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Do you want a receipt

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 13:45

I moved to England not that long ago.

In other countries that I lived in, they just gave me a receipt in the shops, everytime that I bought something. The receipt was always handed to me with the purchase.

Why in the UK do they not just give the receipt to you,

instead they always ASK you if you want a receipt.

What annoys me about it, is that it slows the shopping experience down so much.

Many times I have been called back to the till, to be asked if i want a receipt.

Example: I was in a small shop this morning. I only had a certain amount of time, as i was on the way to work. I was walking out of the door, when the woman at the till shouted at me "Wait. Come back! come back!".

I thought maybe my payment hadn't gone through, so I walked all the way back to her.

She said "Do you want a receipt?".

It drives me mad!

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 16:01

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:57

I'm okay, yes. Are you?

I'm not going to get into any further discussion with you about why I find your position illogical because your reactions suggest that you may be unwell. I wish you all the best.

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Haha. So funny.

I predicted it.

Look back at my earlier post where i wrote about how we can easily predict what bullies om here will write.

On my list was:

"A bully will come on and write that the OP is unwell"

You wrote exactly that.

Thank you for proving my point so perfectly.

It's hilarious

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CandyCane457 · 30/07/2025 16:00

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 14:11

It is annoying when I am halfway out the door and i get called back, because they forgot to ask me if I wanted a receipt when I was at the till.

This has happened to me three times this week

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Three times in one week? Wow. I don’t think that’s ever happened to me in my life.

Also find it strange how you can’t see that it’s a waste of paper? Of COURSE it is. Yes receipts may only be small but think of how much they add up. I’d much rather be asked, and I always say no.

solando · 30/07/2025 15:58

I have sometimes been asked if I want one when it may be something I need to return because its not the right part or size, for example, electrical DIY parts, of course I need a receipt for stuff like that. I think shops ask though so they don't get things returned.

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:58

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:57

I'm okay, yes. Are you?

I'm not going to get into any further discussion with you about why I find your position illogical because your reactions suggest that you may be unwell. I wish you all the best.

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That' what people say when they have be3n caught out at lying. You have no defence left.

Ok bye.

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MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:57

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:53

It is a lie.

And your argument makes no sense.

"Contrary evidence from people that live in ireland".

As i have written many times, in multiple posts, I also lived and worked in Ireland very recently

Are you Okay? Because you are not following what I've written, despite me writing it multiple times.

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I'm okay, yes. Are you?

I'm not going to get into any further discussion with you about why I find your position illogical because your reactions suggest that you may be unwell. I wish you all the best.

Paganpentacle · 30/07/2025 15:57

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 13:56

It can't be that much paper waste. If loads of other countries give a receipt every time.

It is only the UK that I have experienced this in.

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Its an absolute shit tonne of waste paper that ends up on the floor.
We don't need to kill any more trees.

BerryTwister · 30/07/2025 15:56

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 13:56

It can't be that much paper waste. If loads of other countries give a receipt every time.

It is only the UK that I have experienced this in.

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@Bunnybenty your own individual receipt doesn't generate much paper waste, but in a country of 66 million (or whatever it is), with lots of people shopping, that's a lot of paper.

Rather than slag off the UK for trying to avoid waste, why not be happy about it?

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:56

ilovepixie · 30/07/2025 15:54

I’ve never been called back to be asked if I want a receipt. Maybe you’re being rude to the shop staff and they are asking in a condescending way as it seems to happen to you all the time.

You are clutching at straws now.

That doesn't make Sense.

How would me being rude to them make me call me back to ask me if i want a receipt. Right.....

No i am never rude to them.

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:54

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:51

Maybe best pop off to that other forum, then?

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How mature of you

Again, I feel like im talking to 12 year olds. This forum is bizarre. Are there any adults here please.?

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ilovepixie · 30/07/2025 15:54

I’ve never been called back to be asked if I want a receipt. Maybe you’re being rude to the shop staff and they are asking in a condescending way as it seems to happen to you all the time.

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:53

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:50

It isn't a total lie.

OK, so technically you said that you had only experienced this in the UK. You also stated that you don't think it happens in Ireland, despite contrary evidence from people who actually live there. And you talked in your OP in general terms about what happens in "other countries".

The clear implication from your post was that you think this is a practice that is specific to the UK, so I'm hardly making that up. You can argue the toss on technicalities if you like, but you will be wasting your time because we've all got the gist of what you were saying in your OP and subsequent posts.

But tbh, it's clear from your responses that you have bigger issues than being asked about whether or not you want a receipt.

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It is a lie.

And your argument makes no sense.

"Contrary evidence from people that live in ireland".

As i have written many times, in multiple posts, I also lived and worked in Ireland very recently

Are you Okay? Because you are not following what I've written, despite me writing it multiple times.

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RobinEllacotStrike · 30/07/2025 15:52

My first thought when asked if I want a receipt is “perhaps - will you at any point want me to prove I’ve paid for this stuff or not?”

TabbyM · 30/07/2025 15:52

I always like one in spermarkets so you can you check you have been charged the right price in offers - some charge the original price if the system has not updated, with a receipt you can get that sorted quickly

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:51

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:49

Oh go away. Fuck sake. Mumsnet has to be the absolute cesspit of humanity at times.

I'm on another chat forum. People talk about all manner of things. They complain abput shopping, about relationships, about friends.

Normal people on that forum come on and reply like adults

on Mumsnet, which is supposed to be an advice forum for adults, it just attracts the most immature crazy posters that write like ten year olds.

How did it get to be like this here?

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Maybe best pop off to that other forum, then?

ilovepixie · 30/07/2025 15:51

To save paper and litter. What country are you from that doesn’t care about litter or paper usage.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 30/07/2025 15:50

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:38

I also never wrote

"that this only happened in the U.K."

So don't make up a total fucking lie

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It isn't a total lie.

OK, so technically you said that you had only experienced this in the UK. You also stated that you don't think it happens in Ireland, despite contrary evidence from people who actually live there. And you talked in your OP in general terms about what happens in "other countries".

The clear implication from your post was that you think this is a practice that is specific to the UK, so I'm hardly making that up. You can argue the toss on technicalities if you like, but you will be wasting your time because we've all got the gist of what you were saying in your OP and subsequent posts.

But tbh, it's clear from your responses that you have bigger issues than being asked about whether or not you want a receipt.

nomas · 30/07/2025 15:50

The most tedious are some wholesalers, where you pay for your goods at the till, and then have to wait for the security guards to cross check your receipt against every item in your trolley/basket. Especially annoying when you have just one item but have to wait in the security queue for full trollies to be checked.

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:49

ThePoshUns · 30/07/2025 15:45

When I’ve been in Spain I’ve been called back to be forcibly given my receipt and told I can’t leave the store without it! That is time wasting. I’d rather be asked if I want it as 99% of the time I don’t!

Ooh that is time wasting too. Yes I don't like being called back.

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Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 15:49

bouncybees · 30/07/2025 15:44

This thread is so funny. This is such a strange corner of the internet lol

Oh go away. Fuck sake. Mumsnet has to be the absolute cesspit of humanity at times.

I'm on another chat forum. People talk about all manner of things. They complain abput shopping, about relationships, about friends.

Normal people on that forum come on and reply like adults

on Mumsnet, which is supposed to be an advice forum for adults, it just attracts the most immature crazy posters that write like ten year olds.

How did it get to be like this here?

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Ethelflaedofmercia · 30/07/2025 15:47

What country are you from where you’re not asked if you want a receipt?

tinaabbot · 30/07/2025 15:47

Also live in Ireland and the majority of time I am asked if I want a receipt, I generally decline unless it’s something I might need to return.

Tesco is perhaps the exception as it just prints automatically, but I usually don’t use the manned tills so I’m not 100% sure.

JHound · 30/07/2025 15:45

Because not everybody wants or needs a wasteful piece of paper.

ThePoshUns · 30/07/2025 15:45

When I’ve been in Spain I’ve been called back to be forcibly given my receipt and told I can’t leave the store without it! That is time wasting. I’d rather be asked if I want it as 99% of the time I don’t!

bouncybees · 30/07/2025 15:44

This thread is so funny. This is such a strange corner of the internet lol