Miso Stupid

I was at Chinese supermarket (Ranch 99 if you are familiar with them) and I observed a mother pushing a shopping cart with a small child in the child seat/purse area of the cart (or whatever you’d call that part. I’d call it the “place for crap I don’t want smashed” area cuz I have neither a child nor a purse). Said child in said cart was happily playing with one of those fruit/vegetable plastic bags that her mother had obviously given to her a toy.

Maybe I’m just overly safety aware, but it would seem to me that any reasonable parent should by now be aware of the potential choking and suffocation hazards associated with a small child playing with a plastic bag. It’s not like every freakin’ plastic bag you find now-a-days doesn’t have “This is not a toy!” plastered it giant bold letters all over it. I always found that funny, thinking, what kind of child would find a plastic bag fun object to play with. But this kid sure seemed to be wholly entertained by the magical semi-opaque space helmet that allows you to see stars. Actually, that sounds kinda cool…

Even if this parent was aware of the potential dangers (which I doubt) yet they thought it was fine because they were there to supervise, what they have done is now created an association with fun and plastic bags for their child. Plastic bags are easy to come by in most houses and you can’t watch that kit 24/7. Most likely though no such incident of rocket ship asphyxiation will occur and stupidity will continue to pass on another generation.

I also saw a bunch of those Asian Pears that come in those ridiculous “fruit condoms“. I can’t not laugh when I see them.

Oh and there were two Asian lesbians shopping there as well. One was not bad, but the other one was ruining my Asian lesbian produce fight fantasy. That always happens…