I am not making this up!
Yesterday, I took the children to Wal-mart to pick up a few last minute items that we need to take to Peru. Jackson was being rewarded a small toy for reading his 5th chapter book on his own. He had this toy in mind for some time. It was a proud moment for him.
Obviously, he had his toy assembled in nanoseconds and had been enjoying it all day. Right at bedtime, he noticed the toy had a few structural cracks in it. To this he started crying and crying saying “I hate Wal-mart! They make junkie toys that break after only one day. All they care about is money and not kids who are getting the toys. It doesn’t make any sense.” He kept repeating over and over the part about not making any sense.
I did not tell him about the great debate about Wal-mart. Darn thing is, Wal-mart has trained an entire culture to want LOW prices and not want to pay more for quality work, me included. I guess the saying holds true, “You get what you pay for.”
