Ill pack my own bags thanks.

Jimmy Garlic

Does anyone here hate those beggers that pack bags in supermarkets as much as I do? They are almost as bad as chuggers. Bad for business too, I will avoid supermarkets that let them operate.

mikemac1

Fair enough if it's a good cause

But it's usually the local underage football team looking for money to send them to a blitz tournament in Germany

Can't afford a holiday for myself, no chance I'm paying for yours. That's for the parents to pay for

gurramok

And they don't know how to pack properly, squashing my food\drink in the the process. Avoid them and head to the friendly talkative beeping machines instead.

dazed+confused

Here here, it's never for the black babies or any of the legitimate charities!

Ilik Urgee

mikemac1 wrote: »

Fair enough if it's a good cause

But it's usually the local underage football team looking for money to send them to a blitz tournament in Germany

Can't afford a holiday for myself, no chance I'm paying for yours. That's for the parents to pay for

Sound!! PM sent.
Can't believe I'm going on holidays now:)

Schnitzel Muncher

dazed+confused wrote: »

Here here, it's never for the black babies or any of the legitimate charities!

poor black babies.

FearDark

Ah no, the worst is those lads in the toilet handing you kitchen paper to dry your hands in and give you the poor mouth stare nodding towards their plate with a few euros in it. Couldnt these lads get a job illegal mini cabbing or something? A great bunch of lads.

wilkie2006

FearDark wrote: »

Ah no, the worst is those lads in the toilet handing you kitchen paper to dry your hands in and give you the poor mouth stare nodding towards their plate with a few euros in it. Couldnt these lads get a job illegal mini cabbing or something? A great bunch of lads.

Yea, it's demeaning to them and awkward for customers. I tend to avoid pubs that have people working in the jacks.

Sulla Felix

mikemac1 wrote: »

Fair enough if it's a good cause

But it's usually the local underage football team looking for money to send them to a blitz tournament in Germany

Can't afford a holiday for myself, no chance I'm paying for yours. That's for the parents to pay for

my nephew was fundraising for a trip to england with his team. Said to my sister, that it was good if it reduced the money shed be forking out but seems the parents pay on full , the fundraising was paying for the coaching staffs costs!
Fool that she is, she thinks this is just fine.

Plazaman

I've endured the nightmare of bagpacking for charities, I'm sure it's grand for tweenies to do, but as a grown man roped into the endeavour, it's embarrasing as you do look as if your going to mug someone by hanging around the end of the checkout.

Plus there are certain ladies items that you try to non-chalantly pack but you're thinking "I see you're on the heavy flow this month love". Having said that the majority of people are fine with you packing their bags as long as you ask first and don't just dive in touching their food without permission.

And just for fun every now and again, I like putting the grapes and loaf of bread under the heavier items.

Grayditch

Plazaman wrote: »

"I see you're on the heavy flow this month love".

And just for fun every now and again, I like putting the grapes and loaf of bread under the heavier items.

Nice guy.

yeppydeppy

dazed+confused wrote: »

Here here, it's never for the black babies or any of the legitimate charities!

Is there such a thing as a legitimate charity?

BizzyC

I've done that before as a youngin for charity and rugby tour stuff.
Ignorance of some people is amazing.

You get old wans who snap at you not to touch their shopping cause you'll do it wrong, but then lump everything into the bag as it comes...If you were going to throw the tinned beans in on top of your eggs in the first place, what exactly were you worried I was going to do?

Or then there's the others who'll stand there smiling and saying that it's great to get the help etc, and not place a single penny in the bucket. It's not a public service the kids are offering, it's fund raising.
If you're not going to throw them a little bit of change, don't stand there and let them pack your weekly shopping for you.

bgrizzley

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Does anyone here hate those beggers that pack bags in supermarkets as much as I do? They are almost as bad as chuggers. Bad for business too, I will avoid supermarkets that let them operate.

they are worse than chuggers, at least you can tell chuggers to fcuk off or kick them...

tempnam

Or you could let them pack all your stuff, then pay for shopping with a card and say "sorry I've no cash on me"...

gurramok

BizzyC wrote: »

Or then there's the others who'll stand there smiling and saying that it's great to get the help etc, and not place a single penny in the bucket. It's not a public service the kids are offering, it's fund raising.
If you're not going to throw them a little bit of change, don't stand there and let them pack your weekly shopping for you.

Thats happened to me, they never asked if they would pack my bags, they just did it.
I had no money on me, just my Laser card so no change. Times are changing, more folk will be only paying by card so begging at checkouts will be an own goal.

dark crystal

I've never had an issue with them at all. My shopping gets packed twice as fast and a worthy cause gets some loose change. Everybody wins!

newmug

dark crystal wrote: »

I've never had an issue with them at all. My shopping gets packed twice as fast and a worthy cause gets some loose change. Everybody wins!

What if your "loose change" is all you have left to live on? What if all that change is gathered up into a jar and pays for the ESB bill every two months? See, THATS the reality some people are living with.

runawaybishop

Thinly veiled "I don't shop in lidl/aldi" thread

You should be packing your stuff as it is scanned directly into your already prepared bags and not hanging around for 10 mins after watching the staff with a bovine expression. Once the scanning is finished you should have your payment ready and be gone 10 seconds later, as you already have your bags packed.

People collecting for clubs are no where near as annoying as people who delay me at the checkout with their inefficiencies.

Sergeant

newmug wrote: »

What if your "loose change" is all you have left to live on? What if all that change is gathered up into a jar and pays for the ESB bill every two months? See, THATS the reality some people are living with.

Well then don't give them any money. It's not like the teenager in the yellow t-shirt packing your bags and shaking a bucket is holding a small Glock to your head.

McTigs

Sulla Felix wrote: »

my nephew was fundraising for a trip to england with his team. Said to my sister, that it was good if it reduced the money shed be forking out but seems the parents pay on full , the fundraising was paying for the coaching staffs costs!
Fool that she is, she thinks this is just fine.

so you think the coachs, who are probably giving their time for free, to fork out for their own costs aswell.

Why would anyone bother?

Lisha

newmug wrote: »

What if your "loose change" is all you have left to live on? What if all that change is gathered up into a jar and pays for the ESB bill every two months? See, THATS the reality some people are living with.

Yup loose change is put to great use here. I bag it and it goes to my kids shoes and the odd day out here and there.
Only problem with paying by card is the extra charges that are incurred rhrough the year. So I use cash a lot.
I don't mind bag packers too much as they are actually trying to provide you with a service in return for donation. At least kids are hopefully learning the concept of earning not just chugging.
Bag packers are usually for local kids clubs and so on which I like to support as no far cat CEO s salaries are involved.

Marsden

Any ones I come across always ask do you want your bags packed. Just say no. Either that or yes and don't put anything in the bucket. Its a win win situation for everyone.

the_monkey

FearDark wrote: »

Ah no, the worst is those lads in the toilet handing you kitchen paper to dry your hands in and give you the poor mouth stare nodding towards their plate with a few euros in it. Couldnt these lads get a job illegal mini cabbing or something? A great bunch of lads.

Steve Merchant is that you ?

ameee

I dont let them pack my bags because I like to get my shopping home in one piece but I usually just say ill do it myself thanks but throw them some change as long as its a decent charity not help the alcoholics or something, If its the asthma society I usually start sucking on my inhaler till they go away

Hoop66

"You can have a rest now, I'll pack these myself. Sure I'm well trained at this stage"

Job done, nobody killed.

dark crystal

newmug wrote: »

What if your "loose change" is all you have left to live on? What if all that change is gathered up into a jar and pays for the ESB bill every two months? See, THATS the reality some people are living with.

50 cents isn't going to see your ESB switched off now, is it? Besides, you can always say 'no thanks' if you're really that hard up.

mathie

McTigs wrote: »

so you think the coachs, who are probably giving their time for free, to fork out for their own costs aswell.

Why would anyone bother?

Love of the game?

keano_afc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-14630476

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8024732.stm

They've the right idea up there.

No wait, sorry, thats bigotry.

Legs.Eleven

Marsden wrote: »

Any ones I come across always ask do you want your bags packed. Just say no. Either that or yes and don't put anything in the bucket. Its a win win situation for everyone.

....except the bag packers?

Capt'n Midnight

I try to keep cold things together , and put heavy stuff at the bottom and crushable / bruiseable stuff like crisps or bananas on top. You don't need bags for toilet paper or kitchen roll multipacks or for twin pack of bottles that already have a carrying strap, and if it's several bags I'll try to balance the weight, each side and then have the lightest stuff in the outside bags.

No prizes for guessing what I feel about bag packers who throw stuff into bags in any old order.

And as for that woman who grabbed and squeezed the really soft fresh loaf of bread, I was close to asking for a replacement or my money back :mad:

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

Plazaman wrote: »

"I see you're on the heavy flow this month love"

Is not almost every women over the age of twelve on the 'heavy flow' most months throughout their lives?

kneemos

runawaybishop wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I don't shop in lidl/aldi" thread

You should be packing your stuff as it is scanned directly into your already prepared bags and not hanging around for 10 mins after watching the staff with a bovine expression. Once the scanning is finished you should have your payment ready and be gone 10 seconds later, as you already have your bags packed.

People collecting for clubs are no where near as annoying as people who delay me at the checkout with their inefficiencies.

Damn right mein furher.

RayCon

runawaybishop wrote: »

Thinly veiled "I don't shop in lidl/aldi" thread

You should be packing your stuff as it is scanned directly into your already prepared bags and not hanging around for 10 mins after watching the staff with a bovine expression. Once the scanning is finished you should have your payment ready and be gone 10 seconds later, as you already have your bags packed.

People collecting for clubs are no where near as annoying as people who delay me at the checkout with their inefficiencies.

+1 ... also can't stand sh!theads who take toillies to the Self Service tills.:mad:

The Barefoot Pizza Thief

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I'll pack my own bags thanks.

Antony Worrall??

builttospill

I hate those god damn chackers.

jamesjoyce1710

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Does anyone here hate those beggers that pack bags in supermarkets as much as I do? They are almost as bad as chuggers. Bad for business too, I will avoid supermarkets that let them operate.

arent they usually a local youth football team or something, basically using the funds to pay for kits etc..

2 euro to help a local community team isnt gonna kill you now is it!!!

jamesjoyce1710

mikemac1 wrote: »

Fair enough if it's a good cause

But it's usually the local underage football team looking for money to send them to a blitz tournament in Germany

Can't afford a holiday for myself, no chance I'm paying for yours. That's for the parents to pay for

thats not true, i've never seen a local club looking for fund to go to germany for a blitz,

kneemos

jamesjoyce1710 wrote: »

arent they usually a local youth football team or something, basically using the funds to pay for kits etc..

2 euro to help a local community team isnt gonna kill you now is it!!!

Two Euro?you're mad.

jamesjoyce1710

newmug wrote: »

What if your "loose change" is all you have left to live on? What if all that change is gathered up into a jar and pays for the ESB bill every two months? See, THATS the reality some people are living with.

bit dramatic dont you think, just say no i'll pack my own bag, its not rocket science

Conmaicne Mara

I wonder is there a Downfall clip for this, there should be. Can't imagine ould Adolf being too happy with his grapes being squished.

DUBLINHITMAN

I've often gotten the urge to use the plastic bag on them and suffocate the life out of them does that make me unstable

justaskin likeyakno

I give them a few cent to stop them packing.

Washing powder covered sausages anyone?:eek:

Irish Guitarist

I try my best to avoid the checkouts. I only go to them if the fast lane has a massive queue or is closed. If there's a bag packer there I try to pack my own shopping but give them some change anyway. I say 'try to' pack my own bag because they usually don't take no for an answer.

I was trying to put my shopping in a bag one day and a bag packer kept grabbing the items out of my hand. She grabbed my vegetable lasagna and held onto it while just staring at the wall. I thought she'd never let go of it so I could get the hell out of there.

Jimmy Garlic

jamesjoyce1710 wrote: »

arent they usually a local youth football team or something, basically using the funds to pay for kits etc..

2 euro to help a local community team isnt gonna kill you now is it!!!

Let them have a fundraising night that people can decide to go to.

If I want to get a dirty look I will say something inappropriate to my wife. I shouldn't be getting dirty looks just because I won't allow someone to carelessly bag my shopping in a supermarket.

paulbok

Had close to €100's of spirits smashed by rubbish bag packers (back in the good old days when I stocked up for a party I was having, now people can just bring their own ). Got as far as the door when the bags ripped as there was items with sharp corners packed in at the side of the bags with the heavy bottles. Ticking time bomb that was, looked alright when I picked up the bags, but as soon as the weight bore down on Dennys unnecessarly sharp ham pack corners, rip. The store management didn't want to know.
So I never let them touch my shopping since. I might throw a euro in the bucket if it's a decent cause but they are usually a (not my) local kids team or dance troop that I couldn't give 2 flying forks about.
I stopped going to D****s as they are always there, makes them being in Tescos look like a novelty event.
Another +1 for Aldi

mathie

jamesjoyce1710 wrote: »

thats not true, i've never seen a local club looking for fund to go to germany for a blitz,

It's usually the Germans that do the blitzing.

lertsnim

I avoid them like the plague. My local supermarket usually has a few tills where these guys don't pack bags. They are always busier too unsurprisingly

Lenin Skynard

Not bothered at all about them as they effect maybe three minutes of my day once a fortnight. The local under ten football team can have a euro from me.

0ph0rce0

The OP belongs in the stingiest things you've seen/heard thread.

Its for the kids to go off and do stuff, i'd rather have them getting money together to play some ball than have them smashing windows around the estate.

Miserable cúnts

xzanti

I'll usually just tell them I'm ok to do it myself and throw them whatever spare change I have..

The last time I let them do it (must have been in a great mood that day :pac:) the kid fecked it all together, I had bags that were bursting with stuff and others that had 2 items in it!

A half hour crash course in packing a bag is all they need but obviously for the most part don't get it.. but sure it's just mostly common sense.. fire lighter flavoured bread is just not good.

Thanks though.