| BAGS >:-( |
[Jun. 27th, 2007|09:00 am] |
I hate plastic bags.
HATE 'EM!
You know what I hate more than plastic bags?
PEOPLE WHO ASK FOR THEM WHEN THEY CLEARLY DON'T NEED THEM!!!!
Okay. I'm reasonable. When you're buying a 50$ cookbook (the point of this is still unexplained...it's gonna get messy in the kitchen anyway) as a gift for someone, I understand that you'll want a plastic bag even if you're going to put it in your schoolbag or another plastic bag. When you're buying more than 3 large books, you need a bag.
Understandable.
See, I also understand that very few people speak up when they don't want/need a bag. But I have taken it upon myself to ask everyone who I think does not need a bag if they want/need one (and yes I do say "Do you NEED a bag?"). Sometimes they recognize that they are just being wasteful idiots and do not take a bag. But sometimes they decide to be morons and TAKE A BAG WHEN IT IS SO OBVIOUS IT'S NOT NEEDED.
Examples:
1) Buying a SINGLE paperback and wanting a bag (which for paperbacks is TINY...what are you going to do with after?) AND THEN THEY PUT THE BOOK IN ITS PLASTIC BAG IN THEIR PURSE OR ANOTHER SHOPPING BAG. First of all, it's a PAPERBACK. It's cheaply made and it's GOING to get bent. The spine is going to crack. Plus, unless you're carrying spikes and acid in your bag, there is NO need for an extra bag for your book.
2) Replace #1 with MAGAZINES. Do you really, REALLY need a bag for your 2$ issue of Life and Style?
3) The most perplexing of all: when people ask for a bag when they already have a cloth shopping bag that is very clearly empty because they put the plastic bag INTO their shopping bag leaving me to seethe and fight all urge to bite off their heads. "Oh look I'm 'saving' the environment but I'll still take a bag for no reason thank you."
See I do get a lot of customers who say they don't want a bag which delights me. And what delights me even more are the customers who state very loudly that plastic bags are wasteful and that they've bought cloth bags to do their shopping with and it's amazing how many bags they've saved.
They make up for the following cunts and dicks:
1) This sixty-or-so year-old woman had stacked a bunch of plastic bags into a LARGER plastic bag. She was buying a MAP. A MAP. So I ask her if she needs a bag. She says yes but does not leave it at that.
CUNT: You know something? What do people actually say when you ask them that?
ME: Well some, if they don't *looks pointedly at her bags* NEED a bag, say no.
CUNT *huffly*: Well you KNOW, I ALWAYS ask for a bag. I KNOW we're supposed to "save" the environment but we ALL need bags. So maybe you shouldn't ask people anymore.
ME: >:-O
Well just because you intend to die in 10 years (or less if I ever see you again) doesn't mean the planet has to. If you want a bag, I'll GIVE you a bag, if I choose to ask people if they need a bag, well that's MY perrogative isn't it? It's not like I lecture everyone about the environment whenever they say yes. I may inwardly gnash my teeth, but I'll still give you the bag. All you have to say is "yes" or "no".
2) This nerdy disgusting guy comes to my cash, predictably buying some science-fiction/fantasy crap. You know the type. The one who watches movies, not for the plot, but for the technical/directorial etc. mistakes and points them out. The one who misses the punchline of a joke because he's too busy snort-laughing at the preposterousness of the talking dog in the joke or similar. ("How did the dog learn how to talk? *snort snort snort*") The one who behaves like a total dweeb as part of his defense mechanism and as a result no one likes him/he gets the shit beaten out of him.
So he comes to my cash and stares at my chest. He has a schoolbag that looks deflated so I assumed it was empty. He's buying one paperback. I ask him if he needs a bag:
DICK: Um. No. No wait, yeah give me a bag.
ME: *who is already in a bad mood from previous customers slams the bag on the counter*
DICK: I think *snort snort snort* that the environment *snort* can TAKE one more plastic bag. *bursts out snort laughing*
ME: *looks up, doesn't say a WORD and glares*
DICK: *stops snort laughing, looks at me terrified, grabs his book and runs away*
I don't think jokes about the environment deteriorating are funny. ESPECIALLY not from acne-ridden dipshits like him.
I know it doesn't seem like much, but if everyone did that, think of how many plastic bags people would save. It's just a matter of buying a cloth shopping bag (they're really not expensive) and placing all your things in there. If you're buying clothes, I understand you want bags to avoid suspicion, but wrap the receipt inside the clothes in case you are asked. Or at the first place you shop for, ask for a large bag (most clothing stores have large paper shopping bags) and then don't take anymore bags.
It's simple really. In a lot of grocery stores in Europe, you have to pay if you want plastic bags. They've been doing this for years and I think we should do it here too.
I'm not being a flower-child hippie, I'm not being a hard core environmentalist, I just think that everyone should do at least SOMETHING for the cause. We don't need so much plastic. I have a DOG and I don't need a lot of plastic. She poops several times in the yard, I take one plastic bag to clean it all up. I take the smallest bag I can find when I take her for a walk. I TELL cashiers that I don't need a bag (one woman at Pharmaprix tried to bag my bottle of TYLENOL...WHAT IS THE BLOODY POINT? Demagnetize the box and give me the bill! I'll stick it in my purse!) when I don't need one. No, I don't need a bag when I'm buying a magazine. So everyone will see that I'm reading Cosmo. So what? I don't need a bag when I have my schoolbag.
It's very easy. |
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[Jun. 4th, 2007|12:50 pm] |
Yay! My GPA is back to 3...in fact it's more like 3.20 for the semester and 3.02 for the year.
Thanks Louis-Raphael Pelletier. You gave me a B+ I could not have possibly deserved. |
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[Apr. 26th, 2007|01:06 pm] |
Does anyone know where I can apply for a job?
KIM! What was the name of that website you went to again to get that job at the cathedral? |
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[Mar. 29th, 2007|11:57 pm] |
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I would like to share a story with you:
I was closing my cash tonight in the cash office. As I was stapling my paperwork and putting it away, my thumb got caught on a staple and ripped some skin off and was quite painful.
No, I'm not done yet.
I reached for the Band-Aid box and pulled out a band-aid. Just as I was about to put it on my thumb, I noticed a mysterious spot on the band-aid itself.
I took off the white strips and peered closely at the band-aid.
IT WAS MOLD.
THERE WAS MOLD ON A STERLIZED BAND-AID.
IT WAS GREEN. AND FURRY.
I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE DISGUSTED IN MY LIFE.
HOW THE HELL DID IT GET THERE?! |
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[Mar. 19th, 2007|03:14 pm] |
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*adds "whiskey" to her list of things to never drink again* |
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[Mar. 2nd, 2007|09:15 pm] |
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Wow. My back is KILLING ME! I must have shoveled about 2 feet (deep) of snow!
But I <3 it. I wanna go play!
But alas Tokugawa Japan beckons.
Hrmph. |
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[Feb. 25th, 2007|03:46 pm] |
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I ate something with a lot of onions in it...I'm going to regret this for the rest of the day. :-S
I love how I managed to do absolutely NO schoolwork this week. But it's been great. I wish we had a week off in the fall semester, maybe I would do better.
Not looking forward to school tomorrow. Will probably get back two failed midterms and will be very upset, seeing as how I really studied for both of those. :-S
I think I'll play John Deere farmer for a bit. I could do some school readings but THIS IS STILL SPRING BREAK DAMMIT! |
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[Feb. 20th, 2007|09:33 pm] |
I wish I could do this:
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