August 13, 2004
Still Another Pile Grows in Brooklyn
Ever since we got engaged, gifts have trickled in to our Brooklyn apartment, enough so that I'm beginning to feel embarrassed everytime I see Ken, our UPS guy. This week, however, along with a deluge in the tri-state area that downed power lines and flooded streets, has come a deluge of deliveries. Here's the growing stack of boxes in our front hallway:
Each of these boxes has come loaded with so many packing peanuts that I've made three trips to the UPS Store a few blocks away in the last two days. They reuse the peanuts, which is a heck of a lot better than all that styrofoam going into the garbage. It's hard to get all of them out of the apartment, and I know we'll find dozens of them hidden under furniture when we eventually move out of here.
That stack of boxes isn't so bad as it represents only four presents. What is bad, however, is that one of the boxes contained only this:
Nuclear waste is shipped with less protective packaging than this. To give you some sense of perspective, this five-piece place setting came in a box big enough to fit two small children.
Heaneyland! on a similar experience with excessive packaging.
Posted by The Groom at August 13, 2004 12:19 PMwe certainly know how you feel...we got married nearly two months ago and are finally getting rid of most of the boxes we received bearing gifts. The worst thing is that our city, or at least our apartment complex, does not have recycling trucks, so my husband is always stuffing loads of broken down boxes and packing materials into the car in order to drive them to a recycling drop off area. He's far better than I would be - I would just toss it! Good luck finding a place for your new loot...
Posted by: Cris at August 15, 2004 02:22 PMI should add that we have donated a lot of our old plates, pots, silverware and various other household items to Goodwill. Go to www.goodwill.org for locations near you.
Posted by: The Groom at August 16, 2004 09:55 AM