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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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Isitreallysohard · 01/08/2025 07:56

Sorry haven't RTFT. Most shops will allow you to return things even without the receipt if you can show proof of purchase ie bank account. So technically you don't need it. Of course that relies you remembering when you purchased something. I just say yes please or ask for my receipt, there are many things that annoy me but this one I can't get too riled up about. It's probably been mentioned, you could set up an email forties oppose and get them emailed too. Personally just getting the paper one is easier when you are looking for something (as always the old way is usually the more efficient and easiest!)

Getmoveon14 · 01/08/2025 07:42

I find it strange that the self check out tills in Sainsbury's ask if you want a receipt. I once said 'no,'. I was then stopped by the security guard and asked to show my receipt. I explained that I didn't have one. He told me to make sure I got one in future. Don't know why they don't just make it automatic!

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Bunnybenty · 01/08/2025 07:39

Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 07:37

"Jesus christ. The people on here"

Funny, I was thinking the same thing! 😆

Me too. Me too

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Bunnybenty · 01/08/2025 07:38

QuantumLevelActions · 01/08/2025 07:34

Jesus Christ, are you STILL going?

Have a day off!

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The irony!

YOU are still here and YOU are still fucking going.

Why are you here on this thread, telling other people yo have day off? You are still here!

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 07:37

"Jesus christ. The people on here"

Funny, I was thinking the same thing! 😆

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Bunnybenty · 01/08/2025 07:36

Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 06:45

Or... OP ditched friends to post on MN about receipts. 😁

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Wow the bullies start early.

You posted that at 6.45am .

Do you have nothing better to do at 6 45 am then to post bullying, nasty posts on mumsnet ? Maybe you could try and do something else, something more normal im your mornings?

Your post is utterly stupid and pathetic.

I stopped posting at 20.30 last night and then I met my friends at 21.00.

We had a lovely night.

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QuantumLevelActions · 01/08/2025 07:34

Bunnybenty · 01/08/2025 07:32

Im allowed to if I want, you know - as an adult with free will?

Jesus christ. The people on here.

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Jesus Christ, are you STILL going?

Have a day off!

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Bunnybenty · 01/08/2025 07:32

Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 02:17

And yet you continued to post ... some 6x after this? 🙄

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Im allowed to if I want, you know - as an adult with free will?

Jesus christ. The people on here.

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Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 06:45

LillyPJ · 01/08/2025 05:47

Perhaps the friends didn't turn up...

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Or... OP ditched friends to post on MN about receipts. 😁

LillyPJ · 01/08/2025 05:47

Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 02:17

And yet you continued to post ... some 6x after this? 🙄

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Perhaps the friends didn't turn up...

Mumtobabyhavoc · 01/08/2025 02:17

Bunnybenty · 31/07/2025 18:39

It's funny.

Im on a few threads on mumsnet about much more serious topics, and I haven't received half as much abuse on them, as I have on here, on a thread about receipts.

Conclusion : everyone likes being asked do they want a receipt, and they get very aggressive if the topic is brought up 😂

And before all the aggressive posters start writing the same things again, and telling me again that it is my fault, that i received so much abuse because of my tone or whatever,

blah blah blah.

Save your posts. I am getting off this thread to go and meet friends.

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And yet you continued to post ... some 6x after this? 🙄

Darla62 · 01/08/2025 01:49

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daleylama · 01/08/2025 00:18

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 14:37

It certainly is not my biggest issue.

Mumsnet is for minor moans.

Though i did once post about a more serious life issue on mumsnet once and i was told that i was wallowing in misery.

Mumsnet is definitely not the place to come if you want any kindness or empathy. Everyone knows that

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And yet....Here you are!

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Bunnybenty · 31/07/2025 23:58

ChompandaGrazia · 31/07/2025 22:28

Laughing at or laughing with? There is quite a difference.

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She said "laughing with"

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slightlydistrac · 31/07/2025 23:33

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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There are about 55 million adults in the UK. Let's say that 40 million of them buy something each day and get a receipt, which works out at 14,600 million receipts a year just in the UK. That's one heck of a lot of trees.

Maybe other countries should follow the UK's lead on this one.

ilovepixie · 31/07/2025 23:12

Dominoesooohoooo · 31/07/2025 10:22

Legally they have to give you a receipt and they know that - but they also know that there are plenty of people like me who LOATHE receipts and see them as wasteful - when I am given one I normally shoot the cashier a dirty look and try to offer it back (for their bin) or are forced to spend my valuable time scouting around for a bin to put it in. I’m talking about Tesco type receipts here by the way, not for an expensive item you may need to return. I therefore thoroughly value being asked first. I don’t want to have to find a bin, I don’t want to have to stuff it in my pocket and forget about it only to discover it plastered over everything in the washing machine, I equally don’t want a purse filled to overflowing with them. I love the question so I guess it’s for people like me.

They don’t legally have to give a receipt in the UK!

Coffeebeanzz · 31/07/2025 22:32

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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Ah come on! A receipt given to every single consumer across the UK for every single transaction can't be much paper? Logic being because other countries do it? How does another country doing it mean it can't amount to much paper ...

Clafoutie · 31/07/2025 22:28

LillyPJ · 30/07/2025 14:39

It's a huge amount of paper waste! Some countries have laws that say receipts must be given but in the UK there's no such law. A lot of people don't want or need a receipt - it's just extra litter. I get annoyed at the amount of rubbish Sainsburys tills churn out (extra points, vouchers etc) automatically without asking me if I want them.

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Yes, Sainsbury’s are terrible for this ( sometimes Boots too). You come away with a small forest of paper that most likely ends up in the bin ( or worse, for people who seem to think littering is ok)

ChompandaGrazia · 31/07/2025 22:28

Bunnybenty · 31/07/2025 20:28

Ah thanks gentlejadeop

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Laughing at or laughing with? There is quite a difference.

ChompandaGrazia · 31/07/2025 22:24

GentleJadeOP · 31/07/2025 16:55

Oh my god I can’t believe people are still arguing over receipts hours later ! That has to be the wildest topic of argument ever!🤣

I don’t think the argument is over receipts anymore.

Luddite26 · 31/07/2025 22:21

Takis · 30/07/2025 14:24

Well it’s new here as well tbh, within the last few years not sure exactly. It did use to be given as standard. I hate it because I don’t fancy being stopped and not having a receipt to prove I’ve paid.

I think it started in the pandemic mainly when we were trying not to have any unnecessary contact. The push for using card only happened as well.

Think OP you just need to get over it. There's more annoying things happening.

lilkitten · 31/07/2025 22:20

The paper can't be recycled, so that is a good issue for the consumer, but a cost issue also for the seller. I ask for one if it's something I may need to return. The hardware in my shop doesn't give paper receipts but I can send a text or email one (though I'm an independent so it doesn't sign you up to anything)

grumpygrape · 31/07/2025 21:53

Bunnybenty · 31/07/2025 18:24

Because i didnt have to say it in the last two countries that i lived in. So it is not ingrained in my memory.

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OP, I do hope if you are a driver and have moved between countries which drive on different sides of the road you are able to cope with driving on the correct side of the road. Even my husband’s Alzheimer’s addled brain manages to cope with knowing where in the world he is and can check he is driving on the correct side of the road.

Perhaps you might try and ingrain in your brain to say ‘No receipt thanks’ wherever in the world you are. Would that help your confusion? If they 'have' to give you a receipt then that's up to them to explain.

Blomama · 31/07/2025 21:32

Bunnybenty · 30/07/2025 14:49

Of course self service asks you. It literally has a button saying "do you want a receipt, click yes or no.

Thats not what we are talking about. At the TILL in tesco are you asked if you want a receipt. Because the last four times that i have been in ireland , i went to the till in tesco and i was just handed a receipt.

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The worst part of self-service is when you click NO to the receipt and then get trapped before the exit because you have to scan your receipt to get out of the barriers 🤣

Realisticpointofview2 · 31/07/2025 21:11

I grew up in america so I know how you feel, however I have a simple solution.

A) when paying, say no receipt or receipt please as you pay.

B) if A is too much, then contact your travel agent, buy a one way ticket to go and make sure you ask for a receipt before you leave 🤭

C) You see the humour in B response above and dont sweat the small stuff as it will become normal and you will soon be upset when they start asking for your email address instead.

😊😊😊

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