NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/misc/consumer/15689

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From: [e-mail] (Anthony Wallis)
Subject: "Bak to Skule" and other seasonal junk pushes.
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Organization: York University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:05:20 GMT
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Argh !  I've just made my monthly visit to my used-to-be-favorite
stationary store and hardly recognised the place.  Festooned with gaudy
and hideous promotional garbage to do with "Back to School".  All sorts
of stupid stereotyping about "School".  It would appear that the great
unwashed masses don't bother to provide their children with learning
materials, such as pencils, paper, rulers, ..  until they have to go
back to the dreaded institutions after their summer release.
Consequently, much of the quality regular stationary stock is moved out
to make room for the Back to School junk specials.

I learned long ago to avoid certain mainline department stores during
"Christ"mas shopping (which begins Nov 1 in Canada) after finding them
actually moving good quality mechandise off the shelves to make room
for stuff that nobody would buy in their normal non-"'Tis the season to
be stupid" minds.

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[e-mail] = Tony Wallis, York University, Toronto, Canada