Carolina QuotesIt occurred to me that everything we buy has been poked or packaged by some unfortunate nitwit with a hairnet and a wad of cotton stuffed into his ears. Every ear of corn, every chocolate-coated raisin or shoelace. Every barbeque tong, paper hat, and store-bought mitten arrives with a history of abject misery. Vegetarians look at a pork roast thinking about the animal. I'd now look at them wondering whose job it was to package the shallow Styrofoam trays.
David Sedaris Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Essay: "C.O.G." (p.199)
- work
- Naked (1997)
- year
- 1997
- locator
- p.199
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