It really annoys me, especially if you've bought loads of stuff and they can obviously see you don't have a bag with you, what are you expected to do - carry it all out of the shop in your arms? I think shop staff should at least ask if you want a bag, I get really annoyed when I have to ask them and they act like it's such an effort!
I can understand it's cheaper for the shop and better for the environment but there are times when you just really need a bag! Ppl from Southern Ireland are probably used to this but the bag tax isn't in the UK yet so shops here should at least offer us a bag when we've bought alot of awkward to carry stuff.
2007-11-07 01:27:59 · 32 answers · asked by stardustlost87 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Yeah I also will put my stuff in my handbag or another shopping bag if I have room, but the other day I'd just nipped down to the corner shop and I'd got loo roll, a carton of juice, a bag of potatoes, a loaf of bread and a tube of pringles - how was I meant to carry that all out with just my bare hands? I had to put it in a basket just to carry it to the till!
2007-11-07 01:35:32 · update #1
i don't get annoyed at all, i carry my own recycled / recyclable bags. but something that annoys me is people calling Ireland 'southern Ireland', as there's no such place, call it Ireland, Republic of Ireland or Eire, thanks
2007-11-07 01:35:01 · answer #1 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not familar with the UK and a bag tax.. If a bag isn't offered than by all means ask for a bag.. Maybe in the future keep an expandable tote in your handbag/car/office etc... Then you won't have to worry about being offered a bag.. I work retail in the United States and we have to bag all merchandise. So, rarely does this affect people from USA.
2007-11-07 06:39:19 · answer #2 · answered by pebblespro 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I live in Ontario, Canada and I have never had an occasion when a bag is not immediately used or offered. In fact when I have bought only one item and it is well packaged anyway, the sales clerk always puts it in a bag and I have to tell them to "take the bag back, I don't need it." I am hoping that people in Ontario will start taking their own bags and that the sales clerks will ask if one is needed instead of automatically using one. But I must say I would sooner have my problem than yours.
2007-11-07 01:35:30 · answer #3 · answered by william a 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember though that the shop worker may be under orders from a superior not to offer a bag unless asked . Shop staff have to live by stupid rules often made by tight fisted bosses with no idea of customer care .
2007-11-10 10:17:20 · answer #4 · answered by michael and shel p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy and it would also mean that I'm back home in the UK. When I go out I take a bag with me just in case I go shopping.
I get really fed up having to tell shop assistants - in the US in particular - that I DON'T need a bag. It bugs me that I have to say it several times. Okay, maybe my English accent throws them, but really I think it indicates that it's unusual to say no. I hate to think how many plastic bags are thrown away in the US every year.
2007-11-07 02:49:52 · answer #5 · answered by paddingtonbearinlondon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It annoys me more if shop staff automatically put something in a bag, especially if it's only one item. However, shop staff should have some common sense. If they see someone has no bag with them and have bought quite a lot, then it makes sense to offer a bag.
2007-11-07 01:43:06 · answer #6 · answered by puffin57 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never in my life not had someone try to force a bag on me.
I would rather not take one as I usually have my own or if it's just a couple of items I can carry them, but they want to insist.
Probably because the bag has the store's name on it and I'd be giving them free advertising...
2007-11-07 01:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I realized this was a UK ?, because I haven't had that experience in the U.S. and was wondering what you meant.
The only stores we have like that over here are deep discount food stores or clubs like Sam's, where you bag or box your own stuff to save $$. I think a few of the health food type stores in urban areas are trying to go that direction too & trying to get people to bring recyclable or reusable cloth bags to be more "green".
If it's just a customer service issue, it might be worth talking to management and telling them how you feel--it could be that an employee is being lazy and needs to be reprimanded or fired.
2007-11-07 01:32:54 · answer #8 · answered by arklatexrat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In America, they do offer me a shopping bag when I am carrying loads of stuff, especially in stores at the mall.
2007-11-07 01:36:00 · answer #9 · answered by emaciated asian chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you do no longer would desire to take a bag for each purchase. Take a large plastic bag with you or a procuring bag and positioned all your purchases in that. In Minnesota we recycle plastic luggage. I drop my used plastic luggage off on the food market sequence station. often times Thrift shops will reuse sparkling plastic luggage. in simple terms ask them. At abode I line small waste baskets in my mattress room and tub with plastic luggage. while that's finished, in simple terms take out the bag containing the trash, tie the ends at the same time and throw it interior the garbage.
2016-10-15 08:37:39 · answer #10 · answered by thorton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel pretty normal when that happens because most of the people who work in stores and shops around my area appear 'rude' and are not accustom to western 'manners'. This doesn't mean they are nasty people, it's just different cultures express themselves differently...
Personally, I'd think about the people waiting patiently behind in the queue before I start asking the asian behind the till to start putting my shopping in a bag! I just do it myself!
DIY when MANNERS don't apply!
2007-11-07 01:33:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋