Thursday, 23 July 2009

A short attention span !

Things have changed at our supermarkets !

Over a year ago, just about every customer was arriving with those ubiquitous green recycling bags and proudly doing their part to reduce plastic bag waste.

Now - they are a rarity ! Perhaps the odd customer here and there persevering with the crusade, and most likely the bags still exist - it's just that they don't make it into the store. They remain in the boot of the car - abandoned and forgotten as evidence of our short attention span.

If asked, we will still insist that we have a ecology conscience. We care about the planet. We have switched to low energy light globes. We save water and don't hose paths anymore !

And the people who shop at Aldi manage to remember to take their own containers - but then they have to because Aldi charge for bags - and our short attention span kicks in anytime failure to do so costs us money !

Which raises that interesting question. Would we again start using those green canvas bags if all the grocery shops stopped putting our purchases in free throw away plastic ?

It seems that it all revolves around a single issue.

Yes we will ! If our hip pocket or purse connects with our memory !

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