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In most developed countries there is a piece of legislation called “extended producer responsibility” which means that manufacturer or sometimes retailers, have a responsibility to fund the disposal of the end of the life of their products and packaging.
So while yes, overpackaging is a colossal pain in the ass, manufacturers and retailers are paying for that stupid privilege.
ETA: it’s also *very* hard for people who are working in corporate sustainability so when sustainability reports come out, it is really their moment to celebrate something that they likely worked very, very hard to get done. Don’t celebrate the company, but celebrate the champions behind that work.
I’m a Personal Assistant and it’s really not as high-flying and exciting as how it is portrayed in movies and on TV, there is a lot of looking at calendars and trying to find gaps in people’s schedules, screening calls and emails, and generally doing all the things the person you’re working for doesn’t have time to do. And we also don’t sleep with the person we’re working for, at least I haven’t, so that’s another thing the movies gets wrong.
Creative careers need more logical thinking and data analysis than the general public thinks.
Nobody at the print shop will care if you want to print something really weird or lewd or dorky, as long as it’s not illegal. We’ve seen it all.
We will, however, be really annoyed if you want to print something grey.
I’m an Amazon driver, and the only thing I really can think of is that we have possibly around 200 stops per day depending on the route (I’m relatively new so I “only” have 122 today). Also if you finish early, you may be sent off to take more packages from somebody running behind.
Oh yeah and our breaks are terrible. We technically have two 15-minute breaks and a 30-minute break for lunch. But the 15s seem to be built into the driving time, and the 30 counts from door to door, so again could include driving time. But so far I just take my 30 along my route so it begins and ends around the same place, and nothing has been said to me so far.
I work in affordable housing/homelessness. My company has a 4 year waitlist to get into our housing. A ton of the applicants on that list die in the streets before a vacancy is open to them.
It bothers me when I hear people complain about people “choosing to be homeless” or not using the shelters available to them. The shelters are over-crowded, and when there is space, they can be very dangerous. Also, many are run by religious organizations and make vulnerable people feel disrespected – sure, if you’re choosing shelter over sleeping on the street, you think you’d suck up the religious aspect, but these are people who have so little to hold onto except for that one shred of dignity.
As for people “choosing to be homeless”, it’s not true. There are people who have found ways that homelessness can work for them, but there is such a small fraction of people who would *choose* that life if an instant and easily accessible solution was offered to them. It’s not just about getting a place to sleep at night, but being able to overcome so many other barriers that come with housing and feeling as thought you can finally breathe and not be in poverty. To get housing in the first place, you need to go through months and months of paperwork. Many people don’t have proper ID or a bank account, or any of the other millions of legal documents that a housing provider needs to check off before handing over the keys. Someone who is just struggling to stay coherant after days of not eating or sleeping properly because they are homeless has an extremely difficult time navigating this system, but the housing providers need to follow the system to continue to get funding, etc. Then once the person gets the housing, there is all the work to make sure they can keep paying rent, because it may be cheaper, but it’s not free. Many people don’t know how to get income support, or need to apply multiple times to qualify. And when you do qualify, good luck if you see the money in two months. Try managing how to find proper groceries and not slip back into old habits that may be illegal while you do this.
I could go on and on, but I wish people could be more empathetic and realize just how big of a problem this is and it’s not just as easy as snapping my fingers and telling someone they aren’t a homeless person anymore.
Journalists donβt usually get to choose their own headlines, although readers usually blame the writer when they feel that a headline is sensationalist or misleading.