While I probably realized this on one level years ago, the true understanding of what Im about to describe didnt really hit me until today, when I actually verbalized it for the first time. I have been selling music memorabilia at flea market type shows for 35 years. Unlike many dealers, I have my items, in this particular case CDs, in alphabetical order. The CDs are also arranged so that any potential buyer can see the artist & title, just by eyeballing it. However they are welcome to take it out of the bin and check the song titles, condition, read the inside booklet, etc. It is after they are done is when I finally understand why this country is on a downhill slope. The majority of people do not understand the concept of alphabetical order, or even the concept of putting anj item back in the same manner in which they found it. This is not limited to one venue. I sell music stuff at as many as five different venues a year. So the conclusion that I have arrived at, however faulty you may find it is, that we are a nation of dumbasses. not all of us, but theres enough of them out there for our leaders to understand that they can pretty much do what they want, when they want and as many times as they want.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 03:02:26 +0000