I refuse to pay for a bag. It’s absurd. The shops should cover the bag cost. The government need to sort this crap.
No wonder no one uses the high street any more.
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I refuse to pay for a bag. It’s absurd. The shops should cover the bag cost. The government need to sort this crap.
No wonder no one uses the high street any more.
It’s good for the environment though and has been proven as such. I don’t think people have stopped using the high street because of 5p plastic bags either :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
If the shops covered the cost it would lose its intended purpose, it’s just there to stop 100s of bags being used when people could remember to bring them or if they don’t have their own the tiny charge makes them conscious of not using too many.
For me I can’t understand why it bothers anyone.
I can't understand why anyone would think that cutting down the use of disposable items of any sort would be a bad idea. They don't stop you bringing your own bags in either - weird post...Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
I sometimes wonder if alwaysaway is on a very subtle wind up. Or if someone has made a bot that posts in the style of a perma offended daily express reader.
This is up there with the Daily Express gleefully explaining that you can BEAT THE 5P BAG CHARGE by taking your own bags, which was exactly the whole point of it in the first place :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
Going up to 10p in England possibly.
Can't say it effects me and I'd be surprised if it effects anyone negatively.
Instead I just have a collection of the more expensive reusables that I sometimes remember to put back in the car.
Absolutely a drop in the ocean though. One car journey to the shop in the first place wastes more energy and creates more pollution than a dozen plastic bags.
Every little I guess.
Do you read many of AlwaysAway2's posts?Quote:
Originally Posted by Penarth Blues
:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
I do, but to be fair I hadn't noticed this side of him before now as there are far worse posters on here making me wonder what world they live in...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
I often think that very same thing when I read AlwaysAway2's posts. He's as mad as a box of frogs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penarth Blues
I’m not mad at all. My home is full of plastic bags thick useful ones that I would never have bought if the shops had given me paper ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
The solution which is obvious is to ban plastic bags totally. Not charge for them.
Anyone see anything illogical about that.
First time I've agreed with you for a long time!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
I think AAway comes over from Jersey for the games. Great supporter so I guess we have to cut him some slack.
I think the shops should charge £5 for a bag. That way people would remember to bring a bag with them instead of just buying a new one every time they go shopping. I'm guilty of buying a new one every time I go shopping even though I've got 962 of them in my cupboard.
Unless you count his carbon footprint. :getscoat:Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremy corbyn
LolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
The carbon footprint thing is brilliant 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by jeremy corbyn
It’s a great point but it’s a scheduled BA flight and it’s going whether I board or not.
Ban plastic bags or a a correct poster above has said charge £10 for them.
Ahh but that would hit the poor Eh Jeremy
As ever it’s the poorer people that suffer this.
Exactly tax the rich.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
Why do poor people suffer? Are they not capable of re-using bags?
I say raise it to 50p
You don't need to pay anything for a bag. Just take your ownQuote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
I rarely leave home without a rucksack - hands-free whether i use it or not.
BTW What has "over ten pounds" got to do with anything?
If you spend 1.23. The 5p charge makes sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobh
If you spend £10 or more then the shop should give you the bag as a discount. It’s a stupid idea supported by the left leaning dolphin and whale hugging green climate change believers. Total bollocks the whole thing.
Recycling. Don’t get me started on that. It all goes in landfill fact.
Have you ever been analysed?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
Not yet. I think.
As long as TLG thinks you're as mad as a box of frogs, you have hope. I think. Maybe......Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
Thanks. Been on the Gin. I like everyone here especially the ones that don’t get my attempted humour.
Every post I have ever done is still here on the boss MM site.
I don’t think I have done a Boris or Ken Clarke (on meant to be offf mic. error yet)
I don’t want to be banned.
Where’s the Tanqueray?
I'm fully behind the shops doing away with all plastic bags full stop. Give two years notice, and afterwards, sell them at a premium on the shopfloor, i.e 5 x '10p' bags for £5. People would soon remember them. They're a waste of resources, and as said, are bad for the environment.
If you refuse to pay for a bag, how do you take your shopping home?Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
I was in the Museum recently and a woman kicked up a fuss about the gift shop putting a book in plastic bag. After thinking on what the Museum tells us about the earth's past, she probably had a point.
I'm with AA on this.
I usually go on self serve and don't pay for the bag
You'd be better off paying for the bag, but not the shopping.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
****ing moronQuote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
Not so thinly veiled 'i'm a thief' post.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamieccfc
You got the thrust of the policy in one .Quote:
Originally Posted by Croesy Blue
Sometimes Goverments do come up with the right ideas , along with smoking in public indoor places, sugar tax ,driving whilst phoning , potential ban on energy drinks for children , its right we have rules or tight conditions , as folk simply won't deploy them on a voluntary basis .
Haven't used bags for years. Always have a stock of "bags for life" in the car for when out shopping. Get you're money out you tight git.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
Ah he's gone too far, definitely wind up. Shame, it was beautifully subtle before nowQuote:
Originally Posted by AlwaysAway2
He's the ccmb version of drilQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
If you do not bring your own bag then you should be charged a wack for a new one, having said that I sometimes forget to bring a bag so willingly pay for a new one, but what I do is I recycle any spare bags I have when I shop at Tesco, they have a container there in most stores for them. By the way I agree that AA is crackers:hehe:
If he is it’s some of the best performance art I’ve ever seen :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Some kids have been hanging around outside supermarkets selling bags for 2p, undercutting the shops. Maybe that's an idea for everyone post Brexit.
Alternatively, eat the bags after use, thus cutting out the entire process of them getting into the food chain.