Subj : Minced Garlic
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun Feb 16 2020 10:06:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM>> Years ago Hy-Vee was would take 5› off per bag if the customer used
 BM>> their own reuseable bag.  I don't recall them charging for a bag but I
 BM>> do recall shopping and being charged for a bag at other stores.
 NB>> We've not had that at Wegmans, but a natural foods store we shop at
 NB>> (Lori's) will take off 25› per order if you bring your own bag(s)...
 BM> That 25› seems to be a good psychological price: Hy-Vee's nickle per
 BM> bag adds up but five cents is almost nothing to a lot of people: "not
 BM> worth bending down for" if they dropped.  (I picked up a lot of change
 BM> over the years and deposited quite a few dollars: became a free
 BM> something!)
 NB> Yup... I'll pick up the pennies, nickles, dimes, etc off the
 NB> ground... generally just toss them into the wallet, and use as
 NB> needed, so didn't really ever have them noticeably add up to
 NB> dollars... but well could have.... ;)

I semi-sort of avoided keeping change with me: slowed down the vending 
machine purchases in the Break Room.



 BM>> As for seeing one's items actually shredded, no.  In process to be
 BM>> shredded, yes.
 NB>> I think I'd rather do my own shredding, then....  ;)
 BM> Same thoughts after that update?
 NB> Still possibly would rather do myself... maybe the truck got them
 NB> all properly shredded, but it was just an assumption that the
 NB> noise meant that it was being totally shredded, so not
 NB> necessarily the case... ;)

I had thought that might be your answer!  Yes, I agree there is no easy 
proof the papers are being sufficiently shredded.  At least shredding at
home one can see a bucket of confetti.  The items we brought for 
commercial shredding were mostly because "too much": box or two of old
documents which needed to be kept x-number of years following death, old
banking items (checkbooks, registers, statements), some of which would 
have needed to been disassembled to be home shredded.  Nothing of which
could not have been shredded at home, just a heck of a lot easier to have
someone do.


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