Why do people at the bottle return act like they've never seen a aluminum can before? (midwest.social)

submitted 15 hours ago by DemBoSain@midwest.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In Michigan, we have a 10¢ deposit on cans and bottles. They're refunded by feeding empties into a machine that counts them up. But there are never enough machines, so a line forms. And right now I'm watching 7 dopes inspect each container individually before feeding it into the machine.

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[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 2 points 4 hours ago

I'd rather snark at them online behind their backs. I have no idea which of them are armed.

this post was submitted on 14 Mar 2026

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