To think my dh has taken fuckwittery to a new level.

[kreecherlivesupstairs]

We live in Switzerland and have to buy binbags (at great cost) from our local canton. We live in Zug and ours cost 29 francs for 10 x 35 litre jobs. When I went to change the bag Mr nobcheese has got some from Luzern canton. We can't use them because we don't live in Luzern. I phoned him at work to shout berate him and his excuse 'I saw them in the garage and they were cheaper'. Well yes you total ringpiece, of course they were cheaper but totally useless. I am now working out various ways to serve them to him as food. Sandwiches are favourite. What a plonker. All this aggro to save what is the equivalent of about a fiver.

Why can't you use them?

lol

Am confused. Why can't you use the bin bags?

It's like having commercial bin bags in the UK - you are paying for waste collection by buying the bags. So they are different for diff areas.

If you could just pop round and kick some of my colleagues in Zug whilst you're in a bad mood, I'd much appreciate it Kreecher

I'm sorry, I didn't explain terribly well. Ours are grey the ones he bought are white. Ours say Zug, his say Luzern. It is like living in Camden and trying to use Islington bags ITSWIM. Grrrrr.

sounds like a measured response are you sure your not taking being a looney to a new level?

Can you use them and transport the rubbish to Luzern for collection or is it too far? Can't DH take them back and get his money back?

Alternatively, use them as lasagne sheets

Use them as sledges for any guests that you have!

Login to englishforum.ch, get someone to pay you for them and spend the money on chocolate!

tell him he will have to drop the rubbish off at Luzern then.

when he has a months worth of smelly car he'll soon remember for next time

I can't be arsed to try to sell them and having him drive them to Luzern would be silly. I would be the one who suffers in the long run, he seldom uses the car (look where it got us the last time . Worse things happen though- only this morning he let dd open a christmas present. FFS, anything so he can read the paper in peace.

Smother him with a pillow, chop him in to little bits, fill the bags with his chopped up remains and dump the whole lot in Luzern!!

Yikes, it took me two reads to figure out that 'our local canton' did not refer to the chinese takeaway round the corner. I was about to post asking why do you buy your binbags from the chinese?

'Tis okay, I get you now, carry on as you were

Its Zug. It does things to people. Have you been there long? I always felt like I was in a Bond film whenever I visited.

We have the same thing - 40 euros for a roll of bin bags - but no council tax. The problem I have is that hardly anywhere sells the bloody things, and they always run out.

ABD, we've been here for three years, I am struggling with the James Bond analogy TBH. It always puts me in mind of something else. Portofino, we don't pay council tax, just shed loads on everything else.

All's well that ends well. i wrapped them up for him to take into work as his secret santa present. He has no idea what they are and the recipient will hopefuly, be too trollyed to care.

I would love to be a fly on the wall when that secret santa is opened - I assume they will be useless to the recipient too

YABU - it's really not the end of the world.

We pay 20 euros for binbags - binbags are binbags and whilst the binmen won't take the Luzern ones, you can use them for putting waste you take to the tip in.