my chips are too noisy... ???

There is an article in today's paper about how Frito-Lay has decided to heed the wishes of customers and revert back to their original plastic-based packaging for the majority of its Sun Chips flavors (one flavor, original plain, will retain the newer packaging).

You see, last year they converted to biodegradable and recyclable bags made of plant material, but the new bags turned out to be too noisy. And people complained, even forming groups on Facebook about how inconvenient and disruptive and blah, blah, blah and loud and crinkly the new bags were. Seriously?

If the bags are the larger size, what about pouring some in a bowl and eating the chips that way? If the bags are snack-size, empty the chips into a bowl (applying the same concept as with the larger bags). I know, I know, but what if someone wants to eat out of a bag of Sun Chips and doesn't have a bowl handy? I mean, really, really has to have some chips and life has to be convenient and the bag can't be too noisy or anything...

Sure, it's fair to complain to the company that the new bags are too noisy and please keep improving the process by which quieter bags are eventually made available, but why not make do with bags that break down and are better for the environment until then? As the world gets more and more populated with people, the sheer volume of pollutants are going to catch up with us. I think I've said it before and I'll say it again: we can't keep nickel and diming the environment. It'll catch up to the planet sooner or later, unless people only care about what happens during their own time on Earth. That's a tragic way of thinking, isn't it?