Covert Recycling

I get annoyed by things. 

One thing I get annoyed by, are shopping bags.  Everyone always asks you if you want paper or plastic.  For a while I was using canvas bags, so I could avoid the question altogether, but I would always forget to bring them to the store.  Now, I generally go with paper, because they are easier to recycle... in theory.  But the problem is, I end up with a million paper bags at home.  I try to remember to bring them with me, but I can't remember every single time.

So now I have taken up a new hobby I like to call "covert recycling."  This is where I go to the store with about 25 paper bags.  I bag my groceries in about 5 or 6 bags, then I place all the other bags on the shelf where the "new" bags are.  Even though it is a perfectly fine thing to do, I always feel a little sneaky every time I do it.  But when I get home, that's 20 less paper bags in my closet!

Oh, and another thing I get annoyed by?  People who drive their cars on the freeway with their FOOT out the window.  "Oh, hey!  Look how relaxed that guy is - he's leaned back and is sticking is foot out the window!  While he's driving!"  Personally, I think that guy's an idiot.  And to prove it, one of these days I'm going to swerve into his lane and hit my brakes.  I'd like to see how fast his reaction times are with his left leg out the damned car window.

Comments

[Mom]

Covert recycling is better than no recycling at all, in my book. We used canvas bags for years, but when we gave up going to the wonderful and expensive Central Market on a regular basis and started going to normal places like Safeway, who apparently had never heard of people using more than 3 of their own bags we found that their systems went ape shit when trying to get our 5 bags worth of credit. So we gave it up. We use plastic bags now and we do remember to take them back. I always feel bad that I'm not using my canvas but Michael was not willing to go through the 3 vs 5 bag hassle every single week.

[porkbone]

Why don't you just recycle and forget about the nickel credit? Not recycling grocery bags just because you are "not getting credit for it" seems like a pretty lame excuse...