Wasteful products...
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I work in food retail as well. I'd say 75% is being generous on how many cans out there are pull-tab style.
The stuff I use to clean protein deposits off my contact lenses, which used to come in a dropper bottle, now comes in a box that contains 24 individual disposable plastic dispensers. By mass and volume, I figure that’s about a 30-to-one ratio of packaging to product. I mean, WTF? Who needs all that extra plastic?
Do you feed your cats canned cat food? My cats used to come running into the kitchen every time they heard the sound of the electric can opener. We jokingly called them “Pavlov’s cats.”
Or for someone who opens a lot of cans.
Do you feed your cats canned cat food? My cats used to come running into the kitchen every time they heard the sound of the electric can opener. We jokingly called them “Pavlov’s cats.”
People don’t always wash their manual can openers either. I’ve seen plenty of them where the mechanism is encrusted with hundreds of cans’ worth of crud.Manual can-openers have the distinct advantage of being something washable. Most people easily forget to wash their electric can-openers. Next time you're over at someone's home take a look at their electric can opener and give that a thought.
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Yeah, I stayed with friends in another city recently, and they showed the same reaction and looked at me as if I was crazy when I drank their tap water. I assume the water quality wasn't very good in the past there. It's fine now.
There are many places in Europe (e.g. various cities in France and Greece) where tap water is chlorated and smells and tastes accordingly so bottled water has its uses.
WTF? I’ve heard of fluoridation to reduce tooth decay, but putting something in the water to reduce the birth rate??
I don’t know about Europe, but in America, AFAIK, all municipal water supplies are chlorinated. If it smells and tastes of chlorine, they’re using too much. Unless the water is really dirty and full of germs to start with.
I find that claim suspect and would love to see some official documentation to back it up.
^ I think she meant stuff that people discard, not something put there intentionally.
That's my understanding as well.
^^ Yes, I was being a bit facetious there. Putting drugs in the water supply to keep the populace happy and to control reproduction does sound like a good idea for a dystopian/totalitarian sci-fi novel, though.
Seriously, are there traces of antidepressant drugs and female hormones in the water where An Officer lives?
Seriously, are there traces of antidepressant drugs and female hormones in the water where An Officer lives?
I went Scotch shopping today. Why did my purchase come in a large cardboard box? Why were some other packaged in tubes? Does Scotch really need that much protection from flourescent lighting? Is it that commonly given as a gift that it needs packaging to ease the wrapping process?
Good gods, just give me the booze!
Good gods, just give me the booze!
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It depends on how loaded you are.
One item I thought was wasteful was that Clapper, thing. As if someone went, "What can I invent so that I don't have to get up off my big butt and go flip that light switch?" 
Plus my grandpa had his own clapper, me. He'd be like
Grandpa: ~claps hands twice~ boy, get up and turn on that light. ~claps hands again~ go change that tv channel.
Plus my grandpa had his own clapper, me. He'd be like
Grandpa: ~claps hands twice~ boy, get up and turn on that light. ~claps hands again~ go change that tv channel.
Actually certain amounts of the pill and anti-depressants are urinated out by the people who use them, as the use goes up, as does the amount in reclaimed water. Or something like that, really need an article or two to clear this up.
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