So this shouldnt be long, but I had a thought yesterday. (ha, yes just one) ;)
I work at Sunglass Hut in Phipps Plaza. Next door is Coach, across the hall is Tiffany & Co., you get the idea. I have been working there for almost 2 years now and its a great job, but every now and then I feel like the depravity of man is screaming from Phipps' rooftops. Yesterday was one of those days. No big incident happened, but in the subtleties of the people I talked to I could see so much greed and materialism. Like the rat that keeps going after heroin till it kills him. People walk into my store wide-eyed talking about how they NEED a new pair of Chanel's because their old pair is almost 2 years old. Drop $500. Or they make an off-handed comment about the quality of Prada vs. Dolce & Gabanna and all I can think about is that quality is not what you are after, you want a giant sparkly DG on the side of your head so people will think you are better off.
Then occasionally I will have a conversation with one of these people and there is emptiness. They are on their second or third marriage, or their spouses are cheating on them and they know it but its ok cause they are doing the same thing, or they are in so much debt they cant breathe but whats another $600. Its just sad and I feel like there is not a whole lot I can do about it.
Now I'm not saying that everyone who shops at Phipps is a bottomless vessel of greed, and I have most definitely fallen into materialisms trap. Its just an epidemic that I see most greatly in that place. And from time to time I see it very clearly and my heart hurts for those people because I know whats really satisfying , I've experienced it, and its not your Prada sunglasses.
I work at Sunglass Hut in Phipps Plaza. Next door is Coach, across the hall is Tiffany & Co., you get the idea. I have been working there for almost 2 years now and its a great job, but every now and then I feel like the depravity of man is screaming from Phipps' rooftops. Yesterday was one of those days. No big incident happened, but in the subtleties of the people I talked to I could see so much greed and materialism. Like the rat that keeps going after heroin till it kills him. People walk into my store wide-eyed talking about how they NEED a new pair of Chanel's because their old pair is almost 2 years old. Drop $500. Or they make an off-handed comment about the quality of Prada vs. Dolce & Gabanna and all I can think about is that quality is not what you are after, you want a giant sparkly DG on the side of your head so people will think you are better off.
Then occasionally I will have a conversation with one of these people and there is emptiness. They are on their second or third marriage, or their spouses are cheating on them and they know it but its ok cause they are doing the same thing, or they are in so much debt they cant breathe but whats another $600. Its just sad and I feel like there is not a whole lot I can do about it.
Now I'm not saying that everyone who shops at Phipps is a bottomless vessel of greed, and I have most definitely fallen into materialisms trap. Its just an epidemic that I see most greatly in that place. And from time to time I see it very clearly and my heart hurts for those people because I know whats really satisfying , I've experienced it, and its not your Prada sunglasses.
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