I just wish they would all die

< This would be, like, porn, to English people.
       > And this would be anathema to them. Did I spell that right? If only my mother was here to check my spelling.




OK, I've just had it with English people and their narcissism when it comes to saving the environment. The last straw was when I went to the shops this afternoon. Uni starts tomorrow, so the shops were full of students, and the only people I could see who had their own bag, was me and the MATH. EVERYONE was taking plastic bags, and for the most minute amounts of shopping, like a chocolate bar and an apple. The shop assistants don't ask if you want a bag, and indeed, this morning I popped around to the corner shops to get the newspaper. It was raining, as per ususal in England, and I had my umbrella, but the shop guy tried to put my paper into a plastic bag. When I very politely said "No thanks, I don't need a bag, you stupid twat" He looked at me like I was on crack and said, increduously, "But it's raining! It will get wet!" I was like, "Way to go there Einstein. Even though I live 10 metres from this shop, and even though I'm carrying an umbrella, I tend to fling my newspaper around with gay abandon, therefore subjecting it to WETNESS. I'd better have a plastic bag to ensure that my flinging is damp-free." Idiot.
And it's probably not a very sexy thing to blog about, but tough, because it's my blog and I can write about whatever I want. I just feel that not using plastic bags is quite possibly the easiest thing you can do to have a huge, positive effect on the environment. At the moment, everyone's full of it about Climate Change, and whilst getting rid of your car is not always a viable option, using a freaking re-usable bag is!! In Australia we all took our own bags, and even in Hong Kong, where people are like "Environment? What's that? Oh, who cares, let's go shopping, there's a sale at Prada!", people in shops now ask you if you want a bag, and Supermarkets are slowly starting to think about putting a tax on plastic bags.
But in England? The people who live, and consume, in this country, are, on the most part, stupid. They can't even plead ignorance, they're just stupid.
See, if I was hot, I'd go to Supermarkets, and I'd be all like "Hi! I don't want a bag. Check out my cleavage. By the way, I'm really hot and I reuse my bags." But, because I'm not hot, I just look like this weird freak who takes her hessian sack wherever she goes.* England, more than any country I've been to, doesn't care about the environment. It is a nation of consumers who are arrogant, ignorant, and self-absorbed.
I would rant more, but I don't know how to say what I've said without repeating myself. Also, I've drunk most of a bottle of wine, so I'm not very coherent. Although, I am full of rage. Always full of rage.


* Just for the record, it is not a Hessian sack, but a rather tasteful Green bag (In both senses of the word)