Monday, February 11, 2008

Words fail me


From an article about a toy rental company:


Pope also keeps a close eye on the merchandise, yanking toys that are broken or more than "gently worn" and donating them to needy families nominated by her customers.

"If it has a little scratch on it, we're not going to take it out of the program," she said. But, "we're not going to ever send anybody anything that they're going to feel like is junk."

But apparently it's okay to give "needy" families broken toys. They have to take what they can get after all. I mean, it's practically a waste to give poor people something that's fully functional. Especially poor children. Might as well start them out crap since that's all they're likely to get in their lives anyway. Wouldn't want to raise their hopes and expectations or anything like that.

Okay, maybe words don't fail me.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:07 AM

    OK, the "B" word comes to mind to describe that woman, especially since "only the best" toys will do for her precious children. Arrrgghh.

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  2. Your category tag says it ALL. Unbelievable.

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