This is a rant.

My daughter is 4 years old, has a normal amount of friends at pre-school and in the neighborhood. Yesterday, she received a chain letter from a friend at a birthday party. Then today she received another one in the mail. It said something like:

Dear _____________________________________,

Welcome to the sticker club! Please send one packet or stickers to the
person listed as number one. Move my name to the first spot and place your
name in the second spot. Then send this letter to six of your friends!

If you cannot do this in 6 days, please let my mom know. It would not be fair
to those who participated. Within two weeks, you should receive 36 packets
of stickers in the mail!!! It is a lot of fun, and exciting to see where the
stickers come from. Plus, it is always fun to get mail.

Good luck and thank you for joining our sticker club!

Your friend,




P.S. to all parents: Please take the time out for this cute project. It is worth
seeing the smile on your child's face when he or she opens their mail.

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FYI we sent to:
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I always hated chain letters as an adult and just threw them away, but now adults are using their kids to make me feel guilty. Why is it unfair to those who participated if I don't? I owe them something? If I want more stickers for my daughter, I will go buy them. She has about 4 billion stickers now that end up all over everything already, so she doesn't need any more. And she's 4, she doesn't need to receive mail. And what about the smile on her face when she rides her bike or runs through the sprinkler or plays outside catching cicadas. Why does she need MORE STUFF to be happy? What are we teaching our kids?

Stop trying to make me feel guilty by putting this in the name of your child and mailing it to my child.

--Chris (rant over)

:iagree That's crazy! Is this training for pyramid scheme suckers of the future?

just wait until she gets into kindergarden. You get the teacher to guilt trip you to death.. They $5.00 you to no avail...

Oh and just how many birthday parties are you obligated to go to, when you don't invite any to your kids birthday party??

My son is done with first grade, so we've been through the school stuff already with him. I don't mind supporting the public schools, since I would do it like this "on the side" or through my property taxes anyway. So school and PTA is fine.

BUT how many birthdays do you need to go to, where you buy a $10 or $20 junk toy to give them, to add to the pile of 10 or 15 other junk toys, just so they can all do the same thing for you on your birthday? What a waste.

That sounds like another rant altogether.

At some point I wanted to register the website plasticrap.com (Plastic Crap, as in "no more plastic crap") but it was taken. I am so tired of little plastic toys that are just a waste of money and natural resources (HOW much oil does it take to make that little piece of plastic?) and will never degrade in the landfill.

DON'T get me started on kids birthdays! :D

--Chris

Chain letters and emails are the absolute bottom of the scum scale.

Hate them with a passion you wouldn't believe Chris.


What gets me is some people and especially kids actually believe they will have bad luck or misfortune if they don't send them on. Not their fault but I would be happy to have a quiet chat with the people who starts these things...

And as to the Plastic crap! Like you don't even get me started...



kb

KB - I will forward you these letters and you can give them a talkin to. Be sure you send stickers though and then add your name to the list. It wouldn't be fair to break the chain. Plus how excited would these kids be to get stickers from Scotland!

--Chris

....and do Grade Schoolers REALLY NEED a fricken YEARBOOK...!?!?:censor


Just thought I'd help push ya over the edge Chris :smoke

Godaddy says that plasticcrap.com is available now! I'd grab it, but I need another domain that I don't use like I need a hole in the head.

Does the chain letter have a return address? You can load up a flat fee USPS box full of bricks and mail it for $8.00. Won't do anyone any harm, but still seem like something I'd do. (I still have Hogpreacher's address :clap )

A yearbook AND graduation? I remember when graduation was from high school or college, not 8th grade, then 6th grade (WTF is middle school anyway?) then EVERY GRADE including preschool? Come on now - this sh*t is insane.

And what's with every kid who participates in any sport getting a trophy? I thought learning about winning and losing were HEALTHY and get you ready for life? Why a trophy for everyone? So there are no hurt feelings? Gimme a break! (Where's John Stossel (http://www.google.com/search?q=john+stossel+%22give+me+a+break%22) when you need him!)

Thanks WA :censor

--Chris

KB - I will forward you these letters and you can give them a talkin to. Be sure you send stickers though and then add your name to the list. It wouldn't be fair to break the chain. Plus how excited would these kids be to get stickers from Scotland!

--Chris

IMHO these are the kinda things that the Delete button was made for Chris!

Not so easy to explain that to children though!

Godaddy says that plasticcrap.com is available now! I'd grab it, but I need another domain that I don't use like I need a hole in the head.

I just checked and there's a parking page there, from godaddy. Maybe I will check again.


Does the chain letter have a return address? You can load up a flat fee USPS box full of bricks and mail it for $8.00. Won't do anyone any harm, but still seem like something I'd do. (I still have Hogpreachers address :clap )
Yeah, I know who these things are from, they are friends, one in person one in the mail. They think it's fine or harmless or something 9and maybe they are but they're annoying). That's the annoying part - other people apparently think it's fine to do this. The one in the mail today had a note from the parent on the back of the envelope that said "sorry, {my daughter} wanted me to send this to {your daughter}". I mean, who's in charge here, the four year old?? TELL HER NO!

--Chris

IMHO these are the kinda things that the Delete button was made for Chris!

Not so easy to explain that to children though!

No delete key on the mailbox. Someone actually put a $.41 stamp on the thing. And you explain it to the kids by saying "NO". They forget about this stuff in about 40 seconds anyway.

--Chris

A yearbook AND graduation? I remember when graduation was from high school or college, not 8th grade, then 6th grade (WTF is middle school anyway?) then EVERY GRADE including preschool? Come on now - this sh*t is insane.

And what's with every kid who participates in any sport getting a trophy? I thought learning about winning and losing were HEALTHY and get you ready for life? Why a trophy for everyone? So there are no hurt feelings? Gimme a break! (Where's John Stossel (http://www.google.com/search?q=john+stossel+%22give+me+a+break%22) when you need him!)

Thanks WA :censor

--Chris
Heh heh heh...not laughing AT ya.... laughing at me cuz I remember saying the SAME damn things when MY babies were coming up!!
The Fecking YMCA Sports Program burned my son off Basketball and Baseball cuz of the stoopid *Everybody* is a winner crap. In fact he got into *trouble* and had to run extra laps because HE was keeping score on the side:censor
Kinda funny is ya thinking about it...My son AND daughter learn the lessons of Competition, Team Work, Preseverance from SOCCER... Go figure... :frownthre

I have a 10 year old, a 2 year old, and an 8 month old. So, I've been through this stupid sheeet with the older one (and by the way, the "stickers" only get more expensive). Plus, which one of us doesn't want our cute little sweet pea "accessorising" our Harleys? Chrome is just waaaay too boring! I need a Strawberry Shortcake sticker stuck on the friggin' gas tank as a SURPRISE to daddy.



I think the person who invented the chain letter should be taken out back and repeatedly beaten until they beg for mercy.
:headb

Yeah, in the first year of tee ball, they didn't keep score, officially. Of course, all the kids kept score and "WE WON" at each game, or whatever. Of course, all teams got a trophy at the end of the year.

In Cub Scouts, our pack is fairly large, 90 kids, so they did NOT give out a trophy to everyone who participated in the Pinewood Derby (which is good, since only the winners should win) but another pack near here has like 24 kids and EVERYONE got a trophy at THEIR Pinewood Derby. Lame.

Oh, and don't get me started on the fact that the Pinewood Derby is a competition for the DADS not the kids! FFS!

--Chris