Green backlash?

[dandy]

I collect all the left over salad, fruit peel etc when they have a buffet lunch at the office where I clean in the evening. I also check the bins and take all the banana skins, apple cores etc. They probably think that we eat them because they do give us some very funny looks.

[JennieAtkinson]

Unbelievable!!!

Has anyone else been cheeky enough to put all their fruit loose in the trolley, when shopping? Worth it for the amusement of seeing the cashier trying to keep runaway oranges on the scanner/weighing platform. Tee hee hee!

I find it unbelievable too! I like the idea Sluglobber. I will try it next time I'm shopping.

Years ago when we only got three boats a week and produce was not too fresh even buying it on the day the boat got in, my friend used to strip the wasted leaves off a cabbage, throw them back in the box and then go and get it weighed. I always wished I'd had her bravado, but perhaps I could manage without putting my fruit in a bag (now I'm older and a bit braver )

[Earthbabe]

I get funny looks from both the "market stall" and the local greengrocer when I decline the plastic bag and insist on my own - the shopping trolley seems to be less offensive. I shall continue though.

Hmmmm eco-fascist - now there's a label I could live with.

[trebellangeminired]

For a while now I've been taken my own re-usable bags to the fruit and veg stall at the market. Today I bought some bananas and passed the vendor my bag. She ignored me and put them in their plastic bag. I said I don't need a bag. She started to lecture me about putting the people who make plastic bags out of work, and do I use a plastic bag in my bin? She refused to use my bag and I had to take the bananas out of the plastic bag and put them in my bag myself, with her getting more and more annoyed, blaming Tony Blair and ranting on and on. I was really shocked, needless to say I will not be using her stall again.

Anyone else experienced a green backlash?

No not yet but I'm really glad you're not put off and are voting with your feet.

"putting the people that make plastic bags out of business" - that's the best I've heard so far.

Does she throw litter on the floor to keep roadsweepers in employment?

What about all the people who make paper bags? Was she there back in the day when "plastic bag people" started making life difficult for "paper bag people"

Bless her.

Hear, hear Wayne!!!

Unbelievable!!!

I get the mickey taken out of me at work quite regularly for taking all my fruit peelings etc home for the compost. My friend's OH refuses to have a compost heap in the ONE ACRE garden, arguing that it 'will attract rats'. So, I'll join you as an Eco-fascist, BM!

I was always subject to ridicule, mostly friendly, about my recycling and small enterprise inclinations.

Has anyone else been cheeky enough to put all their fruit loose in the trolley, when shopping? Worth it for the amusement of seeing the cashier trying to keep runaway oranges on the scanner/weighing platform. Tee hee hee!

Noo, but will in future

[QUOTE=HeyWayne;267361]We always buy our fruit/veg that way. Always makes me laugh/cry seeing people put things like bananas or onions into a plastic bag.

I've been toying for a while with the idea of aquiring small string bags for the purpose.

I only sell my veg in block paper bags - the kind of paper bag you see in American TV series when folk come out with armfuls of shopping. My bags are made from recycled paper of course. Most of my customers now actually bring a varied assortment of canvas or woven "bag for life" with them, in which case the only veg that goes into a paper bag is freshly lifted potatoes or other root crop with the ground still firmly attached.
Must admit, I like HW's suggestion too

Well done Sewer Rat!!!

I work for Land Rover so everyone has got to drive round in one so I still have a job!

One of OH's favourte rants when subjected to "back British Farmers" etc., when they are driving around in their latest Japanese 4x4.

[squashysu]

my god, what a sad women she is, i too would boycott her in future! silly woman !!

[Shortie]

"putting the people that make plastic bags out of business" - that's the best I've heard so far.

Does she throw litter on the floor to keep roadsweepers in employment?

Mops up tea from computer screen

Wow that's really different to our local fruit an veg stall who graetfully take back the trays when you go back to buy more and appreciate people using their own bags. It might be just a money saving thing for them, I don't know but wow... that's an odd reaction and a half you get there!

[ScottyW]

How strange. She won't make much business acting like that.

[OverWyreGrower]

Our local Co-op has stopped supplying bags... they keep a few under the counter, but you get told off if you haven't brought your own!

[di]

We usually shop in asda(common I know!)where the bags are readily available & the majority use them.Went all upmarket last week & went to Tescos where you had to ask for a bag & seemed to work as the majority used their own.

[Two_Sheds]

Tell her you're sorry but you can't buy her veg, because you'd be putting the Tesco people out of business.
Or set fire to her stall, and say you're just trying to keep firemen in work.

[Cloud]

Tell her you're sorry but you can't buy her veg, because you'd be putting the Tesco people out of business.
Or set fire to her stall, and say you're just trying to keep firemen in work.

HA,HA,HA,HA,HA!!!!!!I lIke that very good.

[Comfreyfan]

We got into the 'take your own bag' thing after a holiday in Southern Ireland a few years ago, they charge a small fortune for carrier bags there - seemed like a good idea so we kept it up when we came home.

ps Cloud - we bought a new Land Rover in May - happy to do our bit!

[Pompeylottie]

In our street we were all given square recycling boxes, my neighbour gave hers straight to me as she said she would rather go to prison than be forced to recycle. She has 5 young children so you would think she would want to save the planet.

I suppose it would be boring if we were all the same!

[Two_Sheds]

She has 5 young children so you would think she would want to save the planet.

I guess there's your answer: over-population is killing the planet. 5 extra little over-consumers right there

[Kristen]

Hahahaha ... how true. 1% population growth means that it will double in the average human lifetime - 70 years. (Mind you, its a lot less than that in this country, at the moment)