Monday, June 7, 2010

The Great Jumbo Deception

So I've always been enticed by products in bulk. After all, if I have the cash to buy more garbage bags now, why not buy a large quantity and then not have to buy them again for like, a year, at least!?

But there's one kind of bulk-buying I've decided is not worth it. Jumbo rolls of toilet paper. You think you're getting more for your money--and perhaps you are! Calculate the price-per-square, if you wish. Even so, here's what I think happens... a new roll of toilet paper inspires a sort of carefree attitude. "Yuss! Absolutely no danger of getting stranded in the baƱo this time around!" Need I say more? The bigger the roll, the more the squandry.

On the other hand, what if I were to go around to public restrooms collecting the nearly empty rolls? If my toilet paper holder constantly had an almost-empty tp roll on it, I can betcha everyone one would be frugal in their usage. And oh, the millions of dollars I'd save, I could go buy a bidet. Heh--actually, if I was getting such rolls of TP for free, I'd be like an infinity-aire, since zero and infinity are opposites, right?