Why must they - Part 2

I hate it when people have their fax machine set to automatically send the SAME FAX multiple times, and you go over to the fax machine and it has needlessly printed off 3 copies of the same stupid 5 page fax! SERIOUSLY people. Remember those 3 R's we talked about? Yeah.

So, that little incident got me thinking about another one of my pet peeves which is when people leave the water running full blast while they brush their teeth. My lovely husband does this all the time, and it drives.me.nuts. I will be standing there getting ready and he will come in to brush his teeth and leave that water just runnin' away, and I reach over and turn it off. I can't help myself. It's just unnecessary, and so easily NOT done.

One day he said "That really drives you crazy, doesn't it?"

"Yes honey, it does"

Well guess what, internet? The other day we were standing there getting ready and he actually turned the faucet off! I couldn't believe it. Maybe I will get through to him yet :0)

I don't need to turn him into a total tree hugger, just get him to do the simple things that, if we ALL do them, will add up to alot of eco-friendly benefit. Hell, *I'M* not even a total tree hugger...Take global warming; I definitely think we contribute to global warming, but do not for one second believe that we are the SOLE CAUSE of the current climate change. We are such a blip on the life span of the Earth. The Earth has gone through many extreme times of climate change in the past that had nothing to do with man.

I do, however, ABSOLUTELY believe that we have an obligation to impact our Earth as little as possible, and it just irritates me when people are too lazy to do even the simplist actions that WILL have a positive impact.

I of course, am not claiming to be perfect. I don't expect perfection. I only ask for effort.


Okay, done ranting.

It was a great feeling to have manifested that change of behavior in my husband.

Why must they?

Why do people feel they need a plastic grocery bag when they are leaving the store with ONE ITEM? That really irritates me. When I go to the store, if I am only buying an item or two (or 3 or whatever I can carry to my car w/o dropping) I just don't get a bag, because I don't need one.

As with anything, there are always exceptions, and I am not trying to say we should NEVER take a bag. If I have L with and am only getting a couple of things I may still get a bag, cuz having a toddler with you somehow makes even small tasks MUCH HARDER. And I would never begrudge an elderly person, or parent with child, or a disabled person for taking a bag for an item or two.

But I see it often, and it bugs me. Maybe I am being just being anal and b*tchy...Maybe these people I see taking bags for ONE item *are* doing their part by re-using or recyling that bag (but the skeptic in me is doubting it in alot of cases)

Saving our planet has to start somewhere. It's the first R people...Reduce.

Okay, stepping down off my soapbox now.