So every morning on my commuter ride into work I generally read my magazine or book, or the Metro. I find that to be a fabulous paper because the articles are short enough for my attention span (that of a gnat when it comes to newspaper), yet keep me informed. Others on the train could be interpreted as more intellectual - reading NYT or the Journal ... or others that just have a longer attention span than me, reading the Globe or Herald. either way, many of us finish our papers before we get to our final stop - North Station.
The Metro has graciously set up special recycle bags for you to place your newspapers in. They are conveniently located (really, REALLY conveniently located - like a few feet from a trash barrel), yet people continue to toss their newspapers in the trash. I find this very frustrating and annoying. Recycling is not longer this ridiculously difficult task - in fact, especially in the city of Boston, they have made it very easy.
C'mon be a little greener!
I agree!!!! :) Though I don't read the metro, I read the New Yorker. Or Atlantic Monthly. Or play solitaire (mindless entertainment).
ReplyDeleteI always see people getting off the train and digging through the newspaper barrels for today's paper.
ReplyDeleteWhile you do look like a trash picker, you are at least recycling the paper by reading it.
Of course, I have an iPad... so I just get my news from it's shiny screen thanks to the free WiFi on the CR
I agree. That garbage digging does freak me out only because people don't mind the recycle bins vs real trash cans. Ick, but they are being green, so I guess it's a good way to recycle, just not how I would choose to be green.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the iPad, but I am thinking next gen.