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AIBU students don’t have bags?

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Hdlll · 24/09/2026 08:32

It’s freshers week at universities. Went in a supermarket next to a uni campus to collect a click n collect.
Whilst I was there I checked if my favourite spirits were on offer. One was.
On self scan, loads of students and all buying bags.

Students need to realise that bag charges have been in place for 11 years in England and longer in other parts of UK.

Plus this is going to eat into their budget

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VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 24/09/2026 09:33

DD will have been one of those students this week. I know because she said at one point "Oh, I'll need to buy some shopping bags once I'm up there"

Students have enough crap to fit in the car on the way up, this is something they can buy once they get there.

VimesandhisCardboardBoots · 24/09/2026 09:33

gingercat02 · 24/09/2026 09:26

Glass is reusable and recyclable

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You may have forgotten the stuff in the glass

Needmorelego · 24/09/2026 09:35

Any sensible student will get themselves a pull along shopping trolley 😁

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · 24/09/2026 09:37

It's Freshers week, they will be doing their first shop after me moving into halls. Most won't have bags yet. It's a very difficult time for 1st years, give them a break. It's hardly the crime of the century 🙄

Franxi · 24/09/2026 09:38

I’d be super impressed if they did! Considering I haven’t got the hang of it yet in my advanced years.

FedUpCelery · 24/09/2026 09:39

I buy a bag every time I go to the supermarket unless I've only bought an armful of items that can be juggled precariously on the way to the car. It will ever be this way. If I don't have to buy a bag and I don't drop something on the way back to the car I feel like I'm seriously winning at life!

Bags are kept in the cupboard under the stairs and when I can't find the vacuum cleaner for the avalanche of carrier bags, they go to the food bank.

JustWalnut · 24/09/2026 09:46

FedUpCelery · 24/09/2026 09:39

I buy a bag every time I go to the supermarket unless I've only bought an armful of items that can be juggled precariously on the way to the car. It will ever be this way. If I don't have to buy a bag and I don't drop something on the way back to the car I feel like I'm seriously winning at life!

Bags are kept in the cupboard under the stairs and when I can't find the vacuum cleaner for the avalanche of carrier bags, they go to the food bank.

Why do you not keep bags in the car like a normal person?!

Sartre · 24/09/2026 09:49

They’re 18/19, they won’t give a shit about paying an extra 30p for a plastic bag.

Autumnallaround · 24/09/2026 09:50

Hi op.

I'm 48. A capable adult and mother. I have a whole collection of tote bags. At home. Yesterday I still bought aldi bags.

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · 24/09/2026 09:51

JustWalnut · 24/09/2026 09:46

Why do you not keep bags in the car like a normal person?!

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I know this wasn't aimed at me but I had to laugh. What car? I don't drive, alot of people don't. No it's not normal to keep bags in the invisible car. One time I was putting my trolley back and lifting my several bags of shopping out. I was obviously taking to long because a man behind me waiting to put his trolley back said perhaps I should I loaded them into my cat first. His face was a picture when I told him I don't drive and I was walking home, shopping and all 😂

FckThisShit · 24/09/2026 09:53

It's Freshers week so it's the first time they'll have been shopping. I work in a major store and the younguns are generally the most organised when it comes to reusing bags and general reusing and sustainability.

backformoreofthesame · 24/09/2026 09:53

Freshers week
a week for learning all the basics
what do you expect ?

OriginalSkang · 24/09/2026 09:53

The students around here often take wheeled suitcases to do their shopping

Fieldday26 · 24/09/2026 09:54

I’m in my 40s, have a wonderful selection of cotton shopping bags, reusable plastic, the large reusable shopping bags both at home and in car but yet still find myself bag less at the check out! I have so many things to remember that this is often not even on the radar.

Fieldday26 · 24/09/2026 09:56

JustWalnut · 24/09/2026 09:46

Why do you not keep bags in the car like a normal person?!

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I do, and still manage to get to the check out without them 😂 sometimes I’ll re pack the trolley and wheel it to the cars. Other times I bite the bullet and just buy more.

Nnnutella · 24/09/2026 09:59

Rucksack

MajorProcrastination · 24/09/2026 10:07

Get a grip babe.

They're baby adults just making their way in the world and maybe they forgot their bag for life or their tote bag. Maybe they'll buy a bunch of bags now to start off their own bag of bags to use for their future shopping trips.

Why do you care about their budgets? They need to learn this for themselves.

Also, when I've just moved or started in a new place, often I'll still have various bits that I've transported in my bags for life so maybe I do need another bag in the shop.

Or (and shock horror at this one!) I sometimes pop into a shop completely unplanned and don't have my bags in the car so I buy another bag for life for the collection.

Boreded · 24/09/2026 10:11

Bags are too cheap to make it make a difference to anyone’s budget.

Imoldenoughtorememberbagpuss · 24/09/2026 10:13

I usually end up using the bags for other things and then buying more.
They always go to good use through.

On a side note I had no idea it had been that long since they started charging for bags. Time just goes. 😳

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 24/09/2026 10:15

The apparent emptiness of some people's lives will never cease to amaze.

MickyMoonshine · 24/09/2026 10:18

I’d be more surprised if they did have shopping bags! Especially as many of the freshers I’ve encountered at work this week haven’t even brought pen 😂

Oioiqueen · 24/09/2026 10:24

They'll reuse them in about a month's time when they are down to their last fiver and it's a toss up between a pack of pasta or a couple of bags for life.

I mean I'm nearly 40 and have to attach a fold up reusable bag to a clip in my rucksack otherwise I'd never remember it when needed.

Hobbin · 24/09/2026 10:29

And next week they will have the bags they've just bought, plus about 12 free totes from Freshers' Fair.

What a peculiar thing to get judgy about.

Holeymoley28 · 24/09/2026 10:34

I still buy bags on 98% of my shopping trips.

Then I use the bag as a bin bag.

BlueSlate · 24/09/2026 10:36

Students need to realise that bag charges have been in place for 11 years in England and longer in other parts of UK.

This makes no sense.

Knowledge of bag charges and how long they've been in existence for does not negate the need for a bag.