From: Natalie@yabbs
To: Death@yabbs
Subject: re: consumption
Date: Tue Jul 26 01:18:12 1994

well, i work in a retail store, (for those of you who didn't know) and 
part of my job is baggin ppl's shit after i ring it...now, if i can get 
away with it, i won't bag awkward things, like toilet paper or like the 5 
pack tissue...or the 3 pack maxi pads we have on sale this week 
thateveryone is buying.  IMHO, it doesn't make it any easier to carry 
these things when they're bagged...they're gonna be awkward anyhoo...but 
some ppl want all their stuff bagged...even if it mean they stand
there and watch me struggle to get in in w/o helping me one bit (oh 
thatmakes me steamed)....but i always bag the stuff in paper before 
plastic, partly because paper bags hold more than the plastic ones do and 
also because altho the paper does kill trees, ppl are more likely to reuse 
a paper bag than a plastic one....i know *I* am at least...and the plastic 
ones take up space in the landfills, w/o ever degrading...and while i know 
that a lot of the stuff in landfills doesn't degrade, the paper bags'll do 
it before the plastic ones do...

natalie