I'll Sleep Better Tonight If I Share With You My Gripes Du Jour

I don't mean to come off as cranky, but I'm really tired and about to go to bed, and I feel very sure if I get these two small gripes off my chest I'll sleep better. 

I don't expect you to do anything about this stuff, but on the off chance a blog reader is related to Mr. Big at some packaging firm, here are two of my most pet peeves:

• Why the heck can't hotel amenities, that usually come in little plastic bottles, have LARGE PRINT on the front?  So guys who wear reading glasses (as I do) can actually tell the difference between SHAMPOO and BATH GEL and CONDITIONER when we reach for them in the shower?
• And along the same lines, why can't manufacturers of the myriad plastic bottles and other containers that overwhelm our lives manage to stamp the re-cycling code (that little, tiny number in that little, tiny triangle on the underside of containers) in a BIGGER SIZE?  I'm constantly holding the plastic containers that my blueberries and raspberries come in up to the light in the hope of making out the environmentally friendly "1."  But it's almost always difficult to tell the difference between a "1" and a "3" and a "5."  I mean, there's nothing on the bottom of most bottles and containers.  Which means there's plenty of room for a BIG NUMBER!
• I only promised two gripes, but this one isn't exactly a whine.  It's a suggestion.  I read a dozen articles a week telling me how to live a more "green" life.  I do my best, which is why I want  those re-cycling codes bigger.  But in all the articles about what we can do in our everyday lives to save resources, I've never seen anything that suggests we take metal hangers back to our dry cleaners rather than tossing them in the trash.  You don't need me to tell you why that's a smart idea.  But pass the word, won't you?

There, I can go to sleep now.