Utterly useless
But it comes with bells and whistles.
All right, so you have this girlfiend, sorry, girlfriend who insists on buying trendy crap that doesn't work. You've got the hi-tech toaster that doesn't toast bread properly and a fountain that got clogged up and sank to the bottom of the pond. (You've got a pond that deep?!)
One day a catalogue for Bright, Shiny Useless Crap (does sound like the Innovations catalogue, doesn't it?) drops through your front door. It's full of those toasters, fountains, deck chairs with GPS navigation etc. and it's addressed to your girlfriend. Do you dispose of it or do you hand it over only to arrive home one day to a loo which announces how much weight you've lost every time you have a shit?
There's too little info in today's problem to come to a judgement. Who's paying for this stuff? Whose house do you live in? Is your girlfriend buying this for you (major guilt trip if you reject it), herself (dump her 'cos she's only thinking of herself) or both of you (long-term commitment; you might want to dump the gadget freak now).
Since the catalogue was unsolicited and, therefore, unexpected, you could dispose of it. It's not addressed to you, though, and not really yours to dispose of.
If you want to throw the catalogue away without feeling guilty, you're going to have to dump your girlfriend first. You can make up with her afterwards, but the disposal of the catalogue was done when there could be no ethical issues stemming from your former relationship.
Actually, I think I've missed my true calling – relationship counsellor.
All right, so you have this girlfiend, sorry, girlfriend who insists on buying trendy crap that doesn't work. You've got the hi-tech toaster that doesn't toast bread properly and a fountain that got clogged up and sank to the bottom of the pond. (You've got a pond that deep?!)
One day a catalogue for Bright, Shiny Useless Crap (does sound like the Innovations catalogue, doesn't it?) drops through your front door. It's full of those toasters, fountains, deck chairs with GPS navigation etc. and it's addressed to your girlfriend. Do you dispose of it or do you hand it over only to arrive home one day to a loo which announces how much weight you've lost every time you have a shit?
There's too little info in today's problem to come to a judgement. Who's paying for this stuff? Whose house do you live in? Is your girlfriend buying this for you (major guilt trip if you reject it), herself (dump her 'cos she's only thinking of herself) or both of you (long-term commitment; you might want to dump the gadget freak now).
Since the catalogue was unsolicited and, therefore, unexpected, you could dispose of it. It's not addressed to you, though, and not really yours to dispose of.
If you want to throw the catalogue away without feeling guilty, you're going to have to dump your girlfriend first. You can make up with her afterwards, but the disposal of the catalogue was done when there could be no ethical issues stemming from your former relationship.
Actually, I think I've missed my true calling – relationship counsellor.
Comments