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I started a "pet peeve" reply, but found the potential post went on and on. Here is my brief on how small things and small decisions can have greater impact than necessary.
I needed a single CR2025 coin battery to resuscitate a decent Timex watch before giving it away. A quick search showed I could purchase 5 batteries for $5 with free shipping through Amazon.
For a moment I thought of the local CVS or Riteaid for the required batttery purchase. What came to mind was the unknown cost and the negative experiences I've had recently shopping at bricks and mortar. And it would require a short ride to the store, leaving pollutants and whatever in my wake...
Feeling gulity about that small cardboard piece of just 5 coin batteries sitting in a too-large shipping box, I also ordered cans of auto battery cleaning stuff that was needed for a different task.
Got two delivered packages anyway, with minor savings in efficiency for the driver who could walk two smaller packages to my front stoop. The larger package contaned just the 1/2 ounce battery card. The lithium coin batteries are shipped alone, with their own warning label. The warning label, being quite large (size of typical shipping label), required a box 2x's the height of that required for box with two cans of aerosol cleaner.
"There Oughta' Be a Law!" was a comic strip back in the day. Of course there *IS* now a law at work which brings additional waste into the stream, but also protects the shippers from possible explosion.
I now think, "There Oughta' Be a Better Law!"
I needed a single CR2025 coin battery to resuscitate a decent Timex watch before giving it away. A quick search showed I could purchase 5 batteries for $5 with free shipping through Amazon.
For a moment I thought of the local CVS or Riteaid for the required batttery purchase. What came to mind was the unknown cost and the negative experiences I've had recently shopping at bricks and mortar. And it would require a short ride to the store, leaving pollutants and whatever in my wake...
Feeling gulity about that small cardboard piece of just 5 coin batteries sitting in a too-large shipping box, I also ordered cans of auto battery cleaning stuff that was needed for a different task.
Got two delivered packages anyway, with minor savings in efficiency for the driver who could walk two smaller packages to my front stoop. The larger package contaned just the 1/2 ounce battery card. The lithium coin batteries are shipped alone, with their own warning label. The warning label, being quite large (size of typical shipping label), required a box 2x's the height of that required for box with two cans of aerosol cleaner.
"There Oughta' Be a Law!" was a comic strip back in the day. Of course there *IS* now a law at work which brings additional waste into the stream, but also protects the shippers from possible explosion.
I now think, "There Oughta' Be a Better Law!"