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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment.
The woman apologized to the young girl 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."
The older lady said that she was right -- our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain:
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 and 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 school books. This was to ensure that public property (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags. But, too bad 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 throw away 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 engine and 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 blade 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 smart ass young person.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to tick us off.. Especially from a cashier who can't make change without the cash register telling them how much.
The GreenThing

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing and stopped at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.
The tailgating woman behind him was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer.
The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed and placed in a holding cell.
After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.
He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, giving the guy in front of you the finger and cursing at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally I assumed you had stolen the car.
Priceless.
Some thoughts to meditate upon......
The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to
keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.
Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road is paved with
flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision.
When I get a headache, I take two aspirin & keep away from children,
just like the bottle says.
Just once, I want the prompt for username & password to say, "Close enough".
Becoming an adult is the dumbest thing I've ever done.
"Your call is very important to us. Please enjoy this 40-minute flute solo".
I hate it when I can't figure out how to operate the iPad & my tech
support guy is asleep. He's 5 & it's past his bedtime.
Todays 3-year-olds can switch on their laptops & open their favourite
apps. When I was 3, I ate mud.
Tip for a successful marriage: don't ask your wife when dinner will
be ready while she's mowing the lawn.
So, you drive across town to a gym to walk on a treadmill?
I decided to stop calling the bathroom "John" & renamed it the "Jim".
I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.
If God wanted me to touch my toes, He would have put them on my knees.
Last year I joined a group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet.
Why do I have to press 1 for English, when you're just going to
transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?
You don't need anger management. You need people to stop pissing you off.
Your people skills are fine. It's your tolerance for idiots that needs work.
"On time" is when you get there.
Even duct tape can't fix stupid - but it does muffle the sound.
It would be wonderful if we could put ourselves in the drier for ten
minutes, then come out wrinkle-free & three sizes smaller.
"One for the road" means peeing before you leave the house.
Happiness is not having to set the alarm clock.
Don't Mess with Old Folks
