Improved Thinker Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) You've done a shit job of this so far Cool Thinker. Notice how you missed out the part where I said I am not leaving just stepping back. I am stepping back by just posting in this public information announcement due to a change in law. I don't made threads alot and I have not made one on the General Discussion forum for over a year. I am also bowing out from Digital Spy. Edited October 21, 2014 by Improved Thinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I always find it quite harrowing, the prospect of living in a perpetual, ungoverned purgatory, when such an esteemed dignitary such as yourself steps back from their responsibilities to the populous. Godspeed you! Cool Thinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Apparently some shops have decided just to not bother putting bags at the self checkouts at all which was a pain. A mate of mine fought the system by going home with his shopping in a basket. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HeinzHines Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Suffered some serious bag-gate nonsense today.I ordered some items from Argos' self serve machine (just a bunch of lizzy duke necklaces for a Saturday night out), the machine prompts you at the end to declare how many bags you will need so they can add it on to your total. All fine at this point and I order 4 bags in case I need one for each item, heck I mean 20p and on a business account so I'll claim it back in tax, I'm fucking insane like that.Anyway I get to the pick up point and start shovelling items into my van (these were real big lizzy duke items, solid 9ct plated stuff). And after a couple of trips I had only used one bag. I returned to the counter to get my final item and prepare to leave.Then all hell breaks loose. The woman at the counter starts getting into a panic demanding I take the extra 3 bags I paid for. I really didn't want them and told her to just give them away. She nearly had a nervous breakdown, snatched my receipt and retrieved a manager saying I needed to be refunded 15p. I am getting pretty irate at this point, but I can't leave because she is holding my receipt. As the manager comes over she is getting furious with me, demanding I take a refund. In her anger she makes the error I was waiting for and places down my receipt. I grabbed it, said to her "I've paid for the bags, they are my bags, now just put them in the fucking recycling bin" She claimed this would be illegal! I reiterated I owned the bags, the manager starting pissing himself laughing and I walked out covered in the finest gold plated chain this side of China.Sadly a totally true story,The end.Ps: I won 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Heinz at his best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well lets just say that if I did the same I would lose my job and if a little shop did it that could put them out of business so why do co-op think they can get away with it. Carrier bags are extremely bad for the environment and that is why it is a government priority around the world just like the smoking ban.1. No you wouldn't.2. No they wouldn't 3. No they arent4. No it isn't 5. Neither is that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah, if people could stop focusing on independence, Ebola and I.S.I.S. and start concentrating on the real matter at hand, that would be great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 1. No you wouldn't.2. No they wouldn't 3. No they arent4. No it isn't 5. Neither is that1. True2. Depends on local authority inforcement 3. They are actually, recycling potential is very low (if anything at all) and their reuse potential is limited at the grade of plastic that is used on standard shopping carriers4. The Scottish Government have quite a strong Environmental policy and reduction of waste to landfill is very high up that list. Priority, maybe not, high degree of focus definitely5. True Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Depends what you compare it to innit? Compared with a squirrel a plastic bag is really bad for the environment. Compared with paper bags not so much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Compared with a squirrel a plastic bag is really bad for the environment. Thats the best kind of internet logic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Improved Thinker Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 In what respect? Well lets just say while your at home watching Strictly Come Dancing, I am the one doing it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Improved Thinker Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) 1. No you wouldn't.2. No they wouldn't3. No they arent4. No it isn't5. Neither is that If you think the fact that a single supermarket store giving away over 700,000,000 bags a year is not important then you can go fuck yourself. Also us being killed by Ebola and ISIS is inevitable there is nothing we can do about that. Edited October 22, 2014 by Improved Thinker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hang on, nothing is inevitable, especially not dying of a rare disease or by a terrorist group thousands of miles away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well lets just say while your at home watching Strictly Come Dancing, I am the one doing it. Doing what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 If you think the fact that a single supermarket store giving away over 700,000,000 bags a year is not important then you can go fuck yourself. Also us being killed by Ebola and ISIS is inevitable there is nothing we can do about that.Seriously, if you don't leave again soon I might. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I didn't say it wasn't important. I said that it wasn't a global government priority. And that plastic bags are a minor environmental hazard when compared with other things. I'll also add that the likelihood of a single store giving away 700 million carrier bags a year is not very high. You would be better sticking to bus times and what's on at the cinema - you're not suited for debate.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettthain1 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Do they charge you for the bucket?I wouldn't be surprised if they start stabbing holes in the buckets with a pencil so they can pull if off as a bag!And I've heard the paper bags from mcdonalds is also charged!Crazy world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I wouldn't be surprised if they start stabbing holes in the buckets with a pencil so they can pull if off as a bag!And I've heard the paper bags from mcdonalds is also charged!Crazy world! That's an outrage. In protest, I will continue not eating at McDonalds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Improved Thinker Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I didn't say it wasn't important. I said that it wasn't a global government priority. And that plastic bags are a minor environmental hazard when compared with other things. I'll also add that the likelihood of a single store giving away 700 million carrier bags a year is not very high. You would be better sticking to bus times and what's on at the cinema - you're not suited for debate.......... Oh and who the fuck are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 He is Colb, i thought that was obvious? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Cool Thinker was rubbish, but this new ultra-crabby Improved Thinker is the business. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colb Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) I am colb. Able to light heartedly debate the environmental impact of plastic bags AND effortlessly work in references to squirrels Also, bus services 17, 18 & 19 are affected by a diversion caused by the closure of St. Andrews Street - this will last until the 23rd of November. And, The Maze Runner is on @ Cineworld Union Square - 1545, 1830, 2115. Being Cool Thinker = total piece of piss Edited October 22, 2014 by colb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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