The Dollar Store people.

Since about grade 6, i have really started tuning into the way people act. I have paid attention to every single detail about certain things, which lends itself nicely to my natural gift to be able to read people quite well, and quite quickly. For years now i've been overly observant, and making mental notes even when i don't realize i am. The earliest notes i can remember are grade 6, the year where i found myself in a complete different environment than i had been used to. In my day, Grade 6 was the year where people began to really show their true colours. Boys and girls began to become attracted to each other, personalities began to blossom, and the desire to be deemed as "cool" became the obsession of the year. Among this desire, most notably, was the need for anything and everything "name brand"; which is somewhat the focus of this blog.

Anything and everything that was not either Nike, Starter, Adidas, or didn't have the official logo of some sports team on it, was completely un-cool. it didn't matter how much they had to spend, (or their parents rather) or how long they had to wait, as long as they had those Scottie Pippin Nikes, they were cool...

I find that this tradition still continues today, but rather in ALL sorts of people and age groups...the victim? The Dollar Store.

Let's use Dollarama as an example...which is by far the best store, and my favourite. People still have this ridiculous stigma about it, that all things contained within the stores' walls are cheap, gaudy, ugly, and they're only a dollar because they are just pure shit....when in reality a lot of the items in there are so cheap because it really only costs their manufacturers pennies to make. Many things in the store are the exact same items you would find in other stores, but people are so freaked out by the idea that it's in a....GASP!....dollar store, that they won't even go near them.

It pisses me off, and it shows just how ridiculous people are. Now, I am not saying go out and do all your groceries at Dollarama, or buy all your clothes there, because come on, we all have our need for nice threads, but seriously, there are a LOT of items in Dollarama that are THE EXACT SAME in quality as name brand items, that you could save yourself a lot of money on. For example:

Mini pitchers. I went to the dollar store for mini pitchers for the bar, and i was able to pick up 15 pitchers for 15 dollars. The EXACT same pitchers were found at Williams food equipment for $6.50 each. I saved SO much money, and guess what, the pitchers do the exact same thing as the more expensive ones...they carry and pour liquid! Who would have guessed!

Hmmm, what else....candy bars, shampoo, Kraft Dinner (yes, the REAL kraft dinner), Blank CDs, cd cases, light bulbs, Mr. Noodle, deodorant, gift cards, gift wrap, glassware, candles, candle holders, and the list goes on and ON AND ON.....

It's almost as if people feel that by going to wal mart and spending more money on items makes themselves, and other people feel like they are big spenders, and are "too good" for the Dollar store...it makes me fucking sick to my stomach. I purchased 4 decorative wooden tray-type things, and 4 bags of decorative small black rocks, and a bag of 16 tealights for $9 plus tax. out of that 9 dollars, i was able to create 4 very cool looking candle holders for my room, which, if i never told you, you would have thought they came from Jysk or some other over priced place. But no, people will still flock to the big names and high prices in order to convince themselves that their quality of life is SOOOO much better than other peoples'...when in reality the dollar store people are just far more intelligent than the rest.