Reply to: Why I love M&S

[cailin maith]

I tend to keep an M&S bag for life folded up in my handbag and it works quite well, I'd rather do that and pay each time for a carrier bag.

[VectraMan]

WH Smiths charge 1p for a bag, but seeing as most things you buy are still £something.99, the extra penny brings it up to an even pound encouraging everybody to use a bag when they don't need to.

Plus they always try to sell me chocolate for some reason.

I do the right thing at Tescos taking a recyclable bag, but I've realised they give you points based on the number of recyclable bags you use. So I'm going to start taking 10 bags even if it means one item per bag. Every little helps.

[Pogle]

Marine animals die from eating plastic bags & balloons and loads of our plastic crap.
I frankly don’t give a toss about global warming, but I don’t like wild animals dying from my shopping bags and it is for this reason alone I have reusable shopping bags. Also my daughter is an embryonic eco-warrior and kicks up a fuss at the checkout if I get a plastic bag

[moorfield]

Sadly M&S is the one place whose trousers fit me these days and I can walk in and get a pair in my size without the pfaff of trying them on.

[Board Game Geek]

The worst bit for me is being lied to or told untruths by poorly informed checkout staff.

Since when have staff in any organisation ever been told the truth ?

[CheeseSlice]

those 5p bags at M&S are a dubious scam packaged up as a 'doing the right thing' ploy.

Having asked at several stores over the months for re-assurance that the 5p goes to charity, and been told 'yes it does', i've been satisfied.

Until recently.....

Bags now say on them that just over 1p of 'profits' go to charity.
So effectively this is just a new revenue stream.

The worst bit for me is being lied to or told untruths by poorly informed checkout staff.

[RichardCranium]

The Co-op is owned by those of its customers who choose to take ownership, and if they choose to take a card (for free)

Some of the Co-ops charge £1 to join but then credit your account with £1.

We are in 4 Co-ops now.

I hadn't realised the Co-op is regional.

[Zippy]

How about that orange-coloured fruit?

That's what did for the Challenger space shuttle. Spooky.

[NickFitz]

<bunch of stuff about the Co-op, loyalty cards, and carrier bags/>

The Co-op is owned by those of its customers who choose to take ownership, and if they choose to take a card (for free) they share in its profits (unlike other supermarkets, where for example my Nectar points come out of what you pay at the till if you don't have a Nectar card).

My local Co-op never has a problem about giving out free carrier bags.

YMMV. If you got a Member's Card you would be one of the owners of the store and could do something about the bags, if that is in fact a major issue for you. Unless the other members voted against it, of course.

[Board Game Geek]

Our local Co-op are rabidly anti-carrier bags.

BGG : <Watches the till assistant scan and then deposit 17 different items on to the counter, including freshly packed meats, vegetables, a magazine, a pint of milk, some bottles of beer, a large packet of crisps, some biscuits, a jar of jam, a loaf of bread, etc.>

Assistant : "Do you have a loyalty card, Sir ?"

BGG : "Yes, I am a fully paid up member of the RAC."

Assistant : "No, sorry, I mean a Co-op Loyalty card, Sir."

BGG : "No. I owe you no loyalty, since you are not approved by Her Maj or her family. Actually, neither is the RAC to be honest.Britvic are Royal Warrant holders though, along with ESSO, SHELL, and the Carphone Warehouse. I'm not loyal to them, however."

Assistant : "That'll be "£27.10, please."

BGG : <hands over £29>

Assistant : <hands back change>

BGG : <Stands there looking at the newly purchased shopping on the counter>

MOMENTS PASS

Assistant : <increduloulsy>"Oh, would like a bag for that lot, Sir ?"

BGG : <sighs> "I'll need one or two yes. Thank you."

Assistant : "That's be 5p a bag then."

BGG : "I'll be a devil and have 3 then, just for the hell of it. 2 is actually probably enough, but with a 3rd, I'll have one spare, and that can be my contribution to flipping up the environment."

Assistant : "Er...ok. You know, you can always get a Bag for Life"

BGG : "Thanks, but I'm already married. Actually, she's a lovely lass. I digress. You mean one of those poxy, hessian bags that proclaims "look at me, I shop in Oxfam, eat lentils, read the Guardian, and ride an incredibly large and condescending high horse in order to look down on others, in order to make myself feel important ?"

Assistant : "It's just a bag, Sir."

BGG : "No. No it's not. It's an admission. An admission of guilt, that the person carrying it has forsaken themselves and let mass hysteria about global warming, El Nino, melting ice caps, and 2012 Armageddon events get the better of them."

Assistant : "Here. Have 5. Now flip off before I call Security"

BGG : "Why thank you. Have a nice day"

[SantaClaus]

I can't stand being made to feel bad asking for a plastic bag, as I'm packing my fruit and vegetables in friggin plastic containers.

[Pogle]

There was a grammatical error in the one of the Christmas windows at Kendals in Manchester, it said 'your' instead of 'you're' - in quite large letters.
Pogle jr (aged 9) spotted it and complained to the manager as she has it drummed into her at school and thought they were setting a bad example to children!

sometimes she really reminds me of her dad

[DiscoStu]

What about fruit and veg stalls with "Carrot's"

People who call the Union Flag the Union Jack?

I wouldn't expect perfect English on a market stall, but from a multi-billion pound international retailer like Asda you'd hope they'd make a bit more of an effort.

[Scary]

Asda have "About 20 items or less". Hmmmm...

A peasant's Nirvana.

[Bagpuss]

Yes!

What about fruit and veg stalls with "Carrot's"

People who call the Union Flag the Union Jack?