Consumer Rantings

Ever spent money on something that looked like it would be a totally useful product but then after you bought it you found out that it didn't work at all?  Have you ever purchased something that looked so perfect while it was on the shelf (or on the webpage, or on TV), but then gotten it home and realized that it absolutely did not live up to its claims?  Maybe it was a food preparation utility that was supposed to make your life easier in the kitchen but all it made was a mess.  Or maybe it was an exercise device that was supposed ... Read Full Story

I now have this strange mental image of St. Peter at the gates to heaven, wearing a blue vest and greeting all newcomers! While this may follow a trend created by Costco, the words 'full service' and 'vertically integrated' when it comes to this seem strangely out of place. It seems that even in death one can earn loyalty rewards - the final indignity! Read Full Story

  Me: Could you repeat that? Buck: I said, the shopping cart etiquette at Wal-Mart is so fucking out of control I just can’t begin to believe it. Me: Really. Buck: Really. Trying to push a shopping cart around Wal-Mart, just minding your own business, is impossible. The way people act . . . they think they’re Britney Spears shopping in the store all alone after hours . Me:   [laughing] [laughing]   I know. That is true . But it’s not just at Wal-Mart. I have problems everywhere I go that a shopping cart is involved. Buck: You know, I go out on ... Read Full Story

Chinese Factory Worker Can’t Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans Look around America. We are obsessed with buying shit . We are people who confuse “ wants ” and “ needs ” as if our language history teaches us that the words are synonymous . The media shows us shit. The shit we think we need in order live. Just watch MTV’s Cribs to view shit that rich people spend their money on . Mariah Carey really upset me one time by saying that she paid a few hundred dollars for a little pillow she liked. Now that is bullshit . And commercials ... Read Full Story

We've all seen it. The car squarely "parked", blocking traffic in the parking lot lane, waiting until hell freezes over or the car to vacate the spot. Usually some one is loading packages into their car while this parking lot hunter wastes time and expensive fuel idling the car just to assume this desired slot. In reality the walk would do them some good (take notice of the physical attributes of the parking lot hunter) and there would be less anger produced by the drivers of the cars piling up behind them. We've all seen it. The cart squarely "parked", blocking traffic in the ... Read Full Story