Comments on: All your base are belong to Target http://cultureby.com/2004/12/all_your_base_a.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Thu, 17 May 2012 21:10:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott McGerik http://cultureby.com/2004/12/all_your_base_a.html/comment-page-1#comment-6925 Scott McGerik Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:24:02 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1059#comment-6925 I don't see the Salvation Army bell ringers with their collection buckets as being part of Christmas anymore than I consider crowded lines and full parking lots a part of Christmas. They were just another hassle to navigate around, just another auditory intrusion into my holiday shopping. This brings up a related thought, I am so worn out from hearing Christmas jingles while I go about my shopping that I have lost all desire to listen to Bing or Frank sing Christmas. Such a shame. I don’t see the Salvation Army bell ringers with their collection buckets as being part of Christmas anymore than I consider crowded lines and full parking lots a part of Christmas. They were just another hassle to navigate around, just another auditory intrusion into my holiday shopping.

This brings up a related thought, I am so worn out from hearing Christmas jingles while I go about my shopping that I have lost all desire to listen to Bing or Frank sing Christmas. Such a shame.

]]> By: Ennis http://cultureby.com/2004/12/all_your_base_a.html/comment-page-1#comment-6924 Ennis Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:51:52 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1059#comment-6924 The question is ... were they getting complaints from customers who wanted to enter and leave without feeling guilty, or who felt the sidewalk was crowded. I mean, I fail to see a good reason for Target to push Santa off the sidewalk ... Target isn't militantly secular, and the money that goes to the Salvation Army isn't coming out of their bottom line. They're even courting bad publicity here. So why ... ? The question is … were they getting complaints from customers who wanted to enter and leave without feeling guilty, or who felt the sidewalk was crowded. I mean, I fail to see a good reason for Target to push Santa off the sidewalk … Target isn’t militantly secular, and the money that goes to the Salvation Army isn’t coming out of their bottom line. They’re even courting bad publicity here. So why … ?

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