Another Waitrose customer eh? Do you carry your bag around the shop putting
goods into it?
Chris
> On 1 Aug 16, at 09:50, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Chris - we self-scan in Waitrose straight into our own (reusable) shopping
> bags. Wave the cred card at the contactless terminal and we're out. Will
> be happier when they raise the contactless limit.
>
> I'm ok with the plastic bag tax for groceries, but it really pisses me off
> when I buy clothes and they just push them across the counter. NEXT is
> among the worst offenders. More enlightened clothing shops realise the
> power of a nice paper carrier emblazoned with their logo.
>
> Rant over.
>
> On 1 August 2016 at 06:29, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> You appeared to be lifting stuff, if you shopped like that, John.
>> Waitrose (or any other) was perfectly happy for you to bring your own bag
>> for after you had paid.
>>
>> Apparently the UK has used 6Bn fewer plastic bags since the charge for
>> bags was introduced a year ago.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 31 Jul 16, at 19:59, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Interesting to read about plastic shopping bags being banned in France.
>>>
>>> Three years ago I visited a Waitrose grocery store in northern England
>> with a large over the shoulder canvas bag into which I put my various
>> items. I was quickly approached by an in-store security person who
>> absolutely insisted that I immediately empty the bag into a push buggy OR
>> face being ejected from the store with an order banning me from any further
>> store visits. The reason ..............bring your own bags of any
>> description and you would be viewed as a potential shoplifter! Taking you
>> own carry bags to Canadian grocery stores is very much an accepted practice.
>>>
>>> Perhaps Waitrose [an up market grocery chain] has modernized its
>> thinking in the last three years :-)
>>
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