Shop until you drop

Barry likes to keep a supply of Styrofoam^® cups with lids to bring his tea with him in the car. He could and probably should, of course, use a travel mug, but that would require him to remember to bring that mug into the house and wash it, which he would almost assuredly never remember to do. His supply of the disposable cups was dwindling, so he went to Amazon to order some more. The cups and the lids were two separate items on Amazon. The lids arrived first. Oh, my, did they arrive – 1000 of them!

If Barry uses one per day, this will be a 2.7 year supply. But he does not drink that much tea on the run. He probably uses these cups twice a week, tops, or about 100 per year. So he now has a 10 year supply of lids for the Styrofoam^® cups.

A few hours later, another knock on the door, and 500 cups were delivered. Based on similar calculations, that’s a 5 year supply of Styrofoam^® cups.

It is just so easy to point and click that sometimes we forget to read. I did something not dissimilar recently and ended up with 1,875 Q-tips^®! Yes, I typed and you read that correctly, nearly two thousand Q-tips. I should probably add these to my will.

I have written previously (probably more than once) that, given my limited mobility and inability to drive, I have benefited tremendously by living in the age of Amazon. At the same time, on-line shopping is just so easy. And like many things that come too easily, it can be dangerous if we are not careful.

Love,

Rebecca