normal plastic ones and heavy duty bags) for when I do my big shopping, and as i'm at home before I go I remember and take them. I'm asked 'Do you have your own bag', me 'No, sorry I didn't realize i was popping in today', which is then followed by a filthy look, a quiet tut and their bags shoved down towards me! I feel like saying okay then I won't buy my bloody shopping from you Since when was it turned into the crime of the century to not have your own bags? Give me a break - I do normally bring them. Anyone else get this? Or is just me? Caroline Lucas would be appalled. Good job you don't live in Brighton.
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Jul 20 2010, 04:42 PM
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QUOTE (Jayjay @ Jul 20 2010, 04:43 PM) Are you sure they give you the evil eye? I do the same, pop in on a whim and dont have bags with me which annoys me as I miss out on my Nectar points. Till person is always ok giving me bags.
M&S said they charge 5p and only 1.4p is profit which they give charity. These are the flimsy bags not the bag for life. Over 4p each bag for the large orders they put in? I think their buyer is having them over. Exactly, these bags cost them less than 1p each - a lot less. I buy about 50,000 carrier bags a year and pay less than 1p and these are stronger than M&S's. Just add up all those 3p's they are making....
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Jul 20 2010, 04:45 PM
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QUOTE (Irish John @ Jul 20 2010, 04:55 PM) Why worry what a shop assistant thinks? If they were put on this earth to use higher brain functions they wouldn't be serving groceries now would they? Or try a trick I learned in Korea; never make eye contact with the beggars... John this really abusive. If it was not for people serving groceries we would all starve. I have found most shop assistants far more polite than I find you.
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Jul 20 2010, 04:49 PM
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QUOTE (Rosewinelover @ Jul 20 2010, 02:12 PM) Why is it that if I don't have my own bags when shopping in Sainsburys i am given the killer eyes...? I don't forget on purpose, I just never know when i'm going pop in there in the week. There is no room in my handbag to keep them otherwise I would. I use to keep them in the car but then forget to take them out when i parked. Doh! At home in my cupboard I must have about 40 bags (normal plastic ones and heavy duty bags) for when I do my big shopping, and as i'm at home before I go I remember and take them. I'm asked 'Do you have your own bag', me 'No, sorry I didn't realize i was popping in today', which is then followed by a filthy look, a quiet tut and their bags shoved down towards me! I feel like saying okay then I won't buy my bloody shopping from you Since when was it turned into the crime of the century to not have your own bags? Give me a break - I do normally bring them. Anyone else get this? Or is just me? Never had that before
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Jul 20 2010, 05:10 PM
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QUOTE (Irish John @ Jul 20 2010, 05:55 PM) Why worry what a shop assistant thinks? If they were put on this earth to use higher brain functions they wouldn't be serving groceries now would they? Or try a trick I learned in Korea; never make eye contact with the beggars... Agreed with JayJay, this is really very rude, whether the comment is in jest or not. Your comment is right up there with one of my UK based colleagues who judged my husband based on his job (he was until leaving the UK a warehouse operative). Thing is, if he wasn't part of the team who sort out the supplies for Marks and Spencer, my colleague wouldn't have his posh frozen roast dinners! I have utter respect for the sales assistants in the supermarkets over here. They are all multi-lingual. Something which a lot of British people aren't these days. I couldn't do their job without studying another language.
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Jul 20 2010, 05:27 PM
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QUOTE (CBW137Y @ Jul 20 2010, 06:10 PM) Agreed with JayJay, this is really very rude, whether the comment is in jest or not.
Your comment is right up there with one of my UK based colleagues who judged my husband based on his job (he was until leaving the UK a warehouse operative). Thing is, if he wasn't part of the team who sort out the supplies for Marks and Spencer, my colleague wouldn't have his posh frozen roast dinners!
I have utter respect for the sales assistants in the supermarkets over here. They are all multi-lingual. Something which a lot of British people aren't these days. I couldn't do their job without studying another language. We are not generally multi-lingual in this country as if you go to most other countries their second language is English - they only have to learn English to communicate the world over. On the other hand we are expected to learn every language just to go on a two week holiday! Saying that, out of courtesy - and the need to buy petrol if I'm driving across Europe I do learn the basics and how to count to twenty (just don't end up on petrol pump number 23!). A great example is whilst in France a waiter complained that my French was weak, then while trying to communicate with a Italian - without success - they both resorted to speaking English I know, sorry, nothing to do with carrier bags....
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Jul 21 2010, 07:39 AM
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QUOTE (Irish John @ Jul 20 2010, 04:55 PM) Why worry what a shop assistant thinks? If they were put on this earth to use higher brain functions they wouldn't be serving groceries now would they? Or try a trick I learned in Korea; never make eye contact with the beggars... Oh come on, how can you even state that. It really annoys me when people think that someone doing a job that you don't need qualifications for is useless. I use to work at the services on the hot counter for quite a few years ago as my 2nd job to get more money and I loved it and did have to use my brain. Alot of my friends worked in the Burger King there full or part time because it was a job, and other friends would take the p**s out of them. Why? Who cares. They are working and not sat doing nothing. At least they had a job.When my son grows up if his 1st job was Mcdonalds I would be proud that he was working and not sat around at home being a bum. Obviously i'm hoping he will become a footballer and make me loads of dosh... Also, I don't worry about what they think - it just annoys the **** out of me !
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