Excess packaging
The other day I answered the door to find a delivery man with a rather large parcel. I was a bit surprised as I had not ordered anything, but it was definitely my name on the box. So I signed for it and took it inside.
Setting it down on the desk, I cut the tape and opened it up. It was full of those little pieces of puffed up polystyrene. I rummaged around inside and eventually managed to find two small bottles of Californian Chardonnay. About the size of those bottles of wine you get with your meal in aeroplanes (not that we travel any more on aeroplanes you understand, out of respect for the planet).
It turned out that the wine was a gift from a company I had done some writing for a few weeks back. It was very sweet of them of course to think of me in this way. But if we are to save the planet, this sort of thing is going to have to stop.
