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Lawstiker
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 Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:54 pm Post subject: What do you think of this? |
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Today I went to one of those small dollar shops, a place called the Dollar General, to pick up some nutrigrain bars. When I went up and paid for it and got the receipt back...it was about 14 inches long! All I bought was one item! I can go buy all my groceries at a local Walmart and still won't get a receipt that long!
The actual part of the receipt (item, amount, barcode etc ) was only about 3 and a half inches, the rest of it was advertisement! on a receipt! Is it just me or is this a serious waste of paper? I mean I can understand receipts that have little contest's or surveys on them, but ads for internet services, direct tv...
Does anyone else feel this is a waste of paper, or am I just crazy 
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MikeMiller
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| Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: What do you think of this? |
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| Lawstiker wrote: | Today I went to one of those small dollar shops, a place called the Dollar General, to pick up some nutrigrain bars. When I went up and paid for it and got the receipt back...it was about 14 inches long! All I bought was one item! I can go buy all my groceries at a local Walmart and still won't get a receipt that long!
The actual part of the receipt (item, amount, barcode etc ) was only about 3 and a half inches, the rest of it was advertisement! on a receipt! Is it just me or is this a serious waste of paper? I mean I can understand receipts that have little contest's or surveys on them, but ads for internet services, direct tv...
Does anyone else feel this is a waste of paper, or am I just crazy |
Of course it's a waste of paper. But evidently the company/store feels it's worth the extra cost for them, as apparently the ads on the receipt brings them more business.
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I totally agree. There is so many resources just being used and abused but supposedly 'everyone cares about the environment' these days... Just the junk mail I get everyday is enough reason to warrant an enquiry into ethical practices if you ask me.
BTW, I'm not a right-on hippy type. I just think it's really obvious - if we keep on using everything way too much it's not good for anybody. Temperance, that's what I say.
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Lawstiker
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That is certainly a good way to put it. Maybe one ad would be ok...but I was just surprised THAT was the place they where putting them now. Whats even better is with that store you don't even really need a reason to keep it, and you can just simply say you don't want it and right in the trash it goes, 14 inches of paper wasted.
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| Yeah, the thoughtless printing out and then dumping of receipts is symptomatic of other flaws in our way of life. When I ran my shops I switched off the automatic receipt printing on the tills. At the end of the transaction I would ask people if they wanted a receipt and only then would I print one off. I would also always ask if they wanted a bag with a slightly accusatory tone in my voice while looking at the 4 carrier bags in their hands - it was amazing how many didn't take a bag! |
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Lawstiker
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haha , I wished more places around here where like that. It would at the very least be a step in the right direction...but I guess most people have grown accustomed to having an seemingly unlimited supply of resources, and just can't see that is not the case.
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the hammer
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well atleast i dont haft to see the advertisements there all on the other side of the receipt  |
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