Posted: 5/3/2009 8:19:39 AM EDT
This sign sits at the counter at the local Borders bookstore. Think about this for a minute. They don't want to give you a plastic bag in order to 'save the environment', but they are in a business selling almost exclusively paper products. I'll bet to fully stock one Borders outlet uses up probably 5,000 trees worth of paper. But at least you aren't using a plastic bag on your way out. 
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http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/adam21avenger/IMG_0051.jpg This sign sits at the counter at the local Borders bookstore. Think about this for a minute. They don't want to give you a plastic bag in order to 'save the environment', but they are in a business selling almost exclusively paper products. I'll bet to fully stock one Borders outlet uses up probably 5,000 trees worth of paper. But at least you aren't using a plastic bag on your way out. Hell, I'll ask them to double bag my one magazine. 
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. And by the way... there is nothing "liberal" about book stores or reading 
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. Bingo! |
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http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/adam21avenger/IMG_0051.jpg This sign sits at the counter at the local Borders bookstore. Think about this for a minute. They don't want to give you a plastic bag in order to 'save the environment', but they are in a business selling almost exclusively paper products. I'll bet to fully stock one Borders outlet uses up probably 5,000 trees worth of paper. But at least you aren't using a plastic bag on your way out. Hell, I'll ask them to double bag my one magazine. 
I thought the same thing. |
| I used to work in an Ace Hardware at the register and black folks, almost universally would want a bag for every purchase, no matter how trivial the item. If they bought a candy bar and a pack of garden hose couplings, they wanted a bag. The shit I'd just stick in my pocket, they'd want a bag for. I guess it's either to prove they didn't steal it, or they use the bags for garbage bags. I think the second is more likely. |
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. And by the way... there is nothing "liberal" about book stores or reading There's nothing liberal about reading, but in my experience book stores have been liberal enclaves. From the employees to the occasional live music or poetry readings they do. |
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They're being good capitalists. Bags cost money. If you don't give every customer a bag, or, better yet, sell them one of those cloth totes, you'll make more money. It's sort of like fast food places not handing out ketchup packets unless you ask for them.The "environment" angle is just eyewash for the rubes.
I never really understood bags for a lot of purchases. I buy one book. How is it easier for me to deal with my one book if it's in a bag? Once I get home I have to throw away the bag. I'd rather just carry the book. |
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http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/adam21avenger/IMG_0051.jpg This sign sits at the counter at the local Borders bookstore. Think about this for a minute. They don't want to give you a plastic bag in order to 'save the environment', but they are in a business selling almost exclusively paper products. I'll bet to fully stock one Borders outlet uses up probably 5,000 trees worth of paper. But at least you aren't using a plastic bag on your way out. Trees are a renewable resource, paper can recycled, books generally don't get thrown in the trash. A plastic bag goes in the garbage or winds up on the street as litter and takes forever to break down, a book will biodegrade pretty quickly. I don't understand how this is hypocritical. If I'm only buying one or two small objects at a store I usually ask for them to not give me a bag. Plus not giving away a bag saves them money which allows them to make more money while also helping prevent waste. They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money.
See Amazon Kindle, etc. |
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. And by the way... there is nothing "liberal" about book stores or reading I take it you're not familar with the Kendal. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Quoted: Quoted: They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. And by the way... there is nothing "liberal" about book stores or reading I take it you're not familar with the Kendal. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I am... piece of shit. For one, my favorite place to read is in the bathtub with a beer or a tall glass of whiskey on ice. No way in hell I'd read one of those in a tub. 
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Harvesting trees for paper keeps the forest replanting going. There are more trees in the US now than there were 100 years ago. Really. Source on this needed. I couldn't find the data on trees, but here is the information on forest coverage (which is NOT the same as the number of trees): U.S. Forest Facts and. Historical Trends (cite from page 3 of the PDF): It is estimated that—at the beginning of European settle- ment—in 1630 the area of forest land that would become the United States was 423 million hectares or about 46 percent of the total land area. By 1907, the area of forest land had declined to an estimated 307 million hectares or 34 percent of the total land area. Forest area has been rel- atively stable since 1907. In 1997, 302 million hectares— or 33 percent of the total land area of the United States— was in forest land. Today’s forest land area amounts to about 70 percent of the area that was forested in 1630. Since 1630, about 120 million hectares of forest land have been converted to other uses—mainly agricultural. More than 75 percent of the net conversion to other uses occurred in the 19th century. |
| It is just an American thing that we expect to be given new plastic bags every time we walk into a store. Why not carry around your own tote bag if you know you are going to make some purchases? That's what everyone else seems to do. So then when you're heading home with a couple of oranges and a sixpack or whatever you are using the same cloth bag you used three months ago. |
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Hey Borders, how long will it take for that fucking plastic thing on your counter to biodegrade? Think about that you fucksticks. A good bet would be well over 100 years. Not too many printable medias or laminates biodegrade fast at all. Some are 400+ years . |
| I dont see the hypocrisy. Those plastic bags aren't biodegradable. Paper is made from trees but so what? When you eat a salad or french fries, are you worried about the plants that they come from? No of course not, because they grow back. Same deal with paper and trees. |
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I don't ask for/use bags anyway when I'm buying what I can carry easily (such as a book). That's what opposable thumbs are for.
Granted I don't buy books from bookstores anyway; overpriced as freaking hell. I instead use jet fuel, gasoline, and cardboard boxes to get my books to me after wasting electricity and causing CO2 output from a powerplant after buying over the internet.
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. And by the way... there is nothing "liberal" about book stores or reading There's nothing liberal about reading, but in my experience book stores have been liberal enclaves. From the employees to the occasional live music or poetry readings they do. If you want to get away from liberals in a bookstore, just go sections where they have history or science books. Almost always devoid of life. |
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. And by the way... there is nothing "liberal" about book stores or reading There's nothing liberal about reading, but in my experience book stores have been liberal enclaves. From the employees to the occasional live music or poetry readings they do. Kinda like coffee shops always seem to be occupied by douchebag liberals sipping mocha lattes, wearing turtleneck sweaters, and typing away on Macs? |
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http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg123/adam21avenger/IMG_0051.jpg This sign sits at the counter at the local Borders bookstore. Think about this for a minute. They don't want to give you a plastic bag in order to 'save the environment', but they are in a business selling almost exclusively paper products. I'll bet to fully stock one Borders outlet uses up probably 5,000 trees worth of paper. But at least you aren't using a plastic bag on your way out. Saw that at a borders today. I left and went across the street to B&N |
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Funny thing is... the more non-recycled paper people use, the more trees get planted for eventual processing into paper. Using paper is good for the environment, encourages a lot of young, fresh growth and unpaved land.
Recycling paper is bad for the environment... no trees ordered, people start selling off land, lots of energy to reprocess used paper back into fresh paper, etc. |
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They are masking cost cutting efforts with a feel good, enviromental BS. It won't be long and they will be selling you the words over a computer screen because the paper they use is bad for the enviroment... all in an effort to give you less as they take more money. Bingo! Ebooks have been popular for a LONG time. |