Being Green

What can I say about going green? Well, it isn't incredibly easy to go completely green, but there are many smaller steps we all can take to make our impact on the environment less. This isn’t a soapbox speech, honestly. We all know what we should be, and won't be doing, but it's more...commentary than anything else. Why run the water when brushing your teeth? Why take a two hour long shower? Why water the lawn in a time of drought? These are all simple things that you shouldn't do, but may. Same with recycling, why not recycle? We never had a recycling program at Budget, and we are sorry to admit that. Now? We do. I'll personally be taking our office paper and cans, plastics, and glassware to the appropriate disposal receptacles. Bragging? No. I'm trying to lead by example.
     We are all busy. Really busy. But, think of it this way. Are you telling me that during your day you are so busy that you cannot spare one second to turn the faucet off when you are brushing your teeth? Or you cannot spare ten seconds to throw a piece of trash in the garbage opposed to letting it fall on the ground? If you said no, that means you literally never stop working. Truly. You work for sixteen hours a day, and then you immediately fall asleep and start all over again. No-one is that busy. It's impossible.
     This isn't a scolding. This is merely one person making some commentary. Budget wants to be more green, and we are trying. Surprisingly, the cost hasn't been very high, if anything at all. We've had to take a few extra measures here and there, but we haven't had to drop a thousand dollars to start a recycling program. Know what I mean? Anyway, if I got too soap boxy, I'm sorry. You live your life how you want to. Me? I just like to add a perspective, just like all the things in my life add perspective for me. And isn’t' that what it's all about? Growing, changing, learning? Give it a try. Just start turning off the faucet when you brush your teeth, and use it only at the end when you have to rinse, and all that other oral hygiene stuff. Why not? You've got nothing to lose.

---Will J. Truex