Paper Plate: What Is Wrong With This Picture?
So what is wrong with the paper plate? Answer: location. First, let me just immediately say that I love my sister, Mary and her wife, Tammy. I need to say that immediately cause I’m fixing to take them to task. I said, “fixing to” #puremichigan I love you both so much, but WTH are you doing?
Idiosyncrasies: We’ve All Got Them
I recently stayed with my sister at her home in Texas. While we were there, I noticed something I felt was peculiar… paper plates in the dish drying rack. I had to ask, “Why is there a Dixie plate in your drying rack?” I was not prepared for the answer. Mary told me that they only use the nice Dixie paper plates. They are laminated. Depending on what the plate is used for, Mary and Tammy wash and reuse the paper plate up to four times. That is what they told me.
I fully recognize that I have weird things that I do and I don’t consider them weird but other people might. And I LOVE my sister… but I also found this peculiar. Mary said that she and Tammy started doing this as a money saver since they are hoping to retire soon. I do get that… however, they also enjoy gambling. I’m thinking, “Spin the slot machine ONE less time and stop the insanity. Or use real plates and put them in the dishwasher.”
My Paper Plate Research
Never thought I’d type that, but here we are. A pack of 80 Dixie Every Day Paper Plates is currently priced on Amazon for $18. That works out to 22.5 cents per plate. If they use 4 plates a day, but reuse the same plates twice each, that’s two paper plates per day costing 45 cents a day. That average over a year works out to $164.25. That means that reusing a paper plate just one time will save you $164.25 (twice used). If you used every paper plate FOUR times… washing and drying after each use, you’d still use an average of one paper plate per day, putting the cost at $82.13 per year.
Use real plates. Wash them in the dishwasher. You’d save more than your current practice. Dishwashers are way better on water-use than we sometimes think. Plus you’re using water to wash the plates anyway.
Sis, I will write you and Tammy a check for $82.13 if you’ll cut this s#!t out. Even better, come stay with us and identify something weird I’m doing. A fresh perspective is important. I would want you to tell me. Actually, I probably know one that’s on the list. LOL.. it is funny, but there is nothing else I can do. LOVE YOU!
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