it is no doubt that the majority of the GDP in this country comes from consumption, and thus as a consumer who feels dirty consuming all unnecessary items, i try to limit how much I buy. however, today i had two interesting transactions that made me love globalization and think about how america is going to go down the tubes economically one day. My mother sent me to Costco (rated one of the best companies) to get some pizza. I got in using her card, like I usually do and then proceeded to the "food court" to buy a pizza. Unfortunetly they did not take credit card and i had no cash on me so I went in the regular line to order a pizza and then bring the receipt so they can make it for me. I was angry at my mother for telling me that I could buy a pizza with a credit card so I was slightly ticked off that it wasn't true and I was right for doubting it. In any case, once I got to the top of the line Costco, for the second time in the history of my life, treated me like crap*. She proceeded to take her time putting in a role of receipt paper which I patiently waited for, and then asked what do I want. I told her I wanted to order a pizza and she rang me up and I gave her my costco card and credit card which was OH NO! a VISA. They told me they only accepted American Express, Debit Cards, Checks and Cash, so I started writing a Check (the worst thing ever to pay with) and she looked at the Costco card and asked who's card this is. I replied my mothers and she was like you cannot shop here if you are not a member, to which I finally was sick of Costco because not only have I used the card before for purchases, but I've also used my VISA credit card to purchase items. I left Costco to get Jet's Pizza (which accepted my VISA and is better pizza to begin with), but only to be cut off by three SUV's, all of which blonde mothers on cellphones.
After I ate my Jet's pizza, I went out to get the mail where I saw that my USB 2.o hub had come from Hong Kong. Not only did I pay 5 dollars for this item, including shipping and handeling, they included an american outlet adapter strapped to the back. This was not in teh description but at that moment I flat out decided that American stores are full of arrogant BS and if I could I would buy everything from China. Thus, I am thankful that all the patriotic American ass-lickers are slowly dying out and that I can buy cheap things from Hong Kong that are actual quality. Recent exemptions to this is actually the Apple store, and yes I know if you read earlier I complained about the people who worked there, but I realised that people who treat me badly are generally middle aged and those who work at Apple right now were not that much older than me and are very enthusiastic. Therefore I think I am gaining reasonable evidence that middle age people who see younger people who made better choices than them at that age are jealous of those younger people and thus are trying to make everything harder for them.
*The first time being when I needed to get contacts and the lady sitting there had nobody around me and refused to acknowledge my existance. This happens quite often, actually, because people see me and as someone who does not look as if they are "serious" about business or that might steal from the store they usually stalk me to catch me stealing or completley ignore me when I need help. Later on, I sent my mother to order my contacts and what's funny is my mother's demographic is actually the largest demographic that steals from stores. And the other funny thing is I've probably taken more business classes than anyone who has treated me like crap at any store I've been in.
