Sheesh! It must be the heat getting to me. I must still be used to the cooler weather of the gorgeous Northwest. From wearing three layers of clothing every day, I'm sitting here in shorts and tank top being crabby.
We were out shopping today and I went to the bathroom. It irritates me when I see women using more than a sheet of paper towel to wipe their hands. For goodness sakes! I try to use the air blow dryer if I can, and shake the rest off. I would never think to use more than one paper towel. Today, I saw a woman unroll almost 3 feet of paper to wipe her hands. Then she took another 2 feet. Come on! How many more trees did she want to cut down anyway? I'll bet she'd be the first one to complain that another bathroom did not have enough paper towels in their dispenser. I used to teach my first graders NOT to use more than one sheet. You wouldn't think grown ups would need lessons, too.
Forgive me.... I'll go drink some water and turn on my ceiling fan to cool off. No, I won't turn on the air conditioner, just the ceiling fan.
Oh what the heck! I'm going to turn on the A.C.!
I agree with you on that Kay, adults do the darndest things don't they? She probably runs the water while brushing her teeth as well :)
ReplyDeleteHi Kay, Good reminder!
ReplyDeleteI love the flowers in your banner. Beautiful photo! Beautiful flowers!
yep people do use lots of paper towels but I hate the new hand blowers in some service stations-they have a piercing sound as you try to air dry your hands. I can tell you are still in jet lag and weather lag. Hard to change climates...
ReplyDeleteOh dear!
ReplyDeleteWhat are we germaphoebs gonna do if we must limit ourself to one paper towel? I'd never even thought about it before. Not very PC or "green" are I? I'll try to do better.
Guilty. I almost always use two paper towels. Sorry. I'll try to do better. But I also know that trees are a renewable resource here in the northwest, and making paper employs many poeple.
ReplyDeleteHer's hoping you acclimate soon to your "new" surroundings.
oops, I have got my a/c on full blast.
ReplyDeleteYou bring up a good point Kay. I too love your header photo.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with you more, Kay!What is it with some people??? Oh, and I don't even have to have hot weather to be crabby!
ReplyDeleteI love your closing line! Go for it, Kay. I think today you deserve and need that AC.
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Oh Kay your header photo is the most amazign I have ever see, truly gorgoeus! Yes I am with you on the paper. The problem is people need to be drying their hands properly but they dont need to kill a forrest to do it.
ReplyDeleteIt's impossible to know what to do for the best - one day you read that air-drying is the most hygienic, the next that using paper towels is better. Then you read that drying your hands thoroughly is essential to prevent germs spreading - and finishing off drying them on your clothes is unhygienic. What's a girl to do! I'd hate to have the sort of weather that demanded air conditioning in houses - it's never been needed here in the UK, though we did buy a couple of portable units a few years ago as we have had some rather hot days here, but we've never needed to use them yet.
ReplyDeleteI would attribute your being "crabby" to the wonderful muggy weather; I'm sure the vog isn't helping either. I spent over 6 hours moving patio furniture, fertilizer, potting soil etc. today in the blistering heat, then just before it was time to go home, I pulled a pallet of rice and since I just spent 2 1/2 hours @ Kaiser with an associate who said she got hurt at work yesterday. ARGH!... so yeah....the air conditioner is going on tonight. Hopefully I'll get 3-4 hours sleep before going back to work.
ReplyDeleteSo this is me...joining you in the crabby club.
Oh Kay, you made me laugh! Mainly it's because I'm crabby today too, for opposite reasons. My kids don't know what shorts and tanktops and air conditioning are, so I think you're the lucky one!
ReplyDeleteI'm starting to get sick of living on a North Atlantic freezy-rainy island instead of a nice warm sunny Pacific one. There's a bird outside my window who won't shut up, singing DIDDY DIDDY DIDDY doody doo, DIDDY DIDDY DIDDY doody doo, over and over again. I'm trying to get some work done, and if I find that bird I'm going to diddy-diddy his doody once and for all.
Hurray for crabbiness-- Enjoy your air conditioning!
Your header photos are always beautiful, but this one is outstanding!
ReplyDeletethis one would have made a good Think Green Thursday! People are so inconsiderate sometimes.
Kay, sorry you are having a "crabby" day. Heat makes me crabby too! I must say I don't care for the air dryers for drying your hand because it never does the entire job! 2-3 feet of paper toweling to dry your hands is very excessive in my book-1 or possibly 2 sheets are just fine! Alot of people don't think, that is the problem. Have a great day-cooling off!
ReplyDeleteMy pet peeve is trash thrown beside the roadway. Ticks me off. Why do people think they can use our earth as one huge trash bin?
ReplyDeletelol, lol, lol....trust me she is soooo.......unaware. Most wasteful people are and they are the very ones that sit and talk about protecting the environment yadda, yadda, yadda. Me if i happen to take more (which sometimes happen when you pull and it rolls out) I keep it in my bag and use it for later, especially on a shopping day when you encounter a washroom that has none (because some woman took 5 feet of it!).
ReplyDeleteHi Kay! It seems adults are the worst offenders. I love the commercial where the son turns the water off while the dad is brushing his teeth. Grabbing a canvas bag at the grocery store instead of plastic. Great commercial. Lisa
ReplyDeleteOh gosh..those air blowers are blowing all the air from the dirty bathroom on your hands..I can't remember where I read that, but I won't use them anymore..
ReplyDeletePeople are so wasteful. I am a big fan of the Really Fast blow dryers they have now. I was not a fan of the old school dryers that felt like someone next to you was just using their breathe to try and dry your hands, but still they had less waste than paper towel dispensers.
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