Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to! - You are trying my patience.
The statement at the end of e-mails Consider the environment before printing this e-mail has is now being rephrased as Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to! (Like I need another exclamation mark in my life…)
Well, exactly how do you define really need to?
If I don’t really need it, I won’t really print it.
One thing I will not do is engage in the internal debate of my personal and professional short and long-term needs of printing this e-mail versus any and all real and potential negative consequences of doing so.
And if I really really need it? Rest assured, I will really really print it!
Decide to not have any children - that will go farther than ANY OTHER “GREEN” METHOD in reducing landfill, pollution, global warming, resource wastage, etc. Just one baby will produce over a ton of non-biodegradable diaper waste - and if you think you’ll be “green” by going the cloth diaper route, you’ll be using over 22,000 gallons of water (plus detergent) to clean those cloth diapers (not to mention the water, fertilizer & pesticides necessary to spray on the cotton that produces the diapers).
So - you can either not print that email (gee, you really sacrificed, didn’t you?) or you can REALLY make a HUGE impact by not having children (who won’t have children, who won’t have children, etc. ad infinitum).
Zero Pop
September 12th, 2008