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Nickle and Dimed

Written on June 2nd, 2008 by somabusno shouts

So I went to buy a new CD; Silversun Pickups… And I decided to buy the third season of The Office, I didn’t look at the price because the first and second season were fairly cheap.

I get in the check out line when an Indian husband and wife start arguing with the clerk over a 10 cent price difference. During the ensuing price check, and my brief thought of donating a dime to the Honey Bunches of Oats (family size) cause, the clerk offers to get me in another line. As I check out a teen asks if they accept food stamps. At this point I am feeling very down about myself.

My total was over $50 bucks. I am taking The Office back; I realized I don’t really need it.

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X..Y..Z….

Written on June 2nd, 2008 by somabusno shouts

Tim Stock wrote a cool article on Brand Noise about Generations and what defines them.

I’ll tell you what is kinda scary though. The Generations have seem to run out of Alphabet.

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