A Quick Consumerism Commentary
Two things recently happened that made me further lament the consumerist state of the world.
Brooke at Dollar Frugal quoted an old man she’d seen on the news who was buying crap for his grandson just ‘because.’ Brooke didn’t like that at all, and I can’t say I disagree. Buying stuff just to buy it seems to be a serious American affliction (though I’m quite sure others do it, too).
Second, and more disturbing to me, was something we saw at Toys-R-Us. We’d gone there to use a gift card given to our
little girl. Now for those of your without kids who have no reason to be in Toys-R-Us (or any baby/kid store for that matter), there is a great deal of superfluous crap sold there. An astonishing amount, really.
What I saw there yesterday, though, took the cake. Then it took the cake and smashed it under a steam roller.
You can buy a baby bath spa.
That’s right. A little bath tub for your baby that provides the relaxation of thousands of tiny bubbles popping on your baby’s soft little butt.
Baby bath spa. Seriously, I think that’s one of the signs of the apocalypse.
December 28th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Awwwww….but there’d be a baby in it! I’d never buy it. Probably a sign of the apocalypse. I’ll just make my babies giggle by tickling their little tummies and they’ll never know the difference.
December 31st, 2007 at 10:15 am
This really does just take the proverbial cake. I don’t know why people don’t sink their money into more useful items for kids. It frustrates me.
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