in the middle of absolute soul scorching chaos in this country, I bring you a diversion...an Amazon tale...to make you laugh...and maybe think...a few weeks ago I was looking at my credit card charges online and saw something peculiar...a $2.14 charge to Amazon...I looked on my app and could not believe my eyes...an order for 1 Russett potato...which I did not place...I tried to cancel it and received a message that it was too late...it was shipped...now, some of you might be nodding your heads...realizing how this happened...for a while now when I make orders...a small page pops up with suggestions of things you might want to add to your order...potatoes are there...I probably tapped it while exiting...(although I never got the standard notification of the order)...and so about a day later an Amazon envelope sat outside my door...and inside was a rather large...albeit lonely...potato...Amazon ended up crediting me...but here's the thing that really got to me...the waste...the colossal waste in this system...the energy exerted to deliver one potato...did they refer to me as Mrs. Potato Head in fulfillment?...how much delivery van exhaust flooded my community?...how about the poor Amazon delivery person trying to make inhuman deadlines for the day...ah...a society demanding everything at once...potatoes on demand to be consumed while watching news that makes you want to throw up...and yes...the potato was delicious...
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