Washing Paper Plates?!
Question:
Washing Paper Plates?
Is it a little wierd to wash paper plates, styrofoam cups, and ziplock baggies and reuse them? My gradmother does this, and i find it a little gross/odd, you?
Answers:
IT STEMS FROM A TIME WHEN PEOPLE HAD SO VERY LITTLE, AND THEY SAVED EVERYTHING, NEVER KNOWING WHEN THEY WOULD GET ANYTHING ELSE, OR WHEN THEY WOULD NEED WHAT THEY HAD. I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER IN LESS THAN STELLAR FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, MAYBE IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN, BUT AT SOME POINT, AND THEY WILL GO SO FAR AS TO SAVE THE TWIST TIES FROM BREAD BAGS, OR THE BREAD BAGS THEMSELVES. I KNOW THAT IT IS GROSS, BUT AS LONG AS IT IS NOT UNSANITARY, I FEEL SHE SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE, AND NOT EMBARASSED. IT WOULD ONLY HURT HER FEELINGS, AND JUST TAKE A NEW BAG WHEN YOU GO TO VISIT OF PLATES OR CUPS OR SOMETHING THAT YOU SEE HER REUSING LIKE THAT. IT MIGHT STOP SOME OF IT IF SHE FELT LIKE SHE HAD A NEVER-ENDING SUPPLY.