Pee Thief!

So, I was driving into San Antonio a few weeks ago and decided to stop by a McDonalds for a cup a coffee. Before I went to order I headed to the restroom and saw this urinal with locks in two different places. Very odd. I did some checking and apparently people are stealing the stainless steal parts off of the toilets to sell for a scrap price. I have no idea what stainless steel is selling for but it's probably more than I would guess considering you have to lock up a toilet.












I was also walking to my car a few weeks ago (in Austin) when I noticed a padlock on a car's fuel door. I believe the car was a Suzuki Samurai.






You have to wonder what's wrong with people when you have to lock up a toilet and a fuel door?  Maybe the bigger question is what's wrong with our society when we get to a point where people are locking up fuel doors and toilets?

 

iPhone & Samsung...strange bedfellows

A friend asked me to replace the battery in their iPod classic. When I pulled it apart I was pretty surprised to see the Samsung name.

Had no idea the hard drive in an iPod would be a Samsung product. Just goes to show you can't believe what you see on television.

The Royal Christening

I've never really understood the fascination we have with the Royal family. This week Prince George's christening is right there with other stories about the Affordable Care Act's misfiring website and the Nevada school shooting. It would seem to the me that stories about the Royal family should be categorized as Entertainment news and not run as a top story along with stories that impact the public at large. Maybe the feel good aspect of the Royal family stories affects the public at large? Maybe that's the fascination? I guess in that sense the stories make sense for some.  For me, I'll continue to change the channel and page until I find news that's purposeful.

Civil Society Clothing

A few years ago I was shopping at Kohls or maybe it was a JC Penny. Anyway, I remember seeing curtains and the manufacture used “American” it it’s company name.  Their logo was an eagle with a U.S. flag in the background.   I thought that’s very patriotic, so I picked up a set of the curtains to see where they were made.  Sadly, the curtains were manufactured in China and not the U.S.  So I thought to myself, do people really buy into this type of marketing.

So I’ve started taking note when I come across companies that use patriotism as part of their marketing strategy yet manufacture their goods in countries where people are less than free. 

I was shopping at a Nordstrom Rack several weeks ago and came across a nice looking shirt. When I took a closer look I found the shirt was a Civil Society shirt and manufactured in China. On the tag it reads “Civil Society” and underneath that it reads “We The People”. I thought how ridiculous! Here’s a clothing company that uses the Preamble of our Constitution to sell it’s cloths that are made in China. 

Someone should suggest to Civil Society that a more appropriate company name could be Controlled Society since they manufacture their clothing lines in China. Just a suggestion.

I decided not to buy the shirt. Not because I have a beef with China, but because Civil Society misleads people with its marketing.

I hope most people recognize there is something fundamentally wrong when a company brands itself as patriotic and yet chooses to manufacture its goods in other countries.