how often do these get forgotten on the bus?*
I am so in the wrong line of work.

This one has more than 20 bids on it. Evidentally there are some folks out there who think this is a bargain.

And these are just ones people have bid on so far. The starting price for this one is almost as much as the price of my parents' house.

(Plus shipping.)

This is the same planet where there are people so desperate for something to put in their stomachs they are eating dirt.

Perhaps I should clarify; I am not trying to say that people who don't have to worry about whether they'll get to eat tomorrow should feel bad about it, nor am I saying people shouldn't have nice things that they enjoy. I am saying that it is goofy to ask for or spend thousands of dollars on a piddly purse when the only reason it costs that much is this idea of "fashion." The only victim in this is the crocodile, as far as I know, though a sweatshop connection would not surprise me.

The difference in perspective between someone buying a bag that costs as much as my parents' house and someone else not being able to afford a spoonful of rice leaves me skewy-eyed. It is much like the time Oprah was doing a show about the thousands of children who are kidnapped into slavery and prostitution in Africa every year that we never hear about, and during the broadcast a news ticker scrolled across the bottom of the screen announcing that Elizabeth Smart had been recovered safe and sound. Absolutely wonderful; but why is her welfare more worthy of notice?



*Trick question. These people don't ride on buses.