Lady, we waste a lot of stuff

[Food Lady]

and so does she, probably. This wasn't my sucktomer; it was my coworker B's, and I feel like I've posted about her before. She's done this to him every time he's rung her out. She rips off the survey and chucks it at him, complaining that we waste paper, thus "kill trees"*.

It's good she hasn't done it to me because I'd be tempted to retort "We do waste paper. Water, too. It's a shame. 6,000 kids worldwide are gonna die of water related diseases tomorrow and every day after that."--subtext You care more about trees than people. and I'd get in trouble.

The other reply I could use is "There's a section on the survey ( the one you just chucked at my face ) where you can tell [Company] you don't want surveys printed." Oh, the irony.

* Trees can be grown for the purpose of making paper. ??

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I know you said she's done this before, but yesterday was Earth Day, so good timing on this one.

[Aria]

And what about all the paper mills going out of business because we're going paperless?

And you're right, they grow trees specifically for paper and harvest them young. We don't use old growth forests for paper.

[EricKei]

So...she rips off the survey page, rendering it unusable (instead of sending it in and expressing her opinion), thereby wasting paper, eh?

[Slave to the Phone]

Hopes she never goes to a government office. Come to my office and you will be handed a 20+ page application to fill out. (Many of the pages are customer information and legal speak.) When you sit in my cube, I'll put all of that info into the computer and give you the application back. And, just because you didn't do it at our handy-dandy computer kiosks, I'll print out 1 to 3 signature pages (3 pages each), depending on how many services you need, have you sign them, have them scanned and then shredded.

We are the government. We don't just kill trees, we devastate forests. And we LIKE it!!!

(Actually, I don't like it but we can't force anyone to do their application online if they want paper. I do tell people that their interview could have been 10 minutes instead of an hour if they had done it online, but that's as passive aggressive that I'm allowed to be.)

[notalwaysright]

Yes, because the cashier has control over the receipts. Yelling at them is so much easier than taking the time to try to find a constructive way to make a difference.

Most large companies probably waste way more than necessary. The company looks at cost first, that's just the way the world works. So they will recycle if it's cost effective, not because they really care. Or they do it so they can tell people they are environmentally friendly and thus gain money from those customers.

[Food Lady]

So...she rips off the survey page, rendering it unusable (instead of sending it in and expressing her opinion), thereby wasting paper, eh?

Exactly. She's dense, isn't she?

[Ironclad Alibi]

And what about all the paper mills going out of business because we're going paperless?

There's one group of paper mills that will never go out of business. They make the paper we need when we do our "business" and afterwards it just gets flushed down the toilet. Can't even recycle it, not that I would want to.

[Cia]

There's one group of paper mills that will never go out of business. They make the paper we need when we do our "business" and afterwards it just gets flushed down the toilet. Can't even recycle it, not that I would want to.

It can technically be recycled - it can be composted and turned into night soil.

[Kit-Ginevra]

We need that siggy-No trees were harmed in the making of this email.However a large number of electrons were dreadfully inconvenienced. Just wish I could remember who the hell it belongs to :P

[Ironclad Alibi]

We need that siggy-No trees were harmed in the making of this email.However a large number of electrons were dreadfully inconvenienced. Just wish I could remember who the hell it belongs to :P

Neil Degrasse Tyson

[EricKei]

Well, he's one of the folks to use it, anyway ^_^ That one's been around for some time now -- well over a decade. I loves it so.

[Nunavut Pants]

I think I've seen it as a sig in Usenet posts from the 90s, even...

[Slave to the Phone]

I used it at work today. Someone made a mistake with their online application, I asked about it, person apologized, I said "I fixed it for you, no harm, no foul, even though you did inconvenience some electrons." She laughed.

[Lace Neil Singer]

We used to have people bitching at us for wasting plastic, pre-bag tax. Now, I'm certain that the same people are bitching about having to pay 5p for one of our new bags. We also get people who are convinced that we're making loads of money off them cuz we force them to buy bags. Um, your car is parked right outside, why not save 5p and carry your lunch in your arms instead? Oh and the money earned off the bags goes to charity, fyi.