"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Pete Verdon" d wrote in
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michael adams wrote:

Oh and B&Q want to charge 5P for their cheapo carrier bags
I noticed.

Mine started doing that a while ago. Lately I've been buying trolleyfuls
of things, so not needed a bag. But then yesterday I bought a pile of
electrical bits and bobs[1] and was resigned to bundling them all up in
my arms - but the yoof on the till bagged them all up for me while the
card machine was doing its thing. Dunno if they've changed their policy
or he'd simply been insufficiently brainwashed; hopefully the former.

I only noticed it at the weekend. There's a stand in the middle between
the checkouts holding the bags, and a notice bags 5p each.
Presumably the bags are bar-coded and you're supposed to scan them. They
probably make enough profit out of the honest people who do scan them to
compensate for the ones who don't bother, or don't even notice the price,
and members of staff being helpful.

It's not about making a profit. It's about being seen to "do" something (to
reduce usage)

tim