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[Warpy]

120. Divisive glurge

The fact is that we didn't have a choice whether or not to return milk and soda bottles or use paper sacks for our groceries. We don't have a choice now unless we live in states with bottle return bills on the books. Day cares often demand disposable diapers, no choice there, either.

Yeah, bringing our own bags is better than using those disposable things that get caught in trees and take two years to flap in the wind before they finally break down into small pieces and disappear in the leaves. However, they get forgotten, they get washed and don't dry in time. No cashier should be empowered to nag anyone for not using them over plastic, it's not his/her job.

Above all, trying to divide us along generational lines because we had different choices taken away from us is counterproductive, at best.