tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post1495578887600252185..comments2024-02-16T16:21:50.210-08:00Comments on bigBADbobby.blogspot.com: reduce, REUSE?, recycleRobert Zameeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047236340766447992noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post-85178973404603806612009-03-31T14:51:00.000-07:002009-03-31T14:51:00.000-07:00If this is the Raaf-sta-far-i that I know, then I ...If this is the Raaf-sta-far-i that I know, then I sure miss your extensively thought out logic, my friend. Beer and tequila next time I'm in town!Robert Zameeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047236340766447992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post-17479836317413789592009-03-31T13:23:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:23:00.000-07:00sorry - i realized there is an error in what i wro...sorry - i realized there is an error in what i wrote.<BR><BR>baristas do not drive cars, they ride fixed-gear bicycles or single-speeds.<BR><BR/>baristas by and large create a smaller carbon footprint....well unless those piercing machines run on coal - then i'd say it's a wash.Raafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162141243086520270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post-84182903562486429582009-03-31T13:19:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:19:00.000-07:00better yet...stop driving to buy coffee in the fir...better yet...stop driving to buy coffee in the first place...make coffee at home...but that uses electricity (which mostly comes from coal)...and then there's the fuel needed for importation of the coffee itself (let alone the fuel used by that barista to get their ass to work)...but then again the coffee could be imported using only electric vehicles (charged using mostly coal-driven power)...and of course its batteries would be made of one of the most non-renewable resources on the planet (lithium) - which largely (50% of world supply) comes from one place, bolivia, which in turn has driven the price of lithium up (good thing mentally ill people don't rely on it for treatment *snicker*)...and bolivia of course gets their economic and trade advice from venezuela (hmmm maybe that's why they kicked our ambassador out when venezuela kicked ours out too)...and venezuela - one of the powers controlling the price and supply of oil in the first place.<BR><BR/>the only real solution is to increase the speed at which the planet becomes uninhabitable by humans so that it can return to the idealic state where dinosaurs and algae walked hand in hand and coffee-free.Raafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162141243086520270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post-76586033864689524622009-03-11T08:10:00.000-07:002009-03-11T08:10:00.000-07:00The employee is an extension of the brand, therefo...The employee is an extension of the brand, therefore, she should exude the brand and make the assumption that reuse is the obvious choice. By asking, she gives the customer the opt-out and, hence, the possible detriment to the environment.<BR/><BR/>It's easy to say, "I'm gonna go ahead and reuse your sleeve for the good of the environment, okay?"<BR/><BR/>Few customers would be able to say no.<BR/><BR/>Or, we could just get StaceyK to knit 100 million, or so, ugly sweater sleeves for us.Robert Zameeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09047236340766447992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post-30763976353483997972009-03-11T07:53:00.000-07:002009-03-11T07:53:00.000-07:00I've been knitting coffee sleeves out of recycled ...I've been knitting coffee sleeves out of recycled sweaters. It's a great way to reuse some ugly sweaters and not use paper sleeves.Stacey Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925284727494784182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6642678.post-75735975170871655732009-03-11T07:47:00.000-07:002009-03-11T07:47:00.000-07:00IMO, the assumption you made of the young barista'...IMO, the assumption you made of the young barista's character could be completely wrong. Maybe she is simply being polite and recognizing that not everyone has the same "go green" mentality, and that some customers are just in it to save the money. That doesn't mean she wouldn't make the same choices you do about the environment if she was in your shoes.Winifredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767930454178436454noreply@blogger.com