To think that if you pay for a paper bag in a shop it should be unbranded?

[Niftythrifter]

Given how much money shops charge for a paper bag when you buy things from shops?

I usually just bring a sharpie so I can scribble out the logo.

No, it's that you don't have to buy a bag and should bring your own.

You can choose not to buy a paper bag if you do not want it with the logo on it.

I just carry my purchases without any bag to the car. This is the hill I will die on.

Brilliant! I'm going to take some scissors and cut the name out , that will teach them I can't be messed with

Seriously?
You dont think you look like a twit doing that?
And, more importantly, wouldn't it just be better to bring your own bags that you approve of rather than buying more and more that you don't?

@HerVagestyTheQueef I was joking 😁

I don’t understand this at all. All single use bags in Wales (regardless of material) are subject to a minimum 5pm charge. If you don’t want to buy one with a logo then take your own when out shopping. How is this a problem?

Think it’s 30p for a paper bag from
Iceland. It’s not even a good paper bag.

I curse inwardly each time I buy more things than my bags for life will fit and I have to buy one of those stupid bags. It’s on me though for not planning better.

Sorry @yellowsmileyface !
I do have a sense of humour, just hadn't yet had my coffee at that point!

I think in England you don't have to charge for a paper bag but many retailers do so now to reduce people using them.

I always take my own bags with wme when I go shopping and have a little fold up bag in a pouch that lives in my handbag that I use for spontaneous purchases.

Having worked in retail for many many years this incredibly common utterly batshit line of thinking still never fails to amaze me.

Nope, some charge for me.

I was in Superdry last week and challenged them on charging me for a paper bag when the initiative was supposed to be to prevent plastic pollution.

Why so petty?
We live in an extremely commercial world, this isn’t the 1920s.

I have absolutely no idea why you would think that op. None.

Please come back and enlighten us.

If a retailer is retailing carrier bags, they have the right to print whatever they want onto them and you have the right not to buy them.

You're paying for the bag whether the payment is visible or inbuilt, they were never free. When you open a shop you can give out unbranded bags for free to your hearts content, however you wouldn't because it makes no sense commercially. Take your own bag if this is a significant problem for you.

She also doesn't say "in Scotland" 😂

Why would a retailer consider customers' wishes? Really?

Obviously we know that customer wishes aren't considered paramount, that other considerations apply and that retailers may be ignorant of or deliberately pursuing a policy contrary to customer wishes. But still, generally speaking, retailers have to consider customer wishes to some extent, or however much they advertise their brand, they won't have many customers left.

Yes? Many people won't buy clothing with logos on it - usually meaning large logos, with small innocuous logos getting a pass. This isn't new.

It's just that there are enough people who do buy such tat logo-bearing items that belogoed clothing is still made and sold.

I'll sometimes see a bag and think 'oh god yeah I need to pop there'

I just laughed out loud at your comment! Brilliant!

I don’t get your point, no one is forcing anyone to buy anything.

When I am in an unfamiliar place, I tend to use shopping bags as a reverse ant trail to locate my destination store.

All the people having a go at the cashier for charging for a paper bag.... please dont. They are following their company policy and I can assure you the person on then till has no influence what so ever on the companies bag charging policy. People having a go at the cashier just look like morons and you will forever be known as that person who is rude. Why do you think ranting at the cashier will change things? Bonkers. Holding on to the anger about a bag charge will ruin your day and the cashier will have a worse day because you are not the first person to say this to them, I assure you. Honestly, the shit cashiers have to put up with when they genuinely just want to do their job and enjoy it like everyone else!

When I could get out to go shopping, I used to take named bags for one supermarket to another one (like Sainsburys to Morrisons) just to make a point. The checkout operators didn't like
It at all, a couple even tried to force me to buy their bags, I told them if they wanted me to use their bags, they could give them me for nothing, they soon shut up