AIBU to wonder why some people still buy new carrier bags every time they visit a shop?

[Beon]

It’s 10.5 years since the bag charge in England was introduced and longer in other parts of UK.

So why are some people still don’t go to the supermarket without bags? They are 40p each.

If a family buys an average 8 bags a week - supermarket, shops like Poundland. Over a year that’s at least £160 a year.

Anyone who uses brand new carrier bags for bin bags must have more money than sense. Bin bags are cheaper - per bag, bigger and ties up better.

The bag charge - kids at primary schools never lived through a time with free bags.

Its time thinking - money, phone, keys, bags

Because I don't like to carry stuff. And sometimes I end up buying more than I can carry in my hands.

Because I have a terrible habit of bringing the shopping in and leaving the bags by the front door ready to put back in the car and completely forgetting.

I also have a thing for the Habitat bags at Sainsbury's and like to buy all designs.

Bags for life are very useful to have for other stuff too though. Charity shop/tip stuff, carrying the clean laundry up to the bedrooms. I'm sure there's more but I'm too hungry to think. Luckily, I've got food in so there won't be another bag for life causing havoc in the world this evening.

You’ve posted this before, word for word. Or copied the last thread word for word. Were those answers insufficient?

That’s mean. Just cos you dont forget theres no need to call those of us that do idiots.

OP - this has been done a lot on here. It’s life. People are not perfect. It’s hardly a crime.

Most of my supermarket trips are spontaneous, I'm nearby and think "oh I fancy xyz" and pop in and grab it plus whatever else I need.

I do reuse the bags I get though so they are not wasted.

I have bought a new bag when I have picked up more things than I was expecting.

But anyway, does it actually affect you at all? It is a very strange thing to get worked up about.

I buy new every time. I use them to put rubbish In afterwards

I accept this reason for buying a bag as not enough bags or not big enough, such as myself buying a coat.

I went to a Co-op to collect a parcel. In front of me was a man who bought a pack of tomatoes and wanted a bag. Why do you need a bag for one item?

Because I don't use a handbag?

Honestly just let it go! You’ll never know his reasoning.

He might have gone to other shops after and used the same bag.

Yes I would like to know how op knows this

I like fresh bags every few weeks. The older bags end up as rubbish bags

I have been known to go to do the main shop with bags in the boot of my car, realise as I get to the doorway of the supermarket that I have left the bags in the boot and think 'fuck it, I'll get some at the checkout '🤷‍♀️
I have also found carrier bags handy to empty the cat litter into....
TBH if I realised someone was monitoring my bag buying habits I would probably buy new every time just to blow your brain🤣

Yep, how do they know someone is buying a new bag every time? Are they stalking them?

They aren't organised that's why.

Because I do, and I can!

Because we put them in the boot of the car and promptly forget they are there

Most people don't pay and just steal them in self scan

We get our shopping delivered. I always carry a folded shopper in my handbag for bits and bobs, but if I buy an item of clothing I want a separate bag, not have it floating about with my groceries. The other week I bought a white blouse, paid for a bag which was paper, got caught in a downpour and everything was soaked - the blouse ended up green from my tote bag 😔

How do you know they do?

I buy a carrier bag at the self checkout on purpose with the sole aim of destroying the natural world. Mwahahahahaaa

My ex does. Because he's thoughtless and lazy.

If a family buys an average 8 bags a week - supermarket, shops like Poundland. Over a year that’s at least £160 a year.

This would be him.

Mind you, when I said I was miffed at the plastic straw ban, my sister told me I was being unreasonable because if you used 5 straws a week that was a problem - I was baffled, because I get a takeaway drink that needed a straw perhaps every other month max - but apparently she was getting one most days - so everyone's normal is different.

It is true though - in the old days, the bags ended up as rubbish bags for the small bins. I now have to buy rubbish bags for those small bins, and have a collection of 'bags for life' which are too good for bin bags, so get used for bottle return until they're filthy and I throw them away (probably only about 3 uses total). I don't think actually I'm doing better for the environment - it's just costing me more.

I forget my extensive bag collection on occasion, or buy more than the couple of items I went in for. So I buy a bag. I had no idea people stood all week checking if the same people always buy new bags. Sounds a pretty dreary hobby.