I was hanging some jeans tonight when I heard chatter between two girls with valley girl accents (cringe) and a baby shopping in the plus sized section. One of them said something that well… caught me off guard. She said “I want to try all these things on. But I have this stupid baby”. An alarm bell rang in my head and all I could hear was… WHAT? I had to see if this was a teenager. No, it was a mother… I hope that “stupid baby” grows up to tell their stupid bitch mom about how much of a winner she actually is.
It never ceases to amaze me how heartless people can be to each other, in some cases even their own family. I see parents all the time that let their kids run rampant so they can have a break. Or they ignore their child completely when it wants something, like going to the bathroom as an example. The most common response I hear is “Well hold it” and sometimes they can’t. Then the parents will either complain, act totally surprised, or walk away like it never happened. Why did this happen? Because shopping is waaay more important. Because you know, consumerism is everything in life. Possessions before people. That’s why every holiday just about has a giant sale, and why most jobs over here involve selling goods instead of making them.
The only values people seem to pay attention to are the ones on their dollars… and they can barely get that right.