Cooking involved real ingredients rather than pre-packaged meals. Washing vegetables and crafting salads was a manual task. Yet, the concept of eco-consciousness eluded us.
Streetcars and buses were modes of transport, and children biked or walked to school instead of relying on constant parental chauffeuring. Rooms housed a single electrical outlet, not an abundance of sockets. A simple meal decision didn’t require satellite signals; we could locate a nearby eatery independently.
It’s a tad disheartening that the current generation criticizes us for our past habits due to the absence of the “green thing.” Consider sharing this with another experienced individual who could benefit from a conservation lesson from a spirited young person.
We aren’t particularly thrilled about aging, so it doesn’t take much to irk us. Especially when it comes from an inked, multiply pierced smart aleck who can’t calculate change without assistance from a cash register.
