Generation of Green

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Gala Paschalidis — No Comments ↓

Generation of Green

One day, while checking out at her local supermarket, an elderly lady was told by the young cashier that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags were not good for the environment.

The elderly woman apologized 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 the future generations.”

Maybe that young cashier was right — the older generation didn’t have the green thing in their day.

Let’s see….

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 truly recycled.

No, the older generation didn’t have the green thing back in their day.

Grocery stores bagged the groceries in brown paper bags, that were reused for numerous things. Most memorable use besides a household garbage bag, was to use the brown paper bags as book covers for the school books. That was to help ensure that public property, (the books provided for use by the school) was not defaced by scribblings. But then the kids could have fun and personalize those covers on their books however they wished.

No, the older generation didn’t have the green thing back in their day.

The older generation also walked up stairs, because they didn’t have an escalator in every store or office building. They walked to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks.

No, the older generation didn’t have the green thing back in their day.

Back then, baby’s diapers were washed because they didn’t have the throw away kind. Clothes were dried on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts. Wind and solar power really did dry clothes back in those early days.

Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.

No, the older generation didn’t have the green thing back in their day.

Back then, there was 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, things were blended and stirred by hand because they didn’t have electric machines to do everything for them.

When sending a fragile package through the mail, wadded up old newspapers were used to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.

Back then, people didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn’t need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.

No, the older generation didn’t have the green thing back in their day.

People also would drink from a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water.

Writing pens were refilled with ink instead of buying a new pen, and also they would replace the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.

No, the older generation didn’t have the green thing back in their day.

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.

There was one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. They 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 the older folks were just because they 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 smarta** young person.

Gala Paschalidis

Hi, my name is Gala Paschalidis and I am passionate about Networking and Making Money Online. My story is pretty much like most, having jumped from one program to another without much success. I love the online industry. It has helped me to develop skills in helping myself and others to reach their grand potential. Thank you for visiting my blog and please take the time to comment below and lets connect and inspire each other to do the same.


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