Subj : Re: Minced Garlic
To   : Barry Martin
From : Nancy Backus
Date : Sat Feb 22 2020 03:24:30

-=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 16-Feb-2020 10:06 <=-

 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 ground...
 NB>> generally just toss them into the wallet, and use as needed, so didn't
 NB>> really ever have them noticeably add up to dollars... but well could
 NB>> have.... ;)
 BM> I semi-sort of avoided keeping change with me: slowed down the vending
 BM> machine purchases in the Break Room.

Ah... I didn't have that temptation... and it was always nice to have a
little change to keep from getting a huge pocket-full of change back
from a purchase... ;)
 
 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 all
 NB>> properly shredded, but it was just an assumption that the noise meant
 NB>> that it was being totally shredded, so not necessarily the case... ;)
 BM> I had thought that might be your answer!  Yes, I agree there is no
 BM> easy proof the papers are being sufficiently shredded.  At least
 BM> shredding at home one can see a bucket of confetti.  The items we
 BM> brought for commercial shredding were mostly because "too much": box or
 BM> two of old documents which needed to be kept x-number of years
 BM> following death, old banking items (checkbooks, registers, statements),
 BM> some of which would have needed to been disassembled to be home
 BM> shredded.  Nothing of which could not have been shredded at home, just
 BM> a heck of a lot easier to have someone do.

I can sorta see that line of reasoning.... ;)  Just would probably still
rather see it done myself... :)

ttyl       neb

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