I've decided to go green and dispense with the evil plastic bag. I've been working towards this great day for ages - and I'm the proud owner of countless "bags for life" that seem to have had a life of one shopping trip, as I forget them at home or leave them in the boot of the car. But yesterday I was given a particularly lovely hessian bag to spur me on.
This morning I set off round town with my lovely (if a bit scratchy - no pain no gain) bag stuffed full of my quite extensive collection of "bags for life".
I did the weekly shop and sent it off to customer collect and then went around town to get a few bit and pieces I needed.
At the first shop I bought a couple of tops - smuggly putting them straight into my bag. At second shop, I bought a book - straight into bag.
But this was where unease started to grow - the sales assistant in the third shop eyed me up and down as they added a CD to my haul. I felt I needed to go round showing them receipts to prove I wasn't some sort of dare devil shoplifter, challenging them to ask me if I'd paid for all those goods they could see languishing in my bag....
2 comments:
You do make me laugh!
I've gone "green" too and asked Tesco not to pack shopping in carrier bags for home delivery. Sounds great in theory but takes forever when shifting goods from delivery tray to home!
I know it's never as easy as it seems. Just been to spend to the weekend with my parents and my mum asked me to save my carrier bags for her to use as mini bin liners as she finds them easier to deal with....
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