WASTE NO MORE
I was a little disturbed when I went to the gas station yesterday to pick my roommate and I up a little soda. I chose a 20oz fountain soda for each of us...
When I went to the register to check out with my two 20oz the cashier told me, "oh the big 44 oz sodas are on sale for cheaper"... I responded with "well, I didn't want to get the big ones cause I would just throw it away, there is no way I can drink 44 oz of soda... 20 oz in itself is plenty."
The cashier went on trying to convince me that I should go dump out the cups that I had already filled and purchase a 44 oz cause it was cheaper than a 20oz.... I refused.... He thought I was crazy!!!!
It made me think about what a wasteful society we live in. It seems like most live in an attitude of who cares if it will be wasteful or not -- who cares what is better for others or for the environment... its all about what benefits ME the most...
I know there are probably things in my life where I am wasteful and I can improve that... I will keep trying. I refuse to knowingly be apart of useless consumption. Who cares if I could have saved 50 cents if I bought the big soda! I wouldn't drink it!!! I would waste it, throw it away, pour it down the drain!
Speaking of waste... When will Pocatello ever come to its senses and be more pro-active with recycling! K, sorry, just had to get that off my chest...
Speaking of waste... ladies... checkout www.divacup.com
ok... I'm done...
posted by Sara @ 3:25 PM
5 Comments:
They sure do make it easy to recycle here in Oregon.
Recycling rocks! Remember when the ladies at Krispy Kreme where irritated with us for not buying a dozen donuts for like 10 cents more?
I remember that... we were saying "we will only eat 6 donuts... we don't want 12" but she kept insisting that we were wasting out money.
I am slightly ashamed, but Jeff and I bought one of those 44 oz sodas the other day because I was too cheap to pay more for the littler soda. We shared it, so that made it a little better, but we did throw some of it away, which is a waste, you're right.
If they made it easier to recycle here I would do it.
We have to recycle here. In fact, it is part of our garbage pick-up. We put a recycling bin with the trash and a truck picks up the trash and a truck picks up the recycling. You can recycle almost anything too. bottles, cardboard, cans, butter containers... Plus our soda cans cost an extra 10 cents when you buy them because you have to turn them in and get your 10 cents back.
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