Following up to "'Mike'" :

The shop then puts it in a paper bag :-((

You could always say to the shopkeeper : "No thanks, I don't want a bag".
You must take some of the blame yourself.

--
Tim C.

"Tim C." wrote in message
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Following up to "'Mike'" :

The shop then puts it in a paper bag :-((

You could always say to the shopkeeper : "No thanks, I don't want a bag".
You must take some of the blame yourself.

--
Tim C.

Don't you think I have tried? Only to be told by the shop assistant, "We
have to do that and we have to put the receipt inside the bag to prove you
have purchased it and you have not shop lifted it"

Mike
Who didn't come down in the last shower of rain


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Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rnshipmates.co.uk
www.nsrafa.com

Following up to "'Mike'" :


Don't you think I have tried? Only to be told by the shop assistant, "We
have to do that and we have to put the receipt inside the bag to prove you
have purchased it and you have not shop lifted it"

I've done it often in the UK, no problem whatsoever.
--
Tim C.

"Tim C." wrote in message
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Following up to "'Mike'" :


Don't you think I have tried? Only to be told by the shop assistant, "We
have to do that and we have to put the receipt inside the bag to prove you
have purchased it and you have not shop lifted it"

I've done it often in the UK, no problem whatsoever.
--
Tim C.

So have I, but it is not the norm. The norm is as I have stated.

Mike


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Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rnshipmates.co.uk
www.nsrafa.com

Following up to "'Mike'" :

"Tim C." wrote in message
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Following up to "'Mike'" :


Don't you think I have tried? Only to be told by the shop assistant, "We
have to do that and we have to put the receipt inside the bag to prove you
have purchased it and you have not shop lifted it"

I've done it often in the UK, no problem whatsoever.
--
Tim C.

So have I, but it is not the norm. The norm is as I have stated.

"your mileage might vary", as they say.
--
Tim C.

On 25/1/07 12:29, in article ,
"Tim C." wrote:

Following up to "'Mike'" :

"Tim C." wrote in message
...
Following up to "'Mike'" :


Don't you think I have tried? Only to be told by the shop assistant, "We
have to do that and we have to put the receipt inside the bag to prove you
have purchased it and you have not shop lifted it"

I've done it often in the UK, no problem whatsoever.
--
Tim C.

So have I, but it is not the norm. The norm is as I have stated.

"your mileage might vary", as they say.

Actually, all you have to do is say "I don't want the bag, thank you" and
take the receipt which is proof of purchase, not the bag. Anyone could have
bags stashed in their pockets if that's all you needed to show you'd
actually paid for goods. My pet peeve is that cling wrap stuff around
bananas and avocados, which already come with their own nature-given
wrapping! Why, in heaven's name do 'they' DO that?!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Following up to Sacha :

Actually, all you have to do is say "I don't want the bag, thank you" and
take the receipt which is proof of purchase, not the bag.

That's what I said, but it seems this isn't an acceptable request by UK
shopkeepers. I've been told, so now I know.
--
Tim C.

"Sacha" wrote after
"Tim C." wrote:
Following up to "'Mike'"
Don't you think I have tried? Only to be told by the shop assistant,
"We
have to do that and we have to put the receipt inside the bag to prove
you
have purchased it and you have not shop lifted it"

I've done it often in the UK, no problem whatsoever.

So have I, but it is not the norm. The norm is as I have stated.

"your mileage might vary", as they say.

Actually, all you have to do is say "I don't want the bag, thank you" and
take the receipt which is proof of purchase, not the bag. Anyone could
have
bags stashed in their pockets if that's all you needed to show you'd
actually paid for goods. My pet peeve is that cling wrap stuff around
bananas and avocados, which already come with their own nature-given
wrapping! Why, in heaven's name do 'they' DO that?!


I often wondered why supermarkets use so much packaging until I recently saw
a well dressed middle aged lady picking up produce, inspecting it, and then
throwing it back, and I do mean throwing. The broccoli head exploded as it
hit the others in the box and goodness knows what the avocado was like when
she finished with it. I've also seen a number of people throwing produce
into their trolleys lately and then compounding it by throwing heavy stuff
on top, they seem incapable of placing anything gently, just too damn lazy
perhaps or conned into thinking they have a busy and demanding life.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK