Money Bags

Over the weekend I was almost hustled in a book store.

I was inside one of the many 'Borders' stores around the place and after deciding to buy I book I took it up to the register and upon purchase the sales assisstant asked me if I'd like to pay an additional 10 cents for the bag "to carry my book in".


At first I thought nothing of it, and without a second thought said "Yeah, go for it"...

Seconds later, after realising I was buying a plastic bag I asked why I was doing this, and what the point was.

As it turns out I was helping Borders in their crusade to save the environment by purchasing plastic bags from them, one at time, at 10 cents a piece.

I was furious at this little con of theirs. Borders aren't doing anything commendable at all, they're mearly revenue raising under the guise of "Saving the Environment".

Now my anger at this isn't fuelled by my love of trees, or rainforests or even anything remotely close to that, as a matter of fact I don't really care about the environment at all.

Borders, if you actually care about the environment so much why don't you dip into your own multi million dollar pockets and start providing people with environmentally friendly bags to further help your nature loving crusade, rather than making money from the sales of bags that are harmful to the environment?

If you ask me you dont care one bit about the environment, you just thought this particular idea would be a good way for yourselves to make some money back on what is an otherwise dead expense for every other company who buys plastic bags for their customers to use for free.

Ten cents isn't alot of money, but it was the principle of the issue that made me angrier than the actual amount I was potentially being charged.

Don't try fool me into thinking that if I buy a plastic bag I'm doing a good deed, because all you're doing is lining your own pockets.

Saving the environment isn't your intention at all, and I'm not an idiot whose going to fall for your little trick.