Bringing your own cup a thing of the past?
I meet so often with ReclaimingSpirit at coffee shops in the area - mainly the coffee shop in Borders. I'd rather we met at local, independent coffee places, but it seems that they're in short supply these days. My favorite local coffee place is only open till 6pm now - it used to be 10pm.
I started feeling guilty about the paper cups I used at least once a week, so I decided to bring my commuter coffee mug. And the baristas didn't know what to do - both times they gave it a funny look, hemmed and hawed on how to ring up the sale. I don't mind paying full price for a cup of coffee, since it is a business and theoretically we could meet in the parking lot of the Kmart or something. But isn't bring one's own coffee cup one of the staples of green and simple living? I am perturbed.
I am additionally disturbed by the number of phone books I've received, and the fact that I can't figure out what the hell to do with them. I'm going to sneak them into the old phone book bin at work.
All bitching aside, we've done pretty well this month. With a few exceptions, we're sticking to our budget admirably. My bulbs are starting to peek up, despite the upcoming snow - March and April are the snowiest months in Colorado, allegedly. And I didn't kick in the television set after the 400th time the Quizno's girl declared that meat is "what real women need! heeeheeeheeehee!" (I take my pluses where I find them).
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Good job - bringing your own mug is a great idea. It is disappointing that the employees don't know how to deal with it.
I have decided that the next time I go to get take out that I will bring my own reusable containers - rather than taking home waste. Keep on going :)
I know, I am so going to start building furniture out of old phone books. God they waste crazy paper.
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I think they were probably tentative because of health code standards. When I worked at Jamba Juice, we could use people's own mugs, but we couldn't wash them. People would bring in their mug wanting us to wash it before we poured the smoothie. They'd get mad after we told them we couldn't. I never understood the rule. I always thought it was pretty stupid.
I have found that knowing how much your mug holds can help with new refill encounters. It seems to help them with what button to push if you can say "Oh, its a 20 oz.!"
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Have you thought of using their paper cups and pouring the contents into your own cup?
The whole idea was to get away from using the paper cup, that is wby the writer does not order the drink then pour it into the cup from home.
That is pretty sad, I took my own mug to Starbucks (ya, evil I know -_-) and they took it no problem; even told me they give you 10 cents off for bringing in your own mug! Why can't more coffee places offer incentives for not waisting paper products?
Keep up the good work!~ ^_^
I've had a similar problem at Wal-mart when I bring my own plastic bags to reuse. The cashiers seem completely baffled, because they have that little revolving bag thingie right next to them. When they can't use it, it seems to throw their rhythm all out of whack or something.
I've had good luck refusing bags altogether though, especially when I only buy a few things. It really bugs me when they put one little item, like, say...a toothbrush, in a bag all by itself! Grrr.....
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haha i find that happens too, they just can't grasp the idea!!
I think we've got a ways to go before enough people and businesses understand how simple it is to save resources - or that we even need to.
Cloth bags are another example. Some stores don't know what to do if you bring your own bag and don't know how to pack them.
I just found your blog today and enjoyed reading the posts. Keep it up!
Wow, someone else upset with the phone books. I received, last week, not just one but FOUR phone books!! What in the world do I need A phone book for not to mention FOUR??? If I need a phone number I go to 411.com or google! I can not remember the last time I actually used a phone book that was sent to me! My daughter nabbed them and took them straight to school with her as they have a recycling program for phone books there .
Lacey's idea of building stuff out of phone books may not be a joke. In Mexico they build benches out of empty 2L pop bottles. They make the frame out of a 'pop bottle pile' and cover it with a thin coat of cement.
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Maybe someday phone books will be a thing of the past, much like daily newspapers...
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