Consumerism Awareness Gifts

Errands: the Magazine for the Errands Life Style

"We're editing our collection of plastic bags."

Will consumption be the epitaph of our culture?

'You'll never forgive me...but I had nearly finished reading your copy of 'the Disposable Society'...When I...'

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

"Good For You / Bad For You"

...And he calls himself the 'Green' Giant...

"Stop the throw-away mentality! Save resources! A New Year every 750 days is quite enough!"

What do you mean you prefer the sound of the sign of the right?! What part of 'either way we're dead' do you not understand?

"My online account predicts the things I should own, then buys them with my credit card. It�s very convenient, but I do now need to move to a larger house."

How can he sleep so comfortably knowing that pillow will someday be clogging a land fill...

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

"Wait—did you procure that worm humanely?"

"Wild-caught, farm-raised, lab-grown, beach-found, or aquarium-harvested."

'I'm a vegetarian.' - 'If it's so wrong to eat animals, why are they made out of meat?'

'Notice how with truth in packaging requirements all the labels begin with ‘OMG!''

"Wait a sec, I have a coupon around here somewhere."

"I shop, therefore I am."

Made in China

"If the economy's ground to a halt, we can help by carrying on shopping."

"This is locally grown and good for the environment, but it may give you greenhouse gas."

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

"Sure, shopping online is faster and cheaper, but there's something almost sensuous about carrying an armload of packages!"

"L.L. Bean slippers... $25.00 Ambulance ride to hospital... $500.00 X-rays of spine... $350.00 Three refills of hydrocodone... priceless!"

The candy house, if the tale of Hansel and Gretel would happen today.

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

'Excuse me - are you organic?'

"Shopping! Now that's what I call quality time!"

'And I want that end table for $40...' When bargain hunters crack.

'Do you ever think about how we can reduce our global footprint?'

"That shirt is so last year."

"Everybody should live in a market economy. It's terrific."

"Can I get this to go in an organic, locally recycled, eco-friendly doggie bag?"

Woman thinking about luxuries.

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."