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The Last Straw
I've now seen this in a few places, and I'm wondering if it's a trend: You're standing at the counter of an informal restaurant. There's a container of paper-wrapped straws on the counter. Next to that, there's now a paper cup or some other small depository. And I believe we're supposed to place our used straw wrappers in this holder.
Now, my first thought was, how lazy have we become as a society that we need a special tiny little trashcan for our straw wrappers? Is carrying the wrapper the 3 or 4 feet to the normal garbage can such a huge burden? Is there some eco-issue I wasn't aware of, in which seagulls are choking to death on improperly-disposed-of straw wrappers?
But my second thought was, hmmm, oftentimes when I'm emptying out my pockets at the end of the day, I will discover a straw wrapper. Even if I'm positive that I threw it away, nope, it's still at the bottom my pocket. So, I don't know, maybe this is society evolving just a little bit.
Posted by Jack Silbert on 06/24/2007 | Permalink
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Hey, a lot of folks DON'T walk all that way to throw it out. I think this is just a subtle reminder.
Posted by: DaveX | Jun 24, 2007 10:55:40 PM
If the straw paper bin isn't provided, many people simply throw the straw paper on the counter or the ground, which is uglier than the straw paper bin.
Yes, people are lazy. The labor saved here isn't on the part of customers who won't be burdened by walking 3-4 feet to the trash can; it's on the part of the employees, who won't have to pick up after customers who discard straw papers arbitrarily.
Posted by: gbroiles | Jun 25, 2007 2:42:16 AM
But then how am I supposed to justify blowing them right off the straw and across the room? That's absolutely no fun.
Posted by: Jersey Girl | Jun 25, 2007 4:57:57 PM
Yeah the other day I saw on the street that there was something called a "trash-can"! I thought, well, sour milk to that idea! Whatever happened to the days where we brought our trash home and threw it in a hole in the yard? Have our youngfolk become so idle as to not want to carry garbage around with them? For shame.
Posted by: by jiminy | Aug 7, 2007 5:23:01 PM
