Goodbye "Pilot cups"
03-30-2023, 11:28 AM
#182
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Originally Posted by Jaww
I found it odd when I arrived at delta that we still used styrofoam. I thought most major businesses got rid of them.
03-30-2023, 02:39 PM
#184
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Originally Posted by OOfff
“Hey, we can save money, help keep our employees healthier, and reduce environmental damage, what do you think?”
”RAWR WOKE LIBERAL BULL ****!!!”
”RAWR WOKE LIBERAL BULL ****!!!”
“As part of our continued efforts to embed sustainability into everything we do at Delta, teams across Delta are scouring our operation to find every opportunity to be kinder to our planet…This action is also in compliance with international regulations for single-use plastic reductions…change boils down to a *huge* win for our planet and those who live in it…thank you for your continued support of environmental stewardship“
I’m all for doing things smarter and not being oblivious to environmental impact. Being conservative is not incompatible with caring about the environment, a lot. But let’s not pretend the company isn’t specifically touting this as being driven by liberal causes, resulting in happy dances in ‘woke‘ circles. Nor gaslighting those who see this for what it is, by the company’s own words.
03-30-2023, 02:49 PM
#185
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Originally Posted by FangsF15
Except that’s not how the company framed it. From the weekly update announcement:
“As part of our continued efforts to embed sustainability into everything we do at Delta, teams across Delta are scouring our operation to find every opportunity to be kinder to our planet…This action is also in compliance with international regulations for single-use plastic reductions…change boils down to a *huge* win for our planet and those who live in it…thank you for your continued support of environmental stewardship“
I’m all for doing things smarter and not being oblivious to environmental impact. Being conservative is not incompatible with caring about the environment, a lot. But let’s not pretend the company isn’t specifically touting this as being driven by liberal causes, resulting in happy dances in ‘woke‘ circles. Nor gaslighting those who see this for what it is, by the company’s own words.
“As part of our continued efforts to embed sustainability into everything we do at Delta, teams across Delta are scouring our operation to find every opportunity to be kinder to our planet…This action is also in compliance with international regulations for single-use plastic reductions…change boils down to a *huge* win for our planet and those who live in it…thank you for your continued support of environmental stewardship“
I’m all for doing things smarter and not being oblivious to environmental impact. Being conservative is not incompatible with caring about the environment, a lot. But let’s not pretend the company isn’t specifically touting this as being driven by liberal causes, resulting in happy dances in ‘woke‘ circles. Nor gaslighting those who see this for what it is, by the company’s own words.
03-30-2023, 02:57 PM
#186
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Does anyone actually like drinking from the styrofoam cups? It seems this entire thread is a practice area for manufactured outrage. Spending a few $ on a tumbler was a nice little improvement on every trip I've flown since.
03-30-2023, 05:07 PM
#187
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Originally Posted by FangsF15
Except that’s not how the company framed it. From the weekly update announcement:
“As part of our continued efforts to embed sustainability into everything we do at Delta, teams across Delta are scouring our operation to find every opportunity to be kinder to our planet…This action is also in compliance with international regulations for single-use plastic reductions…change boils down to a *huge* win for our planet and those who live in it…thank you for your continued support of environmental stewardship“
I’m all for doing things smarter and not being oblivious to environmental impact. Being conservative is not incompatible with caring about the environment, a lot. But let’s not pretend the company isn’t specifically touting this as being driven by liberal causes, resulting in happy dances in ‘woke‘ circles. Nor gaslighting those who see this for what it is, by the company’s own words.
“As part of our continued efforts to embed sustainability into everything we do at Delta, teams across Delta are scouring our operation to find every opportunity to be kinder to our planet…This action is also in compliance with international regulations for single-use plastic reductions…change boils down to a *huge* win for our planet and those who live in it…thank you for your continued support of environmental stewardship“
I’m all for doing things smarter and not being oblivious to environmental impact. Being conservative is not incompatible with caring about the environment, a lot. But let’s not pretend the company isn’t specifically touting this as being driven by liberal causes, resulting in happy dances in ‘woke‘ circles. Nor gaslighting those who see this for what it is, by the company’s own words.
03-30-2023, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by OOfff
so conservativism is not incompatible with caring about the environment, but a nonpolitical statement by the company about the environmental benefits of this move is a “liberal cause?”
Again, I don’t care about the cups either way. They could have simply said, “Due to cost and streamlining catering, we are making this change, and it’s also more environmentally friendly too!” But they didn’t. There was an opportunity to virtue signal (about 8x in one ‘article’), and they poured it on super thick. That’s the rub, IMO. Maybe it’s my confirmation bias, but you have to admit they got a lot of buzzwords in to that thing.
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