My daughter works at a local restaurant and she was telling me yesterday how all of her twenty-something co-workers were surprised that she was doing things to reduce her water consumption. She said that she was literally the only one doing the right thing, while everyone else was essentially trying to make her feel foolish about reducing shower time, washing fewer clothes, etc. I really hope these co-workers are an anomaly and not a commentary about how that age group or people in general see themselves as part of a community.
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