"on the side"

i'm a picky eater
everyone knows that
then add in the 'trying to be healthy' thing
and getting stuff on the side is very much part of my norm
i like the ability to add just what i want
that control

well all that changed yesterday morning.
i went to Coffee Central for breakfast
i splurged and got a multigrain bagel with cream cheese
the worker said "cream cheese on the side"
i was tired
not wanting to think
so i said "yeah sure"
{usually cream cheese IS something i just have them put on}

so i get a bag with
my bagel
2 packets of cream cheese
and a plastic knife

what a waste!!!
if i hadn't gotten it on the side
the cream cheese would have come from the ginormous tub they get it in= less plastic waste
and i wouldn't have needed that plastic knife= yet more plastic waste

next time, they can put it right on there...
if its dine-in and washable stuff, i'll still be getting a lot of things on the side, but not on the go...

to me, this is what going green is all about.
not always life altering changes
but thinking about what we consume, why, and how often

so that's my green tip for the day :)