Friday, November 13, 2009

Gifts at Target

So last night, my roommate and I were at Target to buy some paper towels. We had been out for about forty-eight hours at that point and we had both been dreading a Yuki accident for which we were not prepared for (although we're at about hour thirty-six now and still no accident... but now the crutch of the paper towel is back so she'll probably start going all over the place). So we're walking down the aisle and on one of the end-caps is a number of items with no real theme other than being packaged in red. After a bit more observation, it became apparent that these were impulse-buy gifts. I don't have a problem with those existing, but it makes me wonder who is walking through target and all of the sudden says, "Hmmm, yeah... Uncle Billy does need a 20-piece stainless steel grill set... or a clock radio or pen that's also a radio or coffee mug that's also radio, or a stainless steel grill set that is also a radio." I'm just not sure who these people are. Probably the same people who buy tennis balls for their dog out of the dollar section near the entrance. Oh shit...

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