I saw the movie WALL-E recently. It was totally adorable and I expected that. What I didn’t expect was how the very premise of the film was most likely constructed to teach us all a lesson. If you haven’t seen the film, you should probably stop reading right about here.

During my lunch at work today, I took a ride down to the mall because I was craving a fruit smoothie from Orange Julius.
(A/N: I must interject that I recognize the non-greenness of owning a 15-year old car and expending gas and CFCs into the atmosphere just to satisfy my craving, but no one is really 100% green all the time, trust me, it’s near impossible. But that is why I made this blog, so that way everyone is able to make at least a bit of an effort).
So, I was driving down there and I stop in for my 5 dollar smoothie. I see the clerk mixing it and I assume it is rather healthy, but she added extra sugar to the fruit and I’m thinking, “Gee, I really don’t need like 5 cups of sugar or whatever she poured in.” However, I didn’t say anything, sucked it up and went on my way. The added sugar, they should really write that in the ingredients under the names of their drinks because I would really prefer not to have it in there.
In any case, I got my Smoothie club card stamped (I don’t know why I didn’t notice the added sugar before), and I was on my way. I was on my way back to work with my Orange Julius in my styrofoam cup. BLUNDER!
Oh my goodness. Styrofoam!? People, come on!