Norbert Haupt

I have issues when something that grows on a tree comes in perfectly shaped hard clam shells.

Where did the apples go that were too large to fit into the bubbles?

Where did the apples go that were too small and would have bounced around?

Why are the apples all polished and waxed inside the clam shells?

How much oil was used to make these apple delivery devices that I use only once and then throw into my recycling bin?

Maybe, just maybe, I should stop buying apples at Costco and go the my neighborhood Sprouts, where I put them — oh irony: into a plastic bag —  and close them with a wire twist tie.