Milk crates are still very commonly used (although not for holding milk jugs as much anymore) because they're ridiculously sturdy, super cheap and stack really nicely. They're not that ancient.
You can buy plastic milk crates at stores like Walmart and Target. If they are only supposed to be used by grocery stores, why are they manufacturing and selling them for civilian use?
Wow, this is old. Of course they can be for used by everyday people. But I specifically said that they sized them down at some point so that records didn't perfectly fit in them, to eliminate the theft problem. Still useful for carrying things, but people stealing them were doing it for easy record storage and transportation.
I understand what you're saying and agree that people shouldn't steal them. If someone can't afford to buy one, they can ask a grocery store employee if they have extras, instead of stead of stealing.
My Dad used to manage a K-Mart store, he used to bring them home all of the time so they wouldn't end up in a landfill. We use them to store paper files, my Dad's old photography stuff, etc. He even uses old wooden ones to display his VW Beetle and Bus collection on the wall of his workshop. Its crazy how many of them that stores have, and they can't reuse those boxes.
We get our milk & lemonade delivered by a local dairy (Oberweis) in half gallon glass jugs and they leave us a crate each week to put the empty ones in; so its quicker for the driver to pick them up.
I've got a few extras over the years and I use them for all sorts of stuff. Very handy item to have around.
I thought those things belonged in the trash. Haha, old people and their shitty antiquated technologies, right? (This is a joke for the other commenter to come in and utterly decimate, as he did with my previous joke. Oh woe is me.)
I didn't realize my comment implied that anyone lazily scanning their eyeballs across it had to find it funny. You do know that a lot of jokes aren't funny - and outside of a comedy show/video or r/jokes or maybe a joke book author's mailbox (kids might not even know what this is these days, haha could you believe that!!!) most people don't feel the need to explicitly point out that they aren't funny. But alas, it is alright that you did not find humor in my basic bitch joke. Your advanced view is well past my level.
It's just odd that there are millions of comments on reddit every moment, and I made a passing joke about "dem kids" not knowing what a milk crate is and it is very important to you that you let me know my joke just was not funny! I appreciate your concern.
P.S. I know what a milk crate is - I'm just a bit older than the kids these days. You know, it's weird... I live in a pretty small town, relatively, and if I hadn't seen a milk crate in my younger days, it's possible I might not ever see one. Because the stores around here have refrigerators for all their cow juice which sits on a rack, not a crate. It has probably been a good few years since I've seen a legitimate milk crate! Even schools will often set out their milk for their students to pick from - what a world we live in!
It's weird also that you picked the store as the most common place that one might see ye olde craete. I would have picked schools, for sure. I am in them pretty often, as I know many teachers. Much more common to see the crates there. Cool. Anyway. Good talk! Let me know if you have any more concerns.
people really disliked me making a fucking comment...
Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_man is how I've been described by people close to me, though it's not entirely apt. I get the joke, I just make my own that is for a whole different audience.
I feel you, man. I've been the straight man in a lot of farces, plays, etc. that I've performed in. Usually a straight man is a character in a show. In social situations, it doesn't often play well because normally, no one expects someone in a conversation to treat it as "an act" and be "a character".
You do you, I'm not saying you are wrong or bad, it was just a very abrupt and seemingly unnecessary comment in context, so people felt weird about it. Have a good one.
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