Shop at CVS, kill a tree! Still!
May. 5th, 2022 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerFor years I've been joking, "Shop at CVS, kill a tree." Except it's not really a joke because, going back at least 10 years now, the drugstore chain has printed ridiculously long receipts even for single item purchases. How long is ridiculous? I blogged about it 8 years when I bought 2 items and was handed a receipt over 31 inches (79cm) long.
Over the intervening 8 years CVS has done better by allowing customers to choose emailed receipts instead of paper. Many of the employees stubbornly press the "Kill a Tree"— I mean, "Print Receipt"— button despite our account preferences being set to email, but it works at least half the time. Except yesterday I specifically asked for a receipt (I need it for records purposes) and, ooh boy, the printer started going....
And going, and going, and going....
43.5 inches. More than 3 1/2 feet. 110 cm. For one item that cost just $6.54. Ridiculous.
Do better, CVS!
Over the intervening 8 years CVS has done better by allowing customers to choose emailed receipts instead of paper. Many of the employees stubbornly press the "Kill a Tree"— I mean, "Print Receipt"— button despite our account preferences being set to email, but it works at least half the time. Except yesterday I specifically asked for a receipt (I need it for records purposes) and, ooh boy, the printer started going....
And going, and going, and going....
43.5 inches. More than 3 1/2 feet. 110 cm. For one item that cost just $6.54. Ridiculous.
Do better, CVS!
