1. Mountain Dew - Did you know, that in America Mountain Dew as caffeine in it? And not like, the amount that coke has in it -but slightly more than coke and slightly less than something like jolt. When I was in Buffalo a couple weeks ago I drank one of them and was off the wall. I rarely drink caffeine, and I thought to myself “there can’t be that much more caffeine in this thing” and the BAM. It was scary. So why can’t Canadian Mountain Dew have caffeine in it? I love the taste of the stuff, I think I’d love it even more if it had caffeine.
2. My labret piercing - I have a piece of metal stuck in my face, just above my chin, just below my lip. I got it done when I still lived in Mississauga and lived at home… so it was probably early grade 11… like, at least 5 years ago. It cost me something like $70 to get done, which isn’t a huge deal… most piercings cost that much. But since then I’ve swallowed the things 4 times and had to replace it, each time costing an additional $45. And I bought a gold one to match my Christmas Party outfit last year, and a black one to look more emo. (ha!) And I had to get 2 clear ones for different jobs at different times. So that’s 8 additional studs putting me at about $360 before tax, add the initial cost and we’re at $430. Simply to maintain a nail in my face. (This isn’t including having to buy sea salt to wash the things in.)
The other day I’m waiting for the bus and I wander into one of those stupid little kid jewelry stores and see studs for $6! !!!! Not only that but you can get 2 for $10! … I asked if that’s how they had always been priced and what the difference was between those studs and the ones I had been buying. The girl at the counter told me that they had indeed always been that price and that they’re all stainless steel. Just like my $45 studs. … It was then that I hung my head in shame for wasting so much money on facial piercing things. \
…So I bought a $6 stud. Instead of just taking the stupid thing out.
3. Cell Phones - My cell phone story history is a tad bit ridiculous. I got my first one when I was like 17 with Telus… and ended up giving that contract and phone to my mom so I could sign up for another contract with Bell. A year or so later I ended up giving that contract to my mom because the first one had finally expired and I wanted to get yet another one back with Telus. I ended up giving that contract along with my HTC P4000 to my brother in exchange for no contract on rogers and his blackberry pearl. Unsatisfied with the pearl I sold it to my friend Lars and bought a Blackberry Curve and signed up for a contract with Rogers - which is where I am now. I still have contracts in my name with Bell, Telus and Rogers. My mom uses one, my brother uses the other and I use the rogers one.
My brother has a sweet ass plan where he pays like $30 a month and gets a bunch of shit (texting, 4mb data, unlimited calling, some long distance) plus the HTC has wireless. My mom pays like $35 a month with long distance calling, 250 text messages, caller id, voice mail…. And then there is me. I pay anywhere from $90 - 140 a month… and i basically get nothing. I don’t have and texting, I have to pay extra for my caller ID, I don’t have voice mail, I have very little data and my minutes are super limited.
All because I have a blackberry. The lowest data package you can get is $25… and that has to be on top of an already existing plan… where the lowest is $20, so no matter what - for a SHITTY plan I have to pay at least $45, for anything decent I’m up to $70 before taxes. Stupid blackberry. If I didn’t have a blackberry and still had an HTC I could get a $20 package with unlimited texting, voice mail, caller id, unlimited browser and 3 free games. Blackberries are pretty, but they’re a f%^#ing rip off.
4. Secular groups. I’d expand on this - but I don’t want to piss anyone off. But TRUST. So much time is given. SO MUCH. Yet nothing ever seems to get done, no one seems to care and no one seems interested. I can give give give but when I need to take a little, it’s not available. I’m stopping.
5. Clothes - seriously if I can get a 50% discount while working there - why can’t you just sell the clothes to EVERYONE at 50% off… people can’t afford $50 shirts that are barely even shirts. So now that I’ve quit that job, I’ll be back to getting ripped off for clothing.
I’d like to keep going but I have to be at the radio station in an hour - and this could go on forever…. video games, cable internet, cars, working in America, boys, CDs, XBOX Live, camping gear, renting canoes, camp sites, bus passes, tuition, OSAP, maps, most books, webhosting………….
I think the only time I don’t get ripped off is when I buy alcohol. HA.
