I startled a young checker at the store tonight. He asked if I wanted my milk in a bag. I said No. He asked if I wanted my laundry soap in a bag. I said No. He asked if I wanted my bleach in a bag. I said, No. But I really dont care. Im already going to environmental hell. He popped open innocent blue eyes, and asked, What did you say? I repeated my statement and said that over a lifetime, I have used so many consumer goods that I am doomed to hell for polluting and defacing creation. He defended the use of plastic, bags, saying the only real alternative is paper, which wastes natural resources. I suggested that we could bring reusable bags to the store and then deplored my own failure to reuse bags. He suggested leather bags might be a solution, a way of using the skins of animals we eat. I suggested that we could stop wasting human bodies by tanning our skins for use as grocery bags. He made the sign of the cross. I took my plastic bags and trudged out of the store, feeling twin beams from innocent blue eyes boring into my back, right between the shoulder blades. Some day Ill learn to behave. But not today.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 02:49:32 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015