Grandma was with us for four days and had gone through three jumbo rolls of paper towels. That may not seem like an unusual amount to you, but we use one jumbo roll in 3 or 4 weeks! Needless to say, I was stunned at the volume of paper towels she uses. When she moved in, she brought an economy pack the size of a grocery cart, with her. I thought she was being thrifty, but now I know that’s her weekly consumption of paper towels. She probably kills a tree a week.
Every time I look at her, she has a damp paper towel in one hand or the other. Sometimes both. My bag of stuff to burn fills up almost daily and it is extremely easy to light. Why? You guessed it, paper towels. She would dry dishes with them, if I would let her. She says they dry better. I’m thinking I need to start a lot of tree seedlings.
I’d like to get it on camera and then fast forward all the paper towel use in one day. It’s probably some kind of record. There is even a clean paper towel on top of the placemats I have on our dining room table. I guess they keep the placemats cleaner.
I’ve also noticed that the Kleenex and toilet tissue disappear with the speed of light. Maybe it has something to do with that generation. It was probably a new invention at some point in her life and she fell in love with the convenience and good drying qualities of paper products. Much better than rags.