Then again, maybe you will!
Thanks to great feedback from our last 3-Day Challenge to be a bit more Green, I learned that I could find the permanent grocery bags I was look for at Vons. My husband Terry and I shop at Vons every week and I was shocked to find out that they offer exactly what I needed for only $0.99! Perfect!
Except why had I never seen them before??????
I asked a checker to please help me find them and they were tucked on a bottom self under a corner food display. Why aren't they displayed near the checkout????? Paper, plastic or permanent?????? How easy would that be???
The checkers and I discussed the incongruity of 'hiding' the bags. Afterall, not using the plastic saves Vons money AND I am assuming that there are a few cents profit in the permanent bags also! Win Win for the Company and the environment. And Win for those of us willing to do the little extra it takes to keep our corner of the world a little healthier!
It got better! You see, each of the lightweight, black cloth bags was individually wrapped in a cellophane bag! WHAT ARE THEY THINKING??????
I hand it to the main checker who said, "I am assuming that you DO NOT want me to put these in a bag for you!" So we ended the exchange with a laugh and the understanding that we all have a long, long, long way to go before Green makes its way into full engagement.
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Trader Joes has permanent bags and they are displayed at check out!
Pamela
Kudos to Apple, Inc. for helping the planet and not bugging me to boot! I went on Sunday to the local mall and remembered that along with a more appropriate dress for my daughter, I wanted one of those iPod shuffles because, after all, I can't imagine needing a Nano -- I don't have the attention span to listen to that many songs.
Anyway, when I went to pay, the guy asked me if it was okay to send the receipt to my email. I rolled my eyes and said, "Oh, that's a very clever way to get my email address so that Apple can not only send me more crud in my inbox but they can sell my address to other companies. Like Apple needs more money (insert more eye rolling here)."
The guy has probably heard this about a zillion times but once again, for my benefit, he explained that it's Apple's way of helping the environment by not printing out receipts for each purchase.
I thought how great this idea is and wanted to share it with others because (and especially because) I am a terrible receipt keeper and relocator and when tax time comes around, you can find me digging in my car, my purse, my wallet, my drawers (no, not my underwear!), looking on the refrigerator and then finally looking in the manilla file folder marked "receipts". If they were all sent to my email instead, I would know exactly where they were and could print out only those that were a write-off.
So, for those of you who print out receipts for your business, perhaps it would be better for the environment if you do it the Apple way and just shoot me an email!
Cathie Nichols, Realtor
www.ZipRealty.com
760-419-8780 Direct
866-780-7323 Direct FAX
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