Originally Posted by
kipper
My grandmother was just like that. If there was one piece of bread left in the bread basket, she'd wrap it in her napkin and take it with her!
LOL, that was my grandmother too. She'd save and wash every container, reusing them. She'd wash and reuse all Ziploc bags and bread bags.
I think the way our grandmothers act is typical of the society they lived in, and is still typical of society in many parts of the world. The wasteful American consumer culture of today is an anomaly, not the norm.
I reuse Ziploc bags as well, and I am in my 20s. Why throw them away just to buy more?