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Select take out and before you get to the pay screen it will ask again if you want the 10p bag. Select no. They will still bag it for you. They're not paid enough to care.

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contra701@reddit

No, they just give it to you on a tray as if you didn't even ask for it to be carryout.

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Solid-Ad6854@reddit

Not been my experience 99% of the time. Only once have they done this and I asked for a bag which they gave at no extra cost. They really don't care.

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Yah cashiers know people use this "trick" to save literally 10 cents and know exactly what your doing when you ask for a bag after saying no to bags but its not worth fighting you on it we just think your an asshole and do it anyways

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Lazarous86@reddit

I wish I could give you more upvoted.

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rstrstrs@reddit

because you are using up plastic bags instead of bringing reusable ones. Which now you don't want to help pay for the cleanup of.

If Exxon doesn't have to pay for dumping billions of oil into the ocean, why is the average poor meant to be brow beat over the use of the bag THAT THE STORES PROVIDED FOR YEARS?

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theJigmeister@reddit

What if both things should happen?

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Koolaidkiller47@reddit

I really hope you get that promotion bub

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Solid-Ad6854@reddit

Yep this policy was originally drafted as plastic bags only. Which I support. Then they changed it to all bags even paper and biodegradable. Making it no longer a sensible environmental policy but just another form of government taxation.

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Atlas_Unknown@reddit

They did the same thing in Australia. Started with the 10c plastic bag, now it's 25c paper bags for grocery shopping. I always forget to put bags into my car, or leave them in the car while shopping. It's annoying but the plastic needs to be addressed somehow

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viral-architect@reddit

Fuck man everything is my fault I should've done better.

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dincosire@reddit

Do they put the paper bags containing your food inside a bigger plastic bag? Like where are plastic bags even coming into this?

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WoMyNameIsTooDamnLon@reddit

Ok yah fair the context of the post is a little paper fast food bag, my context is walgreens/CVS where they do do big plastic bags and people were doing this. The 10c fee still goes to cleanup which is still good so that's still relevant but yah.

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dincosire@reddit

I mean when it comes to grocery stores I think they should just charge people for reusable bags and then if you didn’t want them you can bring them back for a refund of the bags. Or something like that.

Relevant to the post directlt, I honestly wouldn't personally mind bringing my own tupperware to fast food places, but we have too much red tape from sue-happy people for that to be allowed.

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BigMilkCows@reddit

They do both. They'll just serve it a tray lol, then you can just say you got a bag and they'll do it

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P2SkullySFDK@reddit

thank god i live in england🙏🙏

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AlphaMassDeBeta@reddit (OP)

Oh my sweet summer child or whatever redditors say when they want to sound condescending.

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bananasapples909@reddit

Gotta drop in a “y’all” somewhere

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Mesarthim1349@reddit

Or, for extra saltiness, "Sweetie"

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MrRawrgers@reddit

Yeah but it still pops up on the screen exactly like this like they couldn’t be bothered programming the machines to know that they’re in England

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bisky12@reddit

exceedingly rare opportunity for someone living in england to be able to say this unironically

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DasBrewinator@reddit

Another day of being blessed to be Anglo. Sucks to be you, jock and sheep-shagger!

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buy_tacos@reddit

Listen I get it. Microplastics are in my balls. Right now as I type this there's chunks of old soda bottles floating around my testicles and fucking my swimmers all up. I get it. Plastic bad. People want plastic charge them more and restrict it. I get it.

But fucking paper? The most recyclable, most biodegradable, even fairly clean burning, packaging? Because fucking mega corpos want to squabble over 5 cents? I don't get it.

Its like they're trying to just find a reason for the fat women that eat at these places to complain in line. Like the line barely moves now and there's just going to be more fat chick's in there bitching at a cashier with a glazed over look over 10 cents for a paper bag???

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Knopfmacher@reddit

Because fucking mega corpos want to squabble over 5 cents? I don't get it.

This is not the megacorp's greed, but Scottish law:

The Scottish Parliament passed legislation on 20 October 2014 (ammended 1st April 2021) that requires all retailers (food and non-food) to charge a minimum of 10p for each new single-use carrier bag (including paper, those made from some plant-based materials and plastic).

So in this case McDonald's is literally charging the minimum they can.

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buy_tacos@reddit

I'll take your word for it, I don't read articles. Against my ethos.

What you're saying is the people of the world need to put a spotlight on the Scottish parliament and figure out just how many of them are in the pockets of plastic manufacturers. No one who was being bought would vote to discourage paper packaging just as much as plastics.

With your new information we've blown the case wide open. Politicians being bought by petroleum refineries and plastic manufacturers to keep plastic products on an even playing field with paper and plant based packaging.

The UN needs to do an inquest and install a temporary government until the investigation is complete. There's going to be a lot of open seats in parliament when its over, maybe that Lucky Charm Leprechaun can run for one. (J/k i know he's not real)

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stillmahboi@reddit

I know you might not know this but paper comes from trees. Those are the brown things that look like penises but the penis head is green and fluffy like youses pubes. Youses saw them when youse was little, probably the last time youse touched grass mmmkay

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Phendrana-Drifter@reddit

And then feed the plastic tray to a sea turtle out of spite

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cooljerry53@reddit

If you’re going to stuff your face with a shit burger supreme that often just bring your own bag dipshit.

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maresflex@reddit

That's additional 50 pounds monthly just on take out bags

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NCD_Lardum_AS@reddit

Anon cares enough about a 10p fee to be mad but not enough to simply not take the bag.

But given its anon his order is probably too many nuggets to carry by hand

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Jade8560@reddit

it’s 10p who give a fuck? if you can’t afford a 10p bag you probably can’t afford the rest of the food

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Trumps_left_bawsack@reddit

In my experience they give you a bag regardless of which option you select.

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Ozymandias_1303@reddit

It's ten fucking cents. McDonalds is overpriced by way more than that.

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LANDVOGT-_@reddit

Fucking liberals existing while capitalists demand a fee for a paper bag.

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stronghammr113@reddit

used to use them as rolling trays. Taco bell used to have the smoothest ones.

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viral-architect@reddit

So how long until the wrapper itself costs extra?

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Silence_1444@reddit

i don't understand what happening here but I'm always down to shit on libs 💪🇺🇸💪

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LuigiBamba@reddit

You would think this was some kind of cartoon representation of american politics. We really are living in the worst timeline.

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mcj1ggl3@reddit

The machine itself is because of liberals raising minimum wage so high that it’s cheaper to have ordering machines than hire humans

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LuigiBamba@reddit

The machine is because of greedy companies that will go to any penny-pinching lengths in the name of corporate profits.

Also, I don't want to look a cashier in the eye when ordering my 8k Cal meal.

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FallenSegull@reddit

Idk how anon plans to do that since UK McDonalds have security guards at the door

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LuigiBamba@reddit

Oi! You got uh loicense for that Big Mac?

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FallenSegull@reddit

‘ang on mate! You got a loicence to be checkin’ me loicence

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Kiwi_Doodle@reddit

Funny. In Norway you pay more for seating because they're providing a service (iirc).

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LuigiBamba@reddit

Some would argue they are providing a paper bag

(I am some)

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DomSchraa@reddit

10p

If my day is going badly enough to go to mcdonalds and buy a meal for 10-15€ i do not fucking care about another .1€

Searching for anything to be mad about

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AlphaMassDeBeta@reddit (OP)

This is why everything is so expensive now.

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ToughBadass@reddit

Pay-per-bag would've been a better title. Js

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FactoryOfShit@reddit

10p is literally nothing compared to the meal, who cares lmfao

Anon probably has >10p lost in his fat rolls

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PauL__McShARtneY@reddit

An advent incel? That the latest trick to try to get the kids to ferret around in the crevices?

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SweetTooth275@reddit

People unironically not knowing the difference between financial aspect or principle one.

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dirschau@reddit

The funny thing is, they used to be 5p anyway.

And at the checkout, they're still 5p, despite that message.

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