Consumer Culture Enthusiast Gifts

Street signs point to Walmart in all directions.

Model Out-Of-Town Superstore

A woman sees a barcode on the floor through a venetian blind.

A Message from the Association of Goods and Services

Screwdriver labelled 'Buyer' and screw labelled 'seller'.

'The best things in life are buy one get one free.'

New study: Brain Fat.

"Have you got anything that will make me happy again?"

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

The Future: "Sorry, but I have to show you an ad now."

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

"I was just going to say, 'Well, I don't make the rules.' But, of course, I do make the rules."

'Our product flooded the market... Before backing up a deluge of consumer complaints!'

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

'Being the boss's yes-man used to be easier. Now you also have to 'like' him on facebook, follow him on Twitter, link with him on linked-in...'

"At this office no two days are different."

"They're on special offer so I got three times more than I could ever use for twice as much as I could afford!"

"We have an acronym!"

'Ok, here's the meeting agenda ... it's gonna be a long one.'

Made in China

Parade of Businessmen

"Security? There's a goddam tree in my office."

"It's a 'Black eye friday'. I got it in a fight over a 56 inch TV."

"Here comes a client I must speak to. Excuse me while I slip into some jargon."

"But everyone else gets to market their own personal scent!"

Stuff: You Don't Really Need But Still Don't Have.

'Adam and Eve in the garden of Sweden'

"I think you might need to start again."

"Good news! She's asking for her Banana Republic and Williams-Sonoma catalogues."

'It must be good chocolate for six bucks a box.'

'Go to work, do your job, go home. . . Penburtson, that is the American Dream!'

"I think we should try something a little simpler."

"But will it distract the public's attention enough that they mindlessly buy our products?"

"I know we're not lions, but let's call ourselves a pride anyway."