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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 26-May-2020 00:45:31 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • GeniusMusing
   @geniusmusing Indeed. I greatly prefer bottles and jars unless I’m eating in the car as I travel somewhere. For one thing, it is hard to get the number of packets needed for your preferred flavor balance without having extras that get thrown away. (Especially now, when the person with the excess packets may have an asymptomatic or presymtomatic but still contagious #COVID-19 infection.)
   
   I’m also noticing that a lot of packets are made with individual layers of multiple materials ... they are not recyclable at all.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 25-May-2020 20:19:37 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
     https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2020-05-24/we-cant-go-back [www zerohedge com]
     
     We can’t go back!
     
     The article lists some ways in which reopening may be different from the past. Single-use ketchup packets replacing bottles, for instance.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 26-May-2020 01:08:05 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     Another issue is that those little packets are expensive relative to the quantities of their contents. Restaurants and fast food restaurants are always worried about food cost (a line item in their budgets), and this will raise that cost, while doing nothing to improve customer satisfaction.