Comments | tanthe: Stupid Manufacturers

tanthe

Stupid Manufacturers

Aug 10, 2007 12:47

Yesterday I went to the grocery store. They had their Halloween candy out already.

IT'S EARLY AUGUST.I really hate how manufacturers and stores here put out holiday stuff so far in advance nowadays. It completely ruins my enjoyment by sheer overkill, by the time the holiday rolls around, I'm completely sick of all the decorations and peripheral ( Read more... )

rant, wtf?

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damesilibo August 10 2007, 17:10:33 UTC

I hate that crap,too. I remember when I used to get indignant because the Christmas crap was out before Thanksgiving. Now I refuse to go anywhere near a mall or chain store for three months in advance.

goawayplease August 10 2007, 17:18:14 UTC

Same here, but I don't know that the stores notice... It just makes me so upset and annoyed to see Christmas things out three months early that I purposely avoid any store that I absolutely don't have to visit.

I took a picture in 2000 when I was in Tokyo before thanksgiving and they were putting up all of these dummy Santas on a building, and at the time it was funny because it was November and stuffed Santas and everyone I showed it to got a kick out of it. Now, that'd be late in the season...

tanthe August 10 2007, 22:49:46 UTC

A couple of years ago PreZ and I went to an Illuminations store in a local mall here (sadly it is no longer there). It was 2 or 3 weeks before Halloween, and they'd already ditched all their Halloween candles/decorations and had their late Autumn/Thanksgiving bordering on Christmas candles and decorations out.

The fact that I couldn't buy Halloween stuff in early-mid October really pissed me off enormously.

valerian August 10 2007, 18:52:11 UTC

I totally agree (with the exception of online stores which inevitably have to deal with lengthy shipping times, so I can accept that they have to get started early). But seriously, mall shops and department stores? Wait till Septmeber at least!!!

abigailvr August 10 2007, 21:32:15 UTC

The Michael's near me has had halloween stuff out for a while. I'd be okay with it, since presumably people are making things from the stuff they buy there except that Michael's had a lot of premade decorations on sale too. What's the point? It's maddening.

tanthe August 10 2007, 22:48:11 UTC

Yeah, I noticed pre-fab Autumn/Halloween stuff there when I was shopping for cake supplies for Dashiell's birthday. Which was mid-July.

Like you I forgave them some of their transgressions because obviously crafting for the holidays takes time and you need supplies early. But a supermarket really doesn't have that excuse.

ladyattercop August 10 2007, 22:39:56 UTC

Amen! It's especially hard to stomach the Halloween and Christmas decor here in the sweltering south when we're still another 3 hellish months away from weather that could even begin to be described as human.

When you're pouring sweat in 95 degree heat with 100% humidity, the last thing you want to see is fucking penguins in scarves and ear muffs!

LOVE your user icon by the way. I was quoting Viv today at work, and everyone just kept staring at me like I was nuts.

tanthe August 10 2007, 22:45:01 UTC

I found it in badtattoos_4 and had to steal it.

That community has huge entertainment potential with all the shitty tattoos people have tormented their skin with.

ladyattercop August 11 2007, 00:51:27 UTC

Dear god! Some of those were cringe-inducing. It's almost enough to make me never want to let a tattooist near me again.

tanthe August 11 2007, 03:09:05 UTC

It definitely teaches you to do your homework before choosing an artist, that's for damn sure. Not that I needed that reinforced anyway, I've seen too many people with what I consider mediocre tattoos to just choose an artist lightly. But then the idea of a crappy tattoo on me forever is just horrifying to me, I don't understand that other people don't consider this when giving into the desire to get a tattoo.

That said, I've noticed that what some people find a good tattoo or piece of art doesn't necessarily coincide with what I find good. I just have exceptionally high standards in that regard I think.

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passercul August 12 2007, 13:51:03 UTC

...okay, I have a question. Is Halloween a mega-duper holiday or something over there, like, say, I think the only one we can relate to closely is Christmas? Not that that's any excuse for marketing merchandise, what, over two and a half months in advance (I don't think that happens so much over here; usually for Christmas and the Chinese New Year we get decor and merchandise maybe six weeks? in advance), I can't understand how they might not have noticed that people would be inevitably sick of the holiday by the time it finally does come around.

I ask because while Halloween is gaining popularity here with the increasing European and American population, we don't yet have to deal with maybe more than a week's worth of merchandise and marketing for the occasion.

tanthe August 12 2007, 15:16:41 UTC

In the US it's definitely one of the big holidays, but it's not as big as Christmas ( ... )

passercul August 12 2007, 16:45:57 UTC

Just a comment, one of the reasons V-day is probably more marketed as guys buying women stuff because diamonds are just way more expensive than... well, almost anything a woman would buy for a guy. It's interesting to note that the Japanese have the occasion marked by the ladies giving the guys chocolates, and the guys repaying the gesture a month later with gifts ( ... )