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#2934338 25-Jun-2022 18:54

Technofreak:

I don't think it's purely a dollar or cents issue. In my opinion it's a woke way of saying "We're environmentally aware and are saving the world one bag at a time".

trying to care for our only home and do their bit to stop pointless packing is not "woke" it's intelligent.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2934343 25-Jun-2022 19:31

MikeB4:
Want your goodies in tote bag, easy fix, buy your own reusable bag and take it shopping. Job done.

That would be quite undignified. Ones valet should carry the reusable bags.

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#2934441 25-Jun-2022 21:15

The use of "woke" as a pejorative term. It's used to call those people who are considerate of the planet and others when a bad word can't be used because it would be too much in the nose.

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#2934442 25-Jun-2022 21:21

Going to Kmart to try and find some clothing that apparently has 6 of them in stock, wasting an hour searching for it only to find 0, and the store staff can't help me either.

Next time I'll do click and collect, and they can do the searching for me.

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#2934447 25-Jun-2022 21:46

freitasm:

The use of "woke" as a pejorative term. It's used to call those people who are considerate of the planet and others when a bad word can't be used because it would be too much in the nose.

Call me a Wookie! ;-)

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#2934448 25-Jun-2022 21:51

Videos like this one which are played played on a landscape viewer but are made to look pseudo portrait this wasting the viewing area.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/angry-passengers-clash-with-jetstar-staff-in-video-after-flight-cancelled/XTMJW2EUKEBICRYEEAEMR74LNY/

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#2934451 25-Jun-2022 22:09

MikeB4:

Technofreak:

I don't think it's purely a dollar or cents issue. In my opinion it's a woke way of saying "We're environmentally aware and are saving the world one bag at a time".

trying to care for our only home and do their bit to stop pointless packing is not "woke" it's intelligent.

The reason I used the term 'woke" is because the decision to ban the use of plastic bags was largely driven by the desire to stop them ending up polluting the environment through thoughtless/careless disposal. While removing plastic bags, "solved the problem" nothing at all was done to fix the underlying issue. People are still just as thoughtless/careless. In my opinion banning plastic bags was an easy simple way of window dressing the issue.

As I said in another post we only need to look around to see the number of face masks that litter our streets these days. Perhaps we should ban face masks as well? What about all the empty fast food boxes, wrappers, empty drink bottles etc we see littering the roadsides?

Recently I was stopped behind a vehicle at an intersection when the plastic cap off a Pump bottle was flicked out the window onto the road. That typifies the attitude of a lot of people I'm sorry to say.

If we were really wanting to care for our environment we should be carrying out a high profile campaign to educate everyone about the effects of littering. Once we fix that problem we also fix most of the environmental problems that stem from littering.

I think my use of "woke" was appropriate in the circumstances.

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#2934457 25-Jun-2022 22:36

quickymart:
Going to Kmart to try and find some clothing that apparently has 6 of them in stock, wasting an hour searching for it only to find 0, and the store staff can't help me either.

Generally if a store has low single-digit quantities of something that they should have in sizeable quantities then it's often likely to be a stockkeeping error rather than a true quantity-available count. That is, there may actually be three left on the shelf somewhere or just as likely there's a rounding error of three units and the actual quantity is zero, so best to phone first if you're making a special trip just to get that thing.

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#2934510 25-Jun-2022 23:48

Technofreak: I think my use of "woke" was appropriate in the circumstances.

Nah.

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#2934519 26-Jun-2022 06:51

I will make my view clear then. "Woke" is one of those words the alt-right has appropriated and use as a way to call the left names without calling it names. A dog whistle.

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#2934521 26-Jun-2022 08:16

neb:
quickymart:

Going to Kmart to try and find some clothing that apparently has 6 of them in stock, wasting an hour searching for it only to find 0, and the store staff can't help me either.

Generally if a store has low single-digit quantities of something that they should have in sizeable quantities then it's often likely to be a stockkeeping error rather than a true quantity-available count. That is, there may actually be three left on the shelf somewhere or just as likely there's a rounding error of three units and the actual quantity is zero, so best to phone first if you're making a special trip just to get that thing.

In that case they should say it's out of stock, not have 6 showing as available. I was going there anyway, just a pain.

I've done click and collect at another outlet, so let's how reliable their system is 🤞

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#2934524 26-Jun-2022 08:29

@technofreak the litter issue in Aotearoa has many causes, laziness, ignorance, poorly designed rubbish bins, lack of rubbish bin, waste collection services, windy climate, seagulls, the incredibly stupid amount of needless packaging so on. Your arguments regarding bags are similar to the nonsense pushed by the NRA in the US such as “gun don’t kill”. Your use of “woke” was along the same lines of the NRA’s BS.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2934532 26-Jun-2022 09:25

MikeB4:
Want your goodies in tote bag, easy fix, buy your own reusable bag and take it shopping. Job done.

I have at least a dozen reusable bags in the car boot and usually a small nylon roll up one in my bag, when I remember to replace it after use. It’s not the point. You can walk out of Bunnings with purchases that can be put in the provided recycled cartons they leave out for customers if you forget to take a bag and I appreciate that service as I can also compost them.

What I object to is after buying a good number of items, the shop trying to sell me yet another imported cloth bag that I don’t want or need. Wrapping in a sheet of compostable paper would suffice.

Valets and maids carrying ones shopping are not a feature in NZ life. They are more prevalent in the Middle East.

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#2934533 26-Jun-2022 09:32

@Eva888 the purchase of their bags is not compulsory. Take and use your own. If more use their own bags the less that need to be produced. Businesses are not charities their goal is to make profit so why expect them to give you things for free.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2934536 26-Jun-2022 09:39

Polystyrene in packaging. It is horrible, bad for the environment and next to impossible to get rid of on Te Whanganui a Tara. It needs to be banned. We just purchased a new TV and it had a stupid amount of polystyrene. My iMac had none.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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