so, bracelets...
last week, on saturday, we had to wear red plastic wrist band type braceletes... the reason for that was because someone bought a bunch of them and wanted to sell them in the store becuase the jr. highers were here for the weekend... her thinking was that if the jr. highers saw us wearing them, they would think they were cool and want to buy one for themselves.
something about it didnt seem right in my head, but i put it on anyway, so as not to be an ass about it. but as i wore it i kept thinking about it and turning it over in my head... the reason we had to wear the bracelete didnt seem right to me...
i ended up taking it off about mid-day and decited to not put it back on... i dont remember if i even threw it away or not...
i didnt like the idea of selling those braceletes to the kids... i didnt like the idea of me being part of a marketing strategy where if kids saw me wearing a certain thing, they would think it was cool becuase i am on staff and i am "cool" and that would nmake them want to spend their money and buy one for thwemselves... i want kids to think for themselves... i didnt want to be a part of that marketing, so i took it off and i dont think i will wear it again.
it didnt feel right, and the more i roll it around in my head, the more it just seems wrong...
but, another part of me was wondering if i should think it was wrong... becuase i live here and i get my pay check from here, so wouldnt it be good to support this place by contributing to the marketing of the store goods? once again, questions abound...
i dont think i will wear it again. i dont think i agree with the reasons behind my wearing it. i am not "cool", i am just me and i want kids to just be themselves. if they feel like buying a bracelete for themselves, rock on. but if they want to buy a bracelete for themselves becuase they see someone else wearing it and they think its cool becuase someone else has one, then i would encourage them to re-think their reasons behind their purchase.
think for yourselves andf encourage others to do so as well.
last week, on saturday, we had to wear red plastic wrist band type braceletes... the reason for that was because someone bought a bunch of them and wanted to sell them in the store becuase the jr. highers were here for the weekend... her thinking was that if the jr. highers saw us wearing them, they would think they were cool and want to buy one for themselves.
something about it didnt seem right in my head, but i put it on anyway, so as not to be an ass about it. but as i wore it i kept thinking about it and turning it over in my head... the reason we had to wear the bracelete didnt seem right to me...
i ended up taking it off about mid-day and decited to not put it back on... i dont remember if i even threw it away or not...
i didnt like the idea of selling those braceletes to the kids... i didnt like the idea of me being part of a marketing strategy where if kids saw me wearing a certain thing, they would think it was cool becuase i am on staff and i am "cool" and that would nmake them want to spend their money and buy one for thwemselves... i want kids to think for themselves... i didnt want to be a part of that marketing, so i took it off and i dont think i will wear it again.
it didnt feel right, and the more i roll it around in my head, the more it just seems wrong...
but, another part of me was wondering if i should think it was wrong... becuase i live here and i get my pay check from here, so wouldnt it be good to support this place by contributing to the marketing of the store goods? once again, questions abound...
i dont think i will wear it again. i dont think i agree with the reasons behind my wearing it. i am not "cool", i am just me and i want kids to just be themselves. if they feel like buying a bracelete for themselves, rock on. but if they want to buy a bracelete for themselves becuase they see someone else wearing it and they think its cool becuase someone else has one, then i would encourage them to re-think their reasons behind their purchase.
think for yourselves andf encourage others to do so as well.
posted by april at
8:40 PM
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