I only need one or two napkins . . . thank you

written - 1/17/2006

Ask for a napkin at a take out restaurant and they give you about ten times as many as you need. Recently I had food delivered for about eight people at my house and they gave us about ten times too many napkins for each person. Thus, there must have been about an eight inch high stack of napkins with the food delivery. Not only is that crazy in general, but since we were eating at home, you would think they could assume that I actually have napkins at my house. Or when I am at a restaurant and just want one maybe two napkins to wipe with, they invariably give me a huge stack. Why?

The strange thing is that this generosity with napkins does not carry over to other things. Try asking for a free refill of soda which probably cost less than 10 napkins or an extra slice of tomato, they would rather die before giving those things out.

Years ago stores used to always give you a bag no matter what you bought and whether or not you bought it. Some stores would even double bag even if all you bought was a pack of gum. Then suddenly, in an effort to save the environment, check out clerks started asking people “would you like a bag for that?” Then somehow the bag giving mania disappeared. Now, how can we do the same for the poor napkins??

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