Some people are stupid and wasteful
We went to a PawSox game the other day, and they were giving away those eco-tote reusable grocery bags. They were green and had both a PawSox logo, and a Cox cable company logo (Cox was sponsoring the giveaway).
So Christine the Curmudgeon and The Mister got there early enough, and each got one. We have a bunch of other bags like this that we got as free giveaways, so we decided to just keep these in the car with the other ones, to use when we go shopping. We do recycle plastic grocery bags (we use them to dispose of used cat little), but we have so many saved up, we won’t need any more for years.
What shocked us was that when the game was over, many people were leaving them behind! Some people were even putting them in the garbage! Why? If they didn’t want one, they didn’t have to take it.
We didn’t want to pick any out of the garbage, because the garbage can at the end of a game is too gross, but we did pick a few up off the ground and took them with us. Okay, maybe an eco-tote is not the most exciting ball game giveaway, not like a cap or a jersey or a bobble-head, it’s about as interesting to some people as testosterone cream. I get that. But it’s still a useful item, if you had to buy them at your local grocery stores, they cost a few bucks apiece!
Anyhoo, Mr. Curmudgeon went to the grocery store today, to Shaw’s, on his way home from work. He brought a couple of these tote bags in with him, yet when he indicated to the cashier that he wanted his stuff to go directly into the tote bags, she ignored him and put it into plastic bags anyway. Methinks it’s time for another email to Shaw’s, suggesting that they train their employees on the use of these eco-totes. Hell, they SELL them there, they are supposed to be trying to encourage people to use them!
Idiots!
