Did you ever wonder what's with those little stickers that come affixed to each and every apple, banana and other fruit now sold? Who mandated this? I thought for sure this has the earmarking of some government bureaucrats with more time on their hands than they should have. After all, think of how many extra make-work jobs these could create. Unemployment would be a thing of the past. Putting them on bananas was not so bad; you threw out the banana skin along with the tiny sticker. But they are a nightmare with apples; they take valuable time to peel off and, often, you lose a bit of the apple skin which most people eat. Government gone berserk, in a new petty way, I surmised.
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