Irrational things that annoy you (and non irrational things too come to think of it)

[Kitten]

Originally Posted by vix

Ha! Our town is apparently carrier bag free. I asked for a bag from a shop just before this policy came into place and she looked at me like I'd just killed a puppy and said 'You wont be able to have one this time next week' in a really evil voice. I walked with my stick at the time and said something along the lines of I'd shop somewhere that it was possible for me to leave the shop with my purchases then.

I actually left the cashier in M&S in the middle of my purchases once she told me I'd have to pay for a carrier bag. I said that when they could supply me with a brandless carrier bag so that I wasn't giving them free advertising and paying for the privilege, then I'd pay for it. I have non-plastic carrier bags in the car, however this was a completely spontaneous 'off-the-high-street' stop in, I bought a lipstick and some fruit/lunch stuff and about 20 or so items of foody stuff.

She gave me a bag for free for the lipstick (about 1000000x the size of the product) and then refused to put the food into that bag because it was a 'textile' bag not a 'food' bag. I said that I understood that it was store policy but asked her if she could see the ridiculous hypocrisy of the situation (giving me one massive free bag and then INSISTING that I bought another) and said that it was very clear that the policy was about making money rather than anything whatsoever to do with the environment, and she was so bloody ignorant and rude about it that I told her I'd not be bothering, and started to leave. She shouted after me that she'd put it in the textile bag but I told her to stick it and walked out.

I reuse EVERY plastic bag that is fit for re-use (though most aren't now), and when I plan to shop, then I have my bags for life with me. However I will not be lectured to by some jobsworth and I will continue to leave my stuff on the conveyor belt with huge lunch-time queues if they argue the point!

(sorry to everyone who works in a supermarket/store, but that's how it is!)