For roughly 10 years now I have cut off the ends of chip and candy bags to reduce plastic overage and tidy it up a bit. It doesn't matter if it's a bag of Doritos, bread, or Black Forest Gummy Bears, I'd rather not get all the chip and/or candy residue on my hands or clothing. Plus, it looks better when there is not as much baggage, pardon the pun.
A friend of mine thinks I am insane because of this little idiosyncrasy. Today I caught myself slicing into an individually wrapped Twinkie, for no other reason than I did not want to just tear into the bag and screw up all the yummy goodness. Let's face it...we're talking about something very serious here. How many people are starving in China? And I'm gonna' take that for granted while ripping into something as vitally important in a world gone mad as a twinkie? Please.
My point? I don't really have one...except to say this: I'm guessing my friend not only wanted to voice his unsolicited opinion, but also wanted to shame me into changing a tradition me that goes back 10 years, but here's the kicker. I care more about the reasons I do what I do, than I do about his criticism. Get it? That's where my priority on the matter stands. What about you? Where do you stand in your priorities? Is it more important to stick to your guns when a friend, or even a stranger confronts you about "slicing the length of your Doritos bags"? Or do you fold under pressure and slip into the background for fear that others will mock you. The way I see it, I will be mocked by someone, somewhere, sometime...an awful lot. I might as well cut the bag my way than to fold simply because they cracked a few jokes at my expense. Besides, we are talking about a twinkie, here! And after all, it is hard to beat a perfect twinkie in a World Gone Mad.
A friend of mine thinks I am insane because of this little idiosyncrasy. Today I caught myself slicing into an individually wrapped Twinkie, for no other reason than I did not want to just tear into the bag and screw up all the yummy goodness. Let's face it...we're talking about something very serious here. How many people are starving in China? And I'm gonna' take that for granted while ripping into something as vitally important in a world gone mad as a twinkie? Please.
My point? I don't really have one...except to say this: I'm guessing my friend not only wanted to voice his unsolicited opinion, but also wanted to shame me into changing a tradition me that goes back 10 years, but here's the kicker. I care more about the reasons I do what I do, than I do about his criticism. Get it? That's where my priority on the matter stands. What about you? Where do you stand in your priorities? Is it more important to stick to your guns when a friend, or even a stranger confronts you about "slicing the length of your Doritos bags"? Or do you fold under pressure and slip into the background for fear that others will mock you. The way I see it, I will be mocked by someone, somewhere, sometime...an awful lot. I might as well cut the bag my way than to fold simply because they cracked a few jokes at my expense. Besides, we are talking about a twinkie, here! And after all, it is hard to beat a perfect twinkie in a World Gone Mad.
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