The Checkout Guy At The Grocery Store: "ARE YOU "GOING GREEN?"

[LostDutchman]

Now I admit that I am not the original author but this is worth reprinting and within my personal experience is very, very true!

"ARE  YOU "GOING GREEN?"

Checking  out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older  woman, that she should bring her  own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The  woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this'green thing'  back in my earlier days."

The  young clerk responded,"That's our problem today.  Your  generation did not care enough to save our  environment for future  generations."
 
She  was right -- our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in our day.

Back  then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles,and beer bottles to  the store.  The store sent them back to the plant to be  washed, sterilized, and refilled, so it could use the same bottles  over and over.  So  they really were  recycled.

But  we didn't have the "green thing" back in our  day.
 
Grocery  stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags,that we reused  for numerous things, most  memorable, besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our  schoolbooks. This was to ensure that publicproperty (the  books provided for our use by the school) was not  defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalize our books on  the brown bag but we didn't do the  "green thing" back then.

We  walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every  store and office building.  We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had  to go two blocks.  But  she was right.  We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.

Back  then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind.  We dried clothes on a line – not in an  energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar  power really did dry our clothes  back in our early days.   Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not  always brand-new clothing. But  that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in  our day. 

Back  then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every  room.  And the TV had a small screen the size of a  handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
 
In  the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have  electric machines to do everything for us.  When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old  newspapers to cushion it, not  Styrofoam or plastic bubble  wrap. Back then we didn't fire up an enginend burn  gasoline just to cut the lawn.  We used a push mower that ran  on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to  a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.  But  she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

We  drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup  or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.  We  refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we  replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the  whole razor just because the blade got dull.   But  we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

Back  then people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes  to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour  taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a  whole house did before the "green thing." We had one  electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to  power a dozen appliances.  And we didn't need a computerized  gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But  isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old  folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?

Please  forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson  in conservation from a smartass young  person...   

We  don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much  to piss us off . . .especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced  smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling  them how  much.

Stupid  little shit."

[ALToids]

I like this.  Everybody is waiting for companies to make green products and be carbon neutral.  It would be easier for the world if people didn't need to consume so much.  Sure it's nice to have a TV in every room of the house so everybody could watch whatever they want, but 4 people watching on 4 LEDs is the same to the Earth as a family watching 1 CRT - except the CRT won't have as much non degradable plastic.

[Bitcoin Magazine]

Now I admit that I am not the original author but this is worth reprinting and within my personal experience is very, very true!

"ARE  YOU "GOING GREEN?"

Checking  out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older  woman, that she should bring her  own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The  woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this'green thing'  back in my earlier days."

The  young clerk responded,"That's our problem today.  Your  generation did not care enough to save our  environment for future  generations."
 
She  was right -- our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in our day.

Back  then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles,and beer bottles to  the store.  The store sent them back to the plant to be  washed, sterilized, and refilled, so it could use the same bottles  over and over.  So  they really were  recycled.

But  we didn't have the "green thing" back in our  day.
 
Grocery  stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags,that we reused  for numerous things, most  memorable, besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our  schoolbooks. This was to ensure that publicproperty (the  books provided for our use by the school) was not  defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalize our books on  the brown bag but we didn't do the  "green thing" back then.

We  walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every  store and office building.  We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had  to go two blocks.  But  she was right.  We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.

Back  then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind.  We dried clothes on a line – not in an  energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar  power really did dry our clothes  back in our early days.   Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not  always brand-new clothing. But  that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in  our day. 

Back  then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every  room.  And the TV had a small screen the size of a  handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
 
In  the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have  electric machines to do everything for us.  When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old  newspapers to cushion it, not  Styrofoam or plastic bubble  wrap. Back then we didn't fire up an enginend burn  gasoline just to cut the lawn.  We used a push mower that ran  on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to  a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.  But  she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

We  drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup  or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.  We  refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we  replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the  whole razor just because the blade got dull.   But  we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

Back  then people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes  to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour  taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a  whole house did before the "green thing." We had one  electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to  power a dozen appliances.  And we didn't need a computerized  gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But  isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old  folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?

Please  forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson  in conservation from a smartass young  person...   

We  don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much  to piss us off . . .especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced  smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling  them how  much.

Stupid  little shit."

excuse all teh horseshit, but she was talking about marijuana.

[LostDutchman]

Now I admit that I am not the original author but this is worth reprinting and within my personal experience is very, very true!

"ARE  YOU "GOING GREEN?"

Checking  out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older  woman, that she should bring her  own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The  woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this'green thing'  back in my earlier days."

The  young clerk responded,"That's our problem today.  Your  generation did not care enough to save our  environment for future  generations."
 
She  was right -- our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in our day.

Back  then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles,and beer bottles to  the store.  The store sent them back to the plant to be  washed, sterilized, and refilled, so it could use the same bottles  over and over.  So  they really were  recycled.

But  we didn't have the "green thing" back in our  day.
 
Grocery  stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags,that we reused  for numerous things, most  memorable, besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our  schoolbooks. This was to ensure that publicproperty (the  books provided for our use by the school) was not  defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalize our books on  the brown bag but we didn't do the  "green thing" back then.

We  walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every  store and office building.  We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had  to go two blocks.  But  she was right.  We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.

Back  then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind.  We dried clothes on a line – not in an  energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar  power really did dry our clothes  back in our early days.   Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not  always brand-new clothing. But  that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in  our day. 

Back  then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every  room.  And the TV had a small screen the size of a  handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
 
In  the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have  electric machines to do everything for us.  When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old  newspapers to cushion it, not  Styrofoam or plastic bubble  wrap. Back then we didn't fire up an enginend burn  gasoline just to cut the lawn.  We used a push mower that ran  on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to  a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.  But  she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

We  drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup  or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.  We  refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we  replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the  whole razor just because the blade got dull.   But  we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

Back  then people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes  to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour  taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a  whole house did before the "green thing." We had one  electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to  power a dozen appliances.  And we didn't need a computerized  gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But  isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old  folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?

Please  forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson  in conservation from a smartass young  person...   

We  don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much  to piss us off . . .especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced  smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling  them how  much.

Stupid  little shit."

excuse all teh horseshit, but she was talking about marijuana.

Horseshit.

[Remember remember the 5th of November]

Grocery bags, made from trees...worse than plastic bags? Please.. Even if recycled, trees are still used to produce new ones, no doubt.

[coinmaster222]

Grocery bags, made from trees...worse than plastic bags? Please.. Even if recycled, trees are still used to produce new ones, no doubt.

Difference between trees and petrol? Petrol is someday going to end. Trees die and regrow so theoretically we can have a never ending supply of paper. Paper producing (imo) is not bad for the einvironment since trees are harvested specifically for that activity.

[Bitcoin Magazine]

Green involves recycling.  Just cause u recycled back in the day doesn't mean u should relive the 80's

[LostDutchman]

Green involves recycling.  Just cause u recycled back in the day doesn't mean u should relive the 80's

80s?

We are talking about a whole lot of stuff that began in the early 1900s and was cast aside by the so-called "Liberals" and "Greenies".

Find one thing wrong with what we did back than.

I dare you to try!!

You need a few history lessons!

[Bitcoin Magazine]

Green involves recycling.  Just cause u recycled back in the day doesn't mean u should relive the 80's

80s?

We are talking about a whole lot of stuff that began in the early 1900s and was cast aside by the so-called "Liberals" and "Greenies".

Find one thing wrong with what we did back than.

I dare you to try!!

You need a few history lessons!

i can't find nothin wrong with the 90's other than BackStreet Boys

[LostDutchman]

Green involves recycling.  Just cause u recycled back in the day doesn't mean u should relive the 80's

80s?

We are talking about a whole lot of stuff that began in the early 1900s and was cast aside by the so-called "Liberals" and "Greenies".

Find one thing wrong with what we did back than.

I dare you to try!!

You need a few history lessons!

i can't find nothin wrong with the 90's other than BackStreet Boys

This is NOT 90s!

WTF is wrong with you?

[Bitcoin Magazine]

well what happened this generation that caused u to lose an eye.  must have been mind shattering, huh?

i love tree-hippie liberals.  best generation of them all.
i think Backstreet Boys ruined it for them.   

[LostDutchman]

well what happened this generation that caused u to lose an eye.  must have been mind shattering, huh?

i love tree-hippie liberals.  best generation of them all.
i think Backstreet Boys ruined it for them.   

OH, nothing to do with the times or any given generation; just a condition that may have developed from any of several causes but the specific cause cannot be deteremined.

[wachtwoord]

The cashier is an indoctrinated ignorant little cunt and the old lady should have called her that. Hell, the person in line behind her writing this story should have called her that and gotten the manager to get her reprimanded. If that 'holier-than-thou' bitch loses her job over this she might learn something for once.

[LostDutchman]

The cashier is an indoctrinated ignorant little cunt and the old lady should have called her that. Hell, the person in line behind her writing this story should have called her that and gotten the manager to get her reprimanded. If that 'holier-than-thou' bitch loses her job over this she might learn something for once.

Oh, man, they really do that shit all over the place in this country.

Part of being ingrained as a so-called "liberal"

[LostDutchman]

The cashier is an indoctrinated ignorant little cunt and the old lady should have called her that. Hell, the person in line behind her writing this story should have called her that and gotten the manager to get her reprimanded. If that 'holier-than-thou' bitch loses her job over this she might learn something for once.

Oh, man, they really do that shit all over the place in this country.

Part of being ingrained as a so-called "liberal"

A more fun reaction would be to start singing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgtIziShmc at the top of your voice as you think "Fuck you bitch have fun in your dead end job and life" and grin through your teeth.

Yeah but then I might not be able to go back to that grocery store and I like it.

[JohnnyBTCSeed]

[LostDutchman]

Lotsa' truth to that one!

[LostDutchman]

> ...

> this is the insulting robot

> back in my days no diapers were needed at all

> stupid humanity

[eid]

Now I admit that I am not the original author but this is worth reprinting and within my personal experience is very, very true!

"ARE  YOU "GOING GREEN?"

Checking  out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older  woman, that she should bring her  own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The  woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this'green thing'  back in my earlier days."

The  young clerk responded,"That's our problem today.  Your  generation did not care enough to save our  environment for future  generations."
 
She  was right -- our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in our day.

Back  then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles,and beer bottles to  the store.  The store sent them back to the plant to be  washed, sterilized, and refilled, so it could use the same bottles  over and over.  So  they really were  recycled.

But  we didn't have the "green thing" back in our  day.
 
Grocery  stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags,that we reused  for numerous things, most  memorable, besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our  schoolbooks. This was to ensure that publicproperty (the  books provided for our use by the school) was not  defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalize our books on  the brown bag but we didn't do the  "green thing" back then.

We  walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every  store and office building.  We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had  to go two blocks.  But  she was right.  We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.

Back  then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind.  We dried clothes on a line – not in an  energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar  power really did dry our clothes  back in our early days.   Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not  always brand-new clothing. But  that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in  our day. 

Back  then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every  room.  And the TV had a small screen the size of a  handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
 
In  the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have  electric machines to do everything for us.  When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old  newspapers to cushion it, not  Styrofoam or plastic bubble  wrap. Back then we didn't fire up an enginend burn  gasoline just to cut the lawn.  We used a push mower that ran  on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to  a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.  But  she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

We  drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup  or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.  We  refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we  replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the  whole razor just because the blade got dull.   But  we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

Back  then people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes  to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour  taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a  whole house did before the "green thing." We had one  electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to  power a dozen appliances.  And we didn't need a computerized  gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But  isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old  folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?

Please  forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson  in conservation from a smartass young  person...   

We  don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much  to piss us off . . .especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced  smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling  them how  much.

Stupid  little shit."

Made me smile. Thanks.

We used to love taking the bottles back for the deposit. 

[LostDutchman]

Now I admit that I am not the original author but this is worth reprinting and within my personal experience is very, very true!

"ARE  YOU "GOING GREEN?"

Checking  out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older  woman, that she should bring her  own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.

The  woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this'green thing'  back in my earlier days."

The  young clerk responded,"That's our problem today.  Your  generation did not care enough to save our  environment for future  generations."
 
She  was right -- our generation didn't have the 'green thing' in our day.

Back  then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles,and beer bottles to  the store.  The store sent them back to the plant to be  washed, sterilized, and refilled, so it could use the same bottles  over and over.  So  they really were  recycled.

But  we didn't have the "green thing" back in our  day.
 
Grocery  stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags,that we reused  for numerous things, most  memorable, besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our  schoolbooks. This was to ensure that publicproperty (the  books provided for our use by the school) was not  defaced by our scribbling. Then we were able to personalize our books on  the brown bag but we didn't do the  "green thing" back then.

We  walked up stairs because we didn't have an escalator in every  store and office building.  We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had  to go two blocks.  But  she was right.  We didn't have the "green thing" in our day.

Back  then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind.  We dried clothes on a line – not in an  energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts – wind and solar  power really did dry our clothes  back in our early days.   Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not  always brand-new clothing. But  that young lady is right; we didn't have the "green thing" back in  our day. 

Back  then we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every  room.  And the TV had a small screen the size of a  handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana.
 
In  the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have  electric machines to do everything for us.  When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old  newspapers to cushion it, not  Styrofoam or plastic bubble  wrap. Back then we didn't fire up an enginend burn  gasoline just to cut the lawn.  We used a push mower that ran  on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to  a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.  But  she's right; we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

We  drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup  or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water.  We  refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we  replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the  whole razor just because the blade got dull.   But  we didn't have the "green thing" back  then.

Back  then people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes  to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour  taxi service in the family's $45,000 SUV or van, which cost what a  whole house did before the "green thing." We had one  electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to  power a dozen appliances.  And we didn't need a computerized  gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.

But  isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old  folks were just because we didn't have the "green thing" back then?

Please  forward this on to another selfish old person who needs a lesson  in conservation from a smartass young  person...   

We  don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much  to piss us off . . .especially from a tattooed, multiple pierced  smartass who can't make change without the cash register telling  them how  much.

Stupid  little shit."

Made me smile. Thanks.

We used to love taking the bottles back for the deposit. 

Yep.

Free money from the side of the road!

I had a little red wagon when small and a bicycle with great big baskets later on.