Moneys Worth......

I'm not the first to complain about packaging.....and the waste involved. Dave and I just ordered some health supplies through our Medicare insurance program. This is a new offering that allows us to order $40 worth of medicines or supplies each quarter. Such a deal! We ordered things like aspirin and bandaids and got four mid-size boxes in the mail.  Each box had ONE bottle of aspirin or ONE package of bandaids. Keep in mind they came from the same source so I had to wonder just why the company couldn't have put all four items in one box?

And then yesterday I drove to the store and bought myself some night cream for those age-related wrinkles magically appearing around my lips. (What!!!??? Age??!!! Wrinkles???) The box was pretty and the copy promised it would "plump" up my skin.

Opening the top I peered down.....the jar was in there, down at the bottom.

Now I'm sure that the idea is that the consumer (me) would think they were really getting a bargain....a pretty big jar of cream that would last for months. Not. Half of the box was filled with air.

Sigh. I flattened out the box and put it in recycling and I will use every smidge of the cream......and continue to shake my head about the way companies "fool" the consumer and waste trees.