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Ran across this post from another forum, thought his writing was a bit different to read considering he's somewhere from the UK, I found it refreshing because, well, in my personal opinion English is becoming an lost art here in the U.S., sad to say.
I'll let you read what he has to say and you judge for yourself...and the question remains, is he right or is he wrong?
Yiz
I'll let you read what he has to say and you judge for yourself...and the question remains, is he right or is he wrong?
Topic: Unqualified ***holes Who take The Moral High Ground
Bastards!
Bloody Tesco's. They're the UK equivalent of the US Walmart.
They undercut everyone, close down small businesses in the process, steamroller through planning legislation, buy up land to stop their rivals opening up in opposition and generally do anything to make a profit.
Tesco's are convenient and cheap so I guess the only way to oppose them is to vote with one's feet and go elsewhere.
However, they've now decided to play Mr Niceguy and act all concerned about the effect that shoppers have upon the planet generally.
So, in order to play along, Tesco's now request that customers bring along their own bags to pack up their shopping. This, they say, will make a huge difference to our carbon footprint! Wowee!
Hrmph..
So, last week, Yours Truly popped into Tesco's on the way home from work to buy some fish, fruit and wine for our evening meal.
I duly queued up at the checkout with my purchases, smiled at the hatchet-faced woman who was about to serve me and ripped off a couple of Tesco bags and made ready to start packing my wares.
Then it started..
The hatchet faced woman said: "Have you brought your own bags?"
"Er..no" I ventured, "I've called in on the spur of the moment, I didn't know I was coming until a few minutes ago".
The HFW glowered at me and responded: "We're all trying to do our bit for the planet you know, everyone must do their bit".
I looked at her witheringly, leaned over the check-out and told her that I did indeed "do my bit" and it was a bit that was much more useful than a marketing ploy to make Tesco's look all green and ecologically concerned.
At this she responded, much to he amusement of the folk who were now queing behind me: "You'll be sorry when it's all gone, when there's nothing left because the planet's been exhausted".
Well, I was dumfounded. I carried on packing my pirated bags while the HFW glowered away at me..and then I had an inspiration!
I went to pay with my card. As the HFW went to take it out of my hand I gripped the card so that she couldn't take it from me.
With us both gripping the card, I said to her: "Do you know, just a few minutes ago, I tried to buy some apples at your fruit section? English apples I wanted, so you'd think there wouldn't be a problem, would you? England's awash with apples at this time of year, so there's bound to be quite a selection available, isn't there? But do you know something, there NO English apples on sale at all. There's French apples, Dutch appples and even South African apples on sale but not one English apple anywhere. So it's OK for Tesco's to fly in fruit and vegetables from other countries where it can buy cheaper, even if in so doing they make a walloping carbon footprint. So I think my little sin in not bringing in my own bags pales into insignificance somewhat when compared to Tesco's huge unconcern for other environmental matters, don't you?"
The HFW looked at me in total bewilderment and said: "I don't know nuffink about apples..I only know about plastic bags.."
Sheesh
(Name deleted)
Bastards!
Bloody Tesco's. They're the UK equivalent of the US Walmart.
They undercut everyone, close down small businesses in the process, steamroller through planning legislation, buy up land to stop their rivals opening up in opposition and generally do anything to make a profit.
Tesco's are convenient and cheap so I guess the only way to oppose them is to vote with one's feet and go elsewhere.
However, they've now decided to play Mr Niceguy and act all concerned about the effect that shoppers have upon the planet generally.
So, in order to play along, Tesco's now request that customers bring along their own bags to pack up their shopping. This, they say, will make a huge difference to our carbon footprint! Wowee!
Hrmph..
So, last week, Yours Truly popped into Tesco's on the way home from work to buy some fish, fruit and wine for our evening meal.
I duly queued up at the checkout with my purchases, smiled at the hatchet-faced woman who was about to serve me and ripped off a couple of Tesco bags and made ready to start packing my wares.
Then it started..
The hatchet faced woman said: "Have you brought your own bags?"
"Er..no" I ventured, "I've called in on the spur of the moment, I didn't know I was coming until a few minutes ago".
The HFW glowered at me and responded: "We're all trying to do our bit for the planet you know, everyone must do their bit".
I looked at her witheringly, leaned over the check-out and told her that I did indeed "do my bit" and it was a bit that was much more useful than a marketing ploy to make Tesco's look all green and ecologically concerned.
At this she responded, much to he amusement of the folk who were now queing behind me: "You'll be sorry when it's all gone, when there's nothing left because the planet's been exhausted".
Well, I was dumfounded. I carried on packing my pirated bags while the HFW glowered away at me..and then I had an inspiration!
I went to pay with my card. As the HFW went to take it out of my hand I gripped the card so that she couldn't take it from me.
With us both gripping the card, I said to her: "Do you know, just a few minutes ago, I tried to buy some apples at your fruit section? English apples I wanted, so you'd think there wouldn't be a problem, would you? England's awash with apples at this time of year, so there's bound to be quite a selection available, isn't there? But do you know something, there NO English apples on sale at all. There's French apples, Dutch appples and even South African apples on sale but not one English apple anywhere. So it's OK for Tesco's to fly in fruit and vegetables from other countries where it can buy cheaper, even if in so doing they make a walloping carbon footprint. So I think my little sin in not bringing in my own bags pales into insignificance somewhat when compared to Tesco's huge unconcern for other environmental matters, don't you?"
The HFW looked at me in total bewilderment and said: "I don't know nuffink about apples..I only know about plastic bags.."
Sheesh
(Name deleted)
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