Washing out Wagamama takeaway containers to put them in the recycling box, and thinking about the probability that they will not be recycled at all and will end up in a landfill on some other continent...
I'd pay a deposit on them that could be refundable when you take the containers back, or credited against your next order. Or get a kid on a cargo bike coming round to collect them once there are enough in the area. Shouldn't be beyond the wit of app designers.
@aral 100% real! The question above was 'Do you think the history curriculum needs updating?' or something along those lines. Fairly sure it was in The Times.
Just read some news about a film being made of a book that I copy-edited, and I remembered how much I enjoyed working on it, and how I used to do that kind of work all the time, and I fucking miss it very badly.
@aral@jo_the_hat yeah, they tried the 'lift out of order' trick on me. Resulted in me collapsing in a corridor. They had to get first aiders to look after me until I'd recovered enough to speak and sit up. Then I still had to go through the assessment.
I'd guess the criteria for working at the DWP include 'no capacity to feel shame'.
Used to edit books, now disabled by Long Covid. (I can no longer work, drive, leave the house unassisted, walk and talk at the same time or play with my kids. Governments have decided it's not worth trying to protect anyone from this life-wrecking disease. I think we can do better than that.) She/her. SW England. Header image: the "Words do not mean anything today" graffiti photo by Roger Perry, 1974.