Well well.. just when you thought yours truly wouldn’t have anything to rant about.. I find something. In fact, I should’ve ranted about this sooner, but I’ve been a touch bit busy lately. I can across—thanks to my supervisor at my full time job—this lovely article:
http://katysconservativecorner.typepad.com/katy/2008/02/spencer-gifts-a.html At first, I was going to leave it alone, but then a little voice inside me said that I had to say something, and say something I did. Considering I work for Spencers, and have been for nearly 5 years now, I can safely say I find this article laughable. 1st of all, you cannot sell porn in a mall. That’s what porn stores are for. I will admit, some of our stuff is rather racy, but that goes to show that much of the populous is desensitized to adult humor. Speaking of which, we have this nifty sign at the front of the store, saying that we carry adult humor. There ya go. Nice warning for all the head-up-their-asses fuckoff conservative pricks who are up in arms about what we carry in our store. Also, a bit of enlightenment on our policies: if you are under the age of 18, and/or do not have proper identification stating you are in fact above the age of 18, you will not be sold anything from the Luv Unit. Period. Done Deal. Anything Not in our Luv Unit, if it’s questionable, we do ask “Do your parents know you’re buying this?” and most of the times we require the parents to be present for said item’s purchase. Lighters? Yep, we sell Zippos. Yes, they’ve been sold to kids under 18, but do you know why? Because they have NO FLUID IN THEM! That’s right, you have to buy the fluid separate, and Oh Look! You have to be 18 with valid ID to buy fluid! Now, you tell me where a kid under 18 can buy lighter fluid, and I’ll show you a place run by dumbasses. No, the problem isn’t with Spencers, it’s distributors, or the liberal Home Office. It’s parents. Yes, dumb ass parents who rant and bitch about the items in the store after either a) been caught shopping for “personal massagers” by their kids, b) been caught by one of their friends while hoplding some phallic object, or c) just had kids for the sake of fucking with the population and economy, and instead of taking care of them, give them $50+ dollars and drop them off at the mall. So now the truth comes out. Let’s put it all into perspective. If parents cared more about what their kids were doing, they wouldn't give them the credit card or a wad-and-a-half of cash and drop em off at the mall. They’d be shopping WITH the fucking brats.
I had this woman call the store because she was at another store bitching because her daughter bought a Chucky doll—the talking one—for like $50. She was going on about how it was wrong for us to sell something like that to a 13yr old child (blah blah fucking blah). After she’d finished, I responded with “so.. your kid was in the store, and bought a doll. Nothing adult.. a Doll. And um… WHERE were you Ma’am?” Would you believe that bitch was in another fuckin store?? So she rants a little more and finally I had to tell her: “Sorry, but if you let your kid walk around with that much cash on her, you really should be with her at all times; or at least in the same store. We’re not responsible for what your child buys beyond preventing them from buying adult-related material.. and a doll is not adult-related.” I swear, some people need to be shot in the face for their lack of parenting. Gods know if I ever reproduce a hellspawn, I’m not going to be like “Hey, here’s $100. I’m dropping you off at the mall while I go and pay you no attention because deep down I’m a selfish cunt and don’t want to be around you—or your screaming friends. So here’s a shot at imitation freedom. Good Speed Lil Buddy!” No, I would take interest in what they liked, what they watched, what they wanted to buy. Showing interest in your child isn’t a bad thing, really. It shows you fucking care about what you pushed out of you those many moons ago. And hell, if you don’t want to have an interest in what you r kid does, that’s fine, but pick something more important than the stuff we carry in Spencers to bitch about. Instead of going off that they saw a lollipop shaped like a penis, why don’t you put the same effort into wondering where they’re buying those drugs they’re hiding from you? And sex.. must not forget about the sex. You know why teen pregnancies are up? Because parents keep bitching about what’s in Spencers instead of what’s goin in their daughters.
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