Obsessed Woman Cited for Health Code Violation

Yuck!

I actually keep my ketchup packets and use them.

But this gives me an idea. I may start licking them and rubbing them on random objects in my house and then returning them. That would be awesome.

PS - One time when we were growing up my brother unwrapped all the suckers in a package, licked them, and then wrapped them back up so that no one else would eat one. Who's sick and obsessed now, eh? Haha.

I"m trying to be more green.....but that has me turning green....ewww.

and if she wanted to waste less, why not eat out less?

I kid you not, but this sounds like my roommate. She goes through our trash looking for things that I've thrown away, washes them, and recycles them. Then, I get a 15 minute lecture on how to recycle. I swear, I've wanted to stop recycling just to get to her.

But then, she's also so obsessed about natural/organic food that she wouldn't be caught dead getting ketchup from a package. She probably wouldn't eat at a place that served packet ketchup.

And that's why I think she's a nut.

Hehe, I'm glad you all thought it was funny (or gross, or crazy). I did too.

One time when we were growing up my brother unwrapped all the suckers in a package, licked them, and then wrapped them back up so that no one else would eat one. Who's sick and obsessed now, eh? Haha.

::< I hope no one forgot he did that and ate one anyway. Then again, unless he's got some sort of saliva-transmittable disease, I guess it'd be a case of what-you-don't-know-won't-hurt-you. But eeeeew for licking them all. He must have reeeeally liked suckers.

I actually keep my ketchup packets and use them.

I used to do that too...well I'd keep them, but I realized I wasn't using them. They kept accumulating in that "butter" section in the fridge (you know the part with the flip-up lid), and they'd fall out when too many were there. I guess I don't use them because when I'm given the choice at home between packets or a big ketchup bottle, I go for the latter choice 'cause it delivers a larger amount, and with a lot less trouble.

I confess, this article was a fabrication of my imagination today when I was putting out the trash only to find that my husband had thrown away some recyclables.
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She goes through our trash looking for things that I've thrown away, washes them, and recycles them.

Maybe she & I should be roommates. ::

It wouldn't be so bad if we didn't have a cat, and she'll go through even after she's cleaned the kitty's litter box. That's too gross for me. I'd rather leave the tuna can in the garbage.

Good grief. I don't even recycle.

Just call me a hater.

Good grief. I don't even recycle. Just call me a hater.

Naw, you're not a hater. It's hard to recycle. Until we spent a few years in Germany, I always thought recycling was a good idea, but what a royal pain.

The recycling powers-that-be in Germany take it very seriously because it's the law there. So they make recycling easy to do, and dummy-proof. They provide color-coded bags with specific instructions written on them (with pictures too!) how to classify & separate each thing. They even come and pick up the bags. All this free of charge. It's no wonder Germany is such a clean, beautiful country. I bet their landfills are significantly less impacted than USA's.

Now when I see recyclables in ANY trash bin, I get an emotional pain similar to the way puppy lovers might feel if someone deposited a cute, healthy puppy in the trash. Wouldn't that be heart-wrenching? (OK, the puppy thing would probably be about 20X harder to watch than wasted recyclables, heh, but it's a similar pain.)

I am glad someone said "just use them".  If you dont use them, give them to someone you know who would.  I use mine.  Often, at the office, I bring leftovers for lunch.  And that is when I use those ketchup, mustard, salt and pepper packets - because I left my containers at home!

Where I live...we pick our own trash company (the city doesn't provide it) and pay about $55 quarterly...if we want to recycle they charge an extra $40. But of course they keep all the money the recycling centers give them too. Not that it matters I guess.

I have recycled in every place we've lived that required it, or made it easy to do. Like just setting out the bins and they collect them.

I am not going to pay to do it though. How bout I encourage you to do it, and then I don't have too. Oh wait, sorry, Al Gore moment.  

I have no problems with ketchup packets, I always use mine. It's the chinese take-out duck sauce and soy sauce that goes to waste. How am I going to use 500 packets on one egg roll? Good grief. I saved them for a bit, but that was NOT working out. So I just throw them away. If any of you want my soy/duck sauce packets, I'll gladly ship them to you on your dime. But nobody around here seems to want them.

I use the soy, but not the duck. So let me know as well. I have a ton of them for someone who loves duck sauce!

Actually, I'm the opposite. I use the duck, not the soy. Maybe we need a condiment exchange program.

Well, at least we would not get arrested.

And suddenly, an entire underground community was born, with economics of its own. America with it's ketchup and mustard packet currency, China with the duck and soy.

"The ketchup rose two ducks and a soy today, making it the strongest packet after the day's trading. The mustard dropped a soy, while the salt and pepper remained stable. Sugar has become practically worthless with the influx of Splenda, Sweet n' Low, and Equal into the market. Meanwhile, Papa John's garlic dipping sauces are still inflating, as they continue to be eaten before hitting the market."

But I'm willing to bet if you advertised you were giving out free condiments in the WalMart parking lot you'd find a lot of horny fratboys asking how to put the dang things on!

  I think AngelaMarie has lost control of this article.

I only accept some of the blame for that. Though I suppose if I'd never come here at all I'd be blameless.

here in California recycling, is a way of life, plus we have to pay for it, so we pay to have the companies pick up our stuff, which we have to wash and clean before we deposit it in the proper containers, then they pick it up and sell it, making California ever so clean. bahahahahahahah, they rip you off, and make you like it,

bend over sir, grease? why no sir! we stick it in you all the way, no grease cause it might hurt a duck or something.

Plus they charge you a nickle for each container in deposit! That is every beer can in a 6 pack!

It's a dime in some places. It's illegal to take cans from out of state there.

Damn! The gamblers just lost out in Las Vegas!

here it's called CRV or CVR what that means I have no Idea but it's 4 cents on everything, that comes in a container, and try just try to get your four cents back! ha! they look at you like you a some escapee from a loony bin!

Should I admit I didn't get it?

Down in So.Cal, the homeless or winos hit all the outdoor events digging through trash cans and such to find the cans and bottles. I can imagine the looks they get!