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Thinking globally, acting locally

May 18, 2007 on 6:52 pm | In Uncategorized |

Dear diary,

I had a lovely trip to the shops today. The young people call it ‘the mall’ … where do they get their strange expressions?

I got a bit lost in Woolies. I couldn’t find the nice fresh dates that I enjoy with a piece of Kraft cheddar. Silly me, I was looking for the box where you used to be able to take them in bulk but now they’ve thoughtfully put them in a plastic tub, sealed with plastic. It’s a good idea of course, after all the only way you can buy cheese these days is in a thick plastic wrap. And meat has always come that way of course. It was so wasteful when they had to wrap it in paper.

The snow peas were packed the same way, in a plastic tub, and I got some of that baby corn, I couldn’t resist it in its little plastic bath-tub with its plastic sealing wrap. There were some pretty capsicums too, looking awfully cute in their own little plastic container.

I needed some socks today. They were all displayed in racks, each pair with its own little plastic hanger. The lass at the checkout made me take the plastic hangers because she said Woolies would just throw them away.

At the seafood section I asked for some frozen green prawns. The helpful chap behind the counter showed me where they were in the freezer cabinet. Apparently they don’t sell them in bulk any more, they come in plastic wrap inside a plastic box. So much more hygienic.

At the checkput I was so pleased that i had brought my green bag to save having to use plastic ones. I think it’s wonderful that the supermarkets introduced them to show how serious they are about saving the environment.

And so to bed. It was so cool tonight that I would have had to pull on a sweater if it wasn’t for the lovely air-conditioning!