Have you ever had the feeling the world was testing you? Or that God was testing you? If nothing else, it's a good way to view your sufferings in this life.

If you've been following my blog you probably know that I am one of those contractors manufacturing COVID tests for Abbott Labs. I'm not necessarily bringing it up (again) because I'm proud of it, but because it is literally like half of my life now for at least another month or more.

But, yeah, I had to make you feel like a shithead for being a 'day trader' again because I wanted to bring up how good, very usable resources are far too often wasted. In this case, literally burned away in the incinerator for some stupid reason like, oh, it's time to change the supply and BURN ALL THE EXTRA MATERIALS THAT WE HAVE while half of the workers sit around for 45 minutes doing nothing, some other people sweep the floor, and the rest cart in the new materials THAT WE ALREADY HAD BEFORE THEY WERE SENT TO THE INCINERATOR.

I have recently taken it upon myself at the factory to collect the packaged tests that have been rejected for whatever reason and repackage the ones that were actually perfectly fine.

And, for some reason, way too many of my supervisors have a problem with it. 

Too fucking bad, though. I am not stopping this until I quit and/or have a more pressing task to attend to.

If you're a nurse and you notice that the identifier print on the package of the COVID test that you just opened is a little bit crooked, then SORRY, MY BAD.

If you notice that the test strip on the card is crooked, missing the felt tip, or that the overlabel sticker is covering the swab well, that was someone else's fault.

But, yeah, I worked at McDonald's, too, when I was in high school, and noticed the same thing. Instead of, say, EATING a sandwich that the fat-ass customer doesn't want because there are onions on it, the poor employee is forced to THROW IT IN THE GARBAGE.

Now, I understand why this rule is in place, because then you'd probably have scummy people coming in and complaining on purpose just to get free food (oh, wait...), but it doesn't change the fact that perfectly good pieces of prepared dead animal are wasted very frequently in restaurants.

It just appears to me like some humans are inherently wired to waste things. Or at least waste on command without feeling any shred of remorse.

This is one of the only things in the world that truely bugs me, BUT IT MAKES ME FUCKING SICK.

Man, I have trouble putting plastic containers in the recycling bin sometimes because I think, "Hey, I can still use that!"

To my credit, I have been reusing a lot of those plastic containers and glass bottles to grow my plants.

But it feels like an unhealthy obsession. 

But at the same time it's really not.

At the same time, I'm rationalizing this as all of these other disgusting humans being extremely wasteful, which I think is objectively true, but somehow I'm being pressured to feel like I'm wrong and they're supposed to throw things away without so much as a, "Sorry, Earth, this is taking up too much of my space."

What that objective fuck?

Why do humans prefer to BUY a carcinogenic plastic water bottle instead of REUSING a glass one that they can get FOR FREE when they purchase a beverage?

Why does my father insist on throwing his banana peels in the trash EVERY SINGLE TIME when he is frequently told to please put them in the compost container?

Why does average human office worker need to turn on all of the ceiling lights during the day when there is MORE THAN ENOUGH SUNLIGHT TO DO ANYTHING THAT THEY COULD REASONABLY BE DOING coming in through the window?

I dunno, man; like I said, sometimes I have to chalk it up to God testing my nerves.

Please be mindful of the things that you waste on a daily basis. When you notice it, you might start to waste less, and that is a win for all of us living here on planet Earth 😬

Thank you, 

Cory