"How many trees died!?"

[Mr. Crow]

This one was witnessed by my father many years ago.

At a fast food place an old hippy was ahead of my father in the line. Hippy ordered a burger and the burger was wrapped in paper and handed to the Hippy.

Hippy has a freak out.

"Do you know how many trees died to make this paper!?"

Then a massive rants starts about how bad paper is. My father asks why they are getting angery about paper, and not the meat. This further enrages the hippy for some reason.

I can't quite wrap my head around the mind set of the hippy. I guess I need to do more LSD.

[Gurndigarn]

This one was witnessed by my father many years ago.

At a fast food place an old hippy was ahead of my father in the line. Hippy ordered a burger and the burger was wrapped in paper and handed to the Hippy.

Hippy has a freak out.

"Do you know how many trees died to make this paper!?"

About 0.00000041. And they planted another 0.00000041 trees, because they're aware that not replacing valuable farm-forests means no burger wrappers in another generation... and this is a place that thinks beyond the next quarter's balance sheet.

[Becks]

My father asks why they are getting angery about paper, and not the meat. This further enrages the hippy for some reason.

Ahhh, logic.

I wonder what the hippy did when McD's had styrofoam.

[BookstoreEscapee]

What would he have them do? Just hand him the sandwich with no wrapper or anything? On a fine china plate? Or would he prefer plastic?

If you don't want your food wrapped/boxed in something, don't go to fast food places. Besides, paper is a lot better than a styrofoam box...

[protege]

Then a massive rants starts about how bad paper is. My father asks why they are getting angery about paper, and not the meat. This further enrages the hippy for some reason.

Hehe I was wondering about the meat too....and surprised that he didn't go off about how "meat is murder"

[South Texan]

My father asks why they are getting angery about paper, and not the meat. This further enrages the hippy for some reason.

Your father was trying to argue logic with a zealot? Most zealots have no more than a vague notion of something they feel is not good and have decided to be against it with a passion without any inkling of how to bring about the solution to the problem or what they themselves can do to avoid the problem. They just love to hear themselves rant about it.

Trying to speak logically with them or pointing out a contradiction in what they say and what they do only makes them angry that you can think and they cannot.

Actually, it can be kinda fun to do to them. I never miss an opportunity.

[Aldous]

Hehe I was wondering about the meat too....and surprised that he didn't go off about how "meat is murder"

"Meat is Murder, and Murder tastes great." Denis Leary. That's my response to anyone who says meat is murder. That, or I say "Don't you hear the heads of lettuce screaming before you chop into them? Are you a lunatic to eat something that's still alive!?!" and calmly walk away. Fight insanity with insanity.

[AnaKhouri]

We often get customers who say, "I don't need a bag...save a tree."

Uh, you just bought a book.

[Neo_Classic]

We often get customers who say, "I don't need a bag...save a tree."

Uh, you just bought a book.

That's so funny. How about the people who buy a small pack of gum and then get mad at me when I don't automatically bag it. Just put the friggin' thing in your pocket.

[bendertiger]

A) Paper can be recycled
B) Carbon sink
C) Renewable

I'd much rather have paper then plastic

[mattm04]

I was helping bag groceries up front a few weeks ago the store was really busy and a aging hippie asks for paper bags because "he wants to save the trees AND use less fossil fuels" He drive a Ford Excursion with a "NO WAR FOR OIL!!" sticker. Aaahhh...the joys of the People's Republic of Massachusetts.

[blas]

Matt, that's a walking contradiction in action right there. Or should I say, driving?

[Bloodsoul]

It's because of people like this that I'm glad I bought Maddox's shirts; "For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three." ^_^

[Rapscallion]

It's because of people like this that I'm glad I bought Maddox's shirts; "For every animal you don't eat, I'm going to eat three." ^_^

Would you believe I offended some of my carnivorous chums with that on the stag weekend the other month? They were somewhat non-plussed when I pointed out that their shirts had hevay metals symbols, such as someone being axed, someone else being electrocuted...

Rapscallion

[protege]

He drive a Ford Excursion with a "NO WAR FOR OIL!!" sticker.

That reminds me of the shitbox I saw last year. This thing was spewing huge blue exhaust clouds, yet was covered in "save the Earth" stickers As for that guy, I think he's um, *compensating* for something