"Old Dogs"

I can't think of one particular person that I remember changing their old impacting ways......however, I can think of a group of individuals. Last year for Earth Day (April 22), I thought it would be really awesome if Maple City Market (the co-op) would eliminate their plastic shopping bags. I brought this idea up to the store manager in January. He was very skeptical of this idea. He didn't tell me that it couldn't happen, just that it wouldn't happen by April 22- maybe the end of the year at the earliest. He said it would take a good year to educate our customers to bring in their own bags...and what about the new customers? Where would they put their groceries? Me, being optimistic about our customer's learning curve, I went forth with my idea nonetheless. I hung up signs around the store warning people of the upcoming change. We had it printed in the newsletter. I spread the word. Earth Day came, and there were no more plastic bags (I made sure to stop the order of them in time!), and you know what? It was just fine! Sure, there were (and still are) some complaints about the lack of plastic bags, but in general, we have received really good feedback for our decision. And it was a really quick fix for a really huge problem too! Moral of the story:sometimes, it pays to not listen to the authorities :)