For those worrying how to open and fill a paper bag, Carrefour have performed a service to the nation by providing clear, unambiguous instructions…
You do wonder what Carrefour thinks about its own customers abilities…
15 Likes
I expect some health and safety expert has earned their crust devising this.
A bit like the “Contents may be hot” message that appeared on McDonalds coffee cups after some US numpty burnt themselves… 
1 Like
Not necessarily at Carrefour, but I’ve seen it happen… some people will hold the paperbag open at the top (with thumb/fingers of one hand) and plop/drop stuff inside (with the other hand) and then the plonkers look surprised when the sudden weight of the bag slips it out of their fingers… aaargh. 
much more sensible to put the opened bag down on the foodstuff surface, pop the stuff inside the bag and pick the filled bag up with both hands. I have to do this as my hands aren’t very well behaved 
It’s worth searching for the truth on that story, it’s quite grim.
1 Like
Speaking of US numpties…
Long ago and far away there was a bit of science involved filling a paper bag. My first job was as a ‘‘bag-boy’’ at our local supermarket in Daytona Beach. I was 16 and the pay was $1.60/hr. I got to be pretty good at it, got a .10 raise and was promoted to part-time surge cashier. It was sweltering there too, but the clima inside the store was set under 20C.
Indeed - and the victim was far from being a numpty, she suffered 3rd degree burns from coffee that was known to be maintained at scalding temperatures by McDo’s following multiple previous incidents.
i suspect that it’s not so much what Carrefour thinks but what customers actually did - as @stella hints, though I suspect that people would be more likely to drop a heavy item in holding the bag at the top and then were surprised when it accelerated through the bottom of the bag and bouncing (or not) on the floor.
1 Like
Never mind their coffee their ‘apple pies’ are full of apple sauce at a very high temperature which I buy with an espresso coffee at McD when making a rapid en-route stop.
Yes it’s been years since I’ve had one of those but I do remember them being quite dangerous.
Could it be that Carrefour, as a cost cutting measure, are now making their paper bags out of thinner paper that is more likely to tear ?
2 Likes
I have gone all French and bought a canvas shopping bag to bring with me, having decided that using plastic Sainsbury’s bags marked me out too much as an ignorant foreigner. 
I have yet to succumb to the charms of the official French shopping trolley.
But when I was in Intermarché last week I queued behind a Frenchman who grabbed a handful of their plastic bags in wild disregard of the vast expense of €0.49 a pop.
I didn’t see any paper ones but maybe they have them.
I used to order at least one when I got Maccy D’s to take away as it kept the rest of the food hot for the 10 minutes it took to drive home.
1 Like
I once had an American sun blocker for the front windscreen which warned you not to drive with it in place.
4 Likes
It’s like the packet of peanuts that had the statement ‘may contain nuts’ on the back.
Edit: Before anyone mentions it, I do know why it says this 
Not *quite* as daft as it sounds.
Peanuts are not actually nuts - they are “ground nuts”, legumes in fact.
Thus it is possible to have separate peanut and nut allergies, and the information that your peanuts may contain traces of true nuts is useful.
Other people might not - which is why I replied
2 Likes
The paper ones shown earlier in the thread are available by the bulk food hoppers (nuts, dried fruit, muesli etc) and there’s a similar type on offer wherever there are légumes en vrac.
1 Like
Ah makes sense… I am not really an “en vrac” buyer.
I wasn’t but now I’m increasingly doing so. You can buy quite small quantities that way so it’s not “bulk” as such.
1 Like
Now that one is laughable.
But, legal requirement and all that 