Passion Power

Working in a very busy convenience store in cottage country over the summer I gained a much different perspective on human nature. People shouldn’t have to go to work and get beaten up by public unkindness. The experience helped me understand why people working in retail don’t always greet you with a cheerful smile on their face. Here are some dos and don’ts that I’ll be using moving forward. 1. Don’t roll your eyes like I’m taking too long. You’re the one buying lottery when there’s a big line up behind you. 2. Don’t complain to me about the prices. It’s not my company. 3. If you count out exact change because you think it’s faster and easier, you’re totally wrong. It’s just annoying. 4. Please don’t throw your money at me and expect me to remember what you bought. If you think you’re too good or important to stand in line like the rest of the customers remember that there’s no limo waiting for you. 5. Don’t think your griping is unique. I can pretty much guarantee we’ve ...

Am I the Only One that finds it exhausting to stay local, loyal, organic and healthy? I’m adding one more, affordable. Groceries are the biggest expense for families and many are struggling to put meals on the table, let alone healthy ones. When I pay $3.49 for romaine lettuce, I still need dressing and a cucumber. An $8 bag of apples is pretty expensive but I want my kids to eat healthy so I buy it. All the sugary and high sodium products are affordable but no parent really wants to feed junk to their kids, do they? The excuse use to be because fuel was so high but oil has been going down for months and groceries are going up so that’s not it. Maple Leaf Foods just laid off 400 employees. Their Canadian workforce isn’t the only thing shrinking. Look what they did to their packaging? This is corporate greed at its finest. Kellogg’s has been in London Ontario for 100 years. The CBC headlines were “plant closing as cereal consumption declines,” what kind of a right wing...