Wednesday, October 07, 2015

A New Low in my Life (Episode 386)

A new low amongst many, many lows. But here I am carrying my lunch back to the office from the local Tesco Express, having loaded a sandwich, a banana and a price-reduced Hoisin Duck Sushi Taster pack into a dog poo bag which I found in my coast pocket.

An unused dog poo bag, because I'm not some sort of animal.

On this - the third day of the government's new tax on single-use plastic bags from supermarkets - I have made a substantial saving of five new pence.

I'd treat myself to something utterly luxurious, but even penny chews are probably 10p each these days.

A new low indeed.

6 comments:

Bebinn said...

Get some reusable bags. Keep some in your car and one in your desk at work. Sometimes you can find some that fold up nicely into a little package. Don't forget to wash them periodically.

They tried to pass a similar tax here. They got half way there, the convenience stores don't even have plastic bags any more. They are allowed paper bags but I hate them so I grab a reusable bag now.

Gonzoland said...

First World Problems. Aaaaaaargh! Hellllllllllp!

TRT said...

A coast pocket? Is that some sort of Cornish cove?

rashbre said...

Our local Tesco was giving away 'Bags for life' a few days ago...

Mr Larrington said...

Since charging people for plastic bags will lead immediately to the collapse of civilisation and four blokes on horseback making a bloody nuisance of themselves I am curious as to how this has totally failed to happen in for .e.g. Wales.

Debster said...

I hope you hung your shopping inna hedge with all the other dog poos.