We all know the economy’s
gone to the crapper, but there’s nothing quite like being reminded of this in
the unlikeliest of places. The husband and I went to Brookstone on Monday,
because it’s the classic place where tourists go to look for idiotic presents
to bring home after their trips (although, some things I’ve gotten from there
have been pure genius). We made our selection and went to pay, and I was a
little surprised to see the checkout kid put the person in front of me’s purchases
in a Whole Foods grocery bag. I paid and since I had a few things I saw the kid
look around in a panic, and then he phewed in relief and picks up a large,
worn, battered, clearly used
brookstone bag and puts my stuff in it. At the questioning look on my face he
answers: oh, we ran out of our bags right before Christmas, but we didn’t get
our new bag budget until January 1st and we still don’t have any
bags, we’ve been using old grocery bags but I’ve finished them today so we’re really
happy when someone returns something and we can keep their bags! Really? Brookstone, you sell a whole lot of
pretty useless crap, how bout investing in some bags for the people buying your
merchandise?
Also, on the way out we
notice this display:
Now, we all know that 99%
of the time “personal massagers” are vibrators in disguise for politically
correct stores, but seriously the “disguise” part’s totally blown on this one!
So, Brookstone, maybe less vibrators and more shopping bags in the future.
I was going to link up with Poppy at Funny or snot for WTF wednesday, but she's not doing the linky anymore... sigh.
