Today in Mom's blog, she wrote about her disappointment with our local grocery store - Big John ... They have recently added a beer and wine area and she is adamantly against drinking in any shape, form or fashion for any reason...
It doesn't really catch my radar one way or another... It's a logical decision for a grocery to
make, I'm sure beer and wine are tremendous "add-on" purchases ... that's why we have candy bars in the check out line - also ... deadly to many ... eh .. as far as I'm concerned if you want to drink, then drink and if you don't want to drink, then don't ... same thing I think about gay marriage, gambling and many of the other things people get so wound up about...
But I'm here today to talk to you about something a heck of a lot more serious than that, so I need your undivided attention ... I'm talking today about the inability of some to realize that we only have so many available resources on this planet and the more quickly we use them up, the sooner we will see the detrimental results ...
I'm not implying that we all "Go Green" and live in huts powered by candle light ... I'm imploring that we make wise decisions when we have the opportunity to do so ...
Several years ago, I created this video while working on an organizing project for a friend of mine ...
Kim Comer Jackson with a P.S.A. Regarding the Environment
During our discussion HERE this morning ... I recounted a couple of disastrous experiences I had when having groceries bagged at the above-mentioned store and I'll share those with you now ...
While stopping in for 3 bananas recently, the cashier placed my produce baggie into a plastic grocery bag and proudly handed it to me as she sent me on my way... That was the only item I had purchased and I was flabbergasted that she felt the need to so boisterously cover it from the elements! I handed the superfluous sack to her and told her we could save that one...
Flabbergasted I should not have been, because just weeks before I had gone to the grocery one afternoon to pick up several things ... it seems to me that Evan was going to whip up a pizza ... so we're talking about 6-8 items. All of these items would have fit quite perfectly into 1 paper sack ... but I was fiddling in my purse and didn't notice as she began to place the items in plastic bags ... let's see ... one for cold items ... one for soft items ... one for this because it doesn't go with anything .... and one more for miscellaneous just for good measure .... as I looked up and saw what had happened, noting that no one was in line behind me - I said, "I'm so sorry, but I forgot to ask you if I could have paper rather than plastic..." and then I made that "wincing face" that some of us tend to make when asking someone to do something that our noggin tells us may be "above and beyond"... My wince turned to a "WWYD face" as she grabbed the multiple plastic bags and put them into one single paper sack. I want to be sure you folks understand what I'm saying - she didn't take the items out of the plastic bag and re-bag them into the paper bag ... She took the plastic bags, complete with the items they held and placed them swiftly into the paper sack ... Passing it to me with a "There you go! Have a good afternoon!" ... As I commented in the discussion we had on my profile this morning ... nice girl ... no problem with her whatsoever aside from I wanted to hand the sack back to her and tell her that I was trying to save the earth, not hide pornography!
During the discussion we had today on my share of this post, my friend Amy the Spirit Dancer shared this absolutely TREMENDOUS video ... I got a huge kick out of it and I hope you will too..
I'm so curious after chatting with friends as to where YOU are located and what the "grocery bagging practices" are in YOUR neck of the woods!! Tell us below or join our conversation here...
Click here to take a peek at reusable grocery bags and such featuring some of the designs I've created - Javarific, Peace Sun and More!
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Have a Grand and Groovy Day!
For More Info on my projects Google KCoJax, Flawn Ocho, Ocho-rific
It doesn't really catch my radar one way or another... It's a logical decision for a grocery to
But I'm here today to talk to you about something a heck of a lot more serious than that, so I need your undivided attention ... I'm talking today about the inability of some to realize that we only have so many available resources on this planet and the more quickly we use them up, the sooner we will see the detrimental results ...
I'm not implying that we all "Go Green" and live in huts powered by candle light ... I'm imploring that we make wise decisions when we have the opportunity to do so ...
Several years ago, I created this video while working on an organizing project for a friend of mine ...
Kim Comer Jackson with a P.S.A. Regarding the Environment
During our discussion HERE this morning ... I recounted a couple of disastrous experiences I had when having groceries bagged at the above-mentioned store and I'll share those with you now ...
While stopping in for 3 bananas recently, the cashier placed my produce baggie into a plastic grocery bag and proudly handed it to me as she sent me on my way... That was the only item I had purchased and I was flabbergasted that she felt the need to so boisterously cover it from the elements! I handed the superfluous sack to her and told her we could save that one...
Flabbergasted I should not have been, because just weeks before I had gone to the grocery one afternoon to pick up several things ... it seems to me that Evan was going to whip up a pizza ... so we're talking about 6-8 items. All of these items would have fit quite perfectly into 1 paper sack ... but I was fiddling in my purse and didn't notice as she began to place the items in plastic bags ... let's see ... one for cold items ... one for soft items ... one for this because it doesn't go with anything .... and one more for miscellaneous just for good measure .... as I looked up and saw what had happened, noting that no one was in line behind me - I said, "I'm so sorry, but I forgot to ask you if I could have paper rather than plastic..." and then I made that "wincing face" that some of us tend to make when asking someone to do something that our noggin tells us may be "above and beyond"... My wince turned to a "WWYD face" as she grabbed the multiple plastic bags and put them into one single paper sack. I want to be sure you folks understand what I'm saying - she didn't take the items out of the plastic bag and re-bag them into the paper bag ... She took the plastic bags, complete with the items they held and placed them swiftly into the paper sack ... Passing it to me with a "There you go! Have a good afternoon!" ... As I commented in the discussion we had on my profile this morning ... nice girl ... no problem with her whatsoever aside from I wanted to hand the sack back to her and tell her that I was trying to save the earth, not hide pornography!
During the discussion we had today on my share of this post, my friend Amy the Spirit Dancer shared this absolutely TREMENDOUS video ... I got a huge kick out of it and I hope you will too..
I'm so curious after chatting with friends as to where YOU are located and what the "grocery bagging practices" are in YOUR neck of the woods!! Tell us below or join our conversation here...
Click here to take a peek at reusable grocery bags and such featuring some of the designs I've created - Javarific, Peace Sun and More!
If you liked this post please use the buttonage below to share it with your friends, fellow tweeters and facebook followers...
Click Here for More Journey to the Nucleus of my Noggin...
Be Nice ... Don't Horse Around at the Top of the Stairs ... and DON'T Text and Drive ...
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!
For More Info on my projects Google KCoJax, Flawn Ocho, Ocho-rific
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