petebrown
petebrown
I was eating breakfast at the hotel buffet this morning and noticed that, despite stacks of glasses and ceramic mugs next to the coffee and juice, every single other person at breakfast was drinking from a disposable cup. This sort of thing makes me despair of ever changing these sorts ... explodingcomma.com
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smokey
smokey

@petebrown Seems like an easy way to force movement in that scenario is to remove the disposable cups (or have them behind a request to a staff member, if you need something to-go, or something smaller/safer for children, etc.). As Brent and Daniel pointed out last week, all we need to do is start with a small step, and eventually that will scale up/snowball/etc.

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Miraz
Miraz

@smokey @petebrown On Friday nights we often go with friends to the local Cossie Club for dinner. I ask for “lemon, lime and bitters from the tap, no straw”. One of the workers always takes out a plastic straw, stirs the drink with it then bins the straw. Annoying!

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smokey
smokey

@Miraz Not sure whether this calls for the facepalm emoji or the “I don’t know; I give up” emoji :-P

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Miraz
Miraz

@smokey I have expressed the problem to her. I think she just doesn’t care. 🤷‍♀️

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smokey
smokey

@Miraz 😡

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petebrown
petebrown

@smokey that is a straight up facepalm

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rmcrob
rmcrob

@Miraz If it matters enough, you can find a different place.

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Miraz
Miraz

@rmcrob True, of course. I doubt anywhere else here in provincial NZ would do any better. I'm not picking that one as a battle for the moment, but it is a source of friction. Other workers there respect my no straw wishes.

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smokey
smokey

@petebrown

🤦‍♂️
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