13 January 2012

Clutter

Of all the tchotchkes I've seen sold at bookstores near the front register, I think this is the most pointless:

I get why bookstores sell non-book items, not just from a profit standpoint. I have bought many of them myself. That said, what is this? It's not a game... it's not really a toy. It's a bunch of junk related to an overrated movie, in a box, for $9. Everything in the clearance bin was more useful than this (including those creepy Elf on a Shelf coffee mugs). Someone had to make the decision to sell this and I can only ask: why?

(See, I can get mad about trivial stuff too. [I'm not actually mad.])

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