Bagging On The Bags
(The store I work at decided to stop selling plastic bags more than six months ago, for environmental reasons. There are posters at every location and the in-store radio repeats it all the time. Still I get this exchange at least once a day.)
Me: “…that would be [price], please.”
Customer: “Oh, and I’d like a bag, please.”
Me: “Okay, do you want a small one for €0.75 or a big one for €1?”
Customer: “Huh? But the bags are only €0.10!”
Me: “Well, the company decided to stop selling plastic bags. The alternatives we’re offering now are nice cotton bags or a big permanent bag, which you can use multiple times.”
Customer: “I don’t believe this; every store is ditching the good old plastic bags! This is an outrage! I don’t want your ugly cotton bags, thanks!”
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