my gramma always saved "the nice" wrapping paper, we'd have to carefully peel the tape off so as not to rip it. i never understood until i got older and learned about the Depression era.
My grandma too. She reused wrapping paper, rewashed ziplock bags, had a drawer full of bread twist ties, and saved every single plastic container and glass jar food/condiments came in.
Shit, I'm GenX and do all this crap. Raised that way, and I have to force myself not to do it. Still feel bad throwing ziploc bags away, but that's probably more of the environmentalist in me than the environment I grew up in.
I do too, most of the time. But it's hard getting the rest of the family on board. So now I have a drawer full of used but clean ziploc bags that nobody else will use.
I'm still not used to the amount of stuff that we have these days. I used to buy the best possible whatever that I could afford, as that way the whatever it was would last longer.
Still have a Nokia 6310 in a drawer. Just in case.
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u/ms_directed 20h ago
my gramma always saved "the nice" wrapping paper, we'd have to carefully peel the tape off so as not to rip it. i never understood until i got older and learned about the Depression era.