Yesterday, I was queuing in Sainsburys, with a trolley full of shopping, and was asked by the checkout assistant, ‘Cath’:
“Will you be needing any carrier bags?”
To which I gratefully replied:
“Yes please.”
My response, to my shock and amazement, was greeted by a very verbal ‘tut’ accompanied by a frown and a shake of the head.
“WHAT?” I said, angrily.
She raised her vacant eyes and replied with just two words;
“Carbon footprint”
So, in utter shock, and annoyance, as she began scanning through my items, I asked; “What about this packaging?” Holding up a Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference curry, “Isn’t this plastic?”
Cath ignored me.
Aggravated by what had just happened, I quietly packed away my shopping, taking deep breaths, as I ran out of bags. Cath had at some point decided that she was going to pass me my carrier bags one by one, as and when I filled the previous bag. This quite simply; irritated the hell out of me.
I asked her;
” Are you telling me, that by using these plastic bags, I’m single handedly responsible for the depleting number of polar bears? Am I the cause of global warming, Cath?”
There was another shake of the head.
“Fuck yourself Cath. Take your attitude, and fuck yourself.”
What gives these people the right to preach in such a way?
I’m stood there about to spend over £100 in their store, and they are giving me grief about using their plastic bags.
Has anyone else encountered this kind of negativity when it comes to asking for carrier bags? As this is the first time I have been to Sainsburys in a while, it’s the first time I have ever had to specifically ask for carrier bags. Apparently, it recently became their policy.
Is anyone else SICK TO DEATH of hearing the words ‘CARBON’ and ‘FOOTPRINT’?
At least the price of fuel is on the way down at last.
