I hate the poor!
1 Jan 2011, 10 PM
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, please note that I hate the poor, and not poverty itself!
Tonight I purchased a htc smart for my sister, and you know what? It sucks! But you know what sucks even more? These salesmen at Alaeddin shopping center. If I wanted to buy it for myself, I would ask for a sealed package and nothing more. But it wasn't for me, which means it should have guaranty and warranty and software service (oh my god, I can't believed they charged me 10 bucks for some java applications!) and sure enough a memory card, all-together boosting the price from 150 to 203 bucks. They are all frauds. I've had a good number of purchases from Paytakht shopping center and I can say I was pleased with all of them more or less, but every time I've bought something from Alaeddin, it turns out to be a nightmare. I agree they are a little bit different, but the most noticeable difference between the two of them is this social classes. In Alaeddin, not only shopkeepers are young boys from poor families, but also customers themselves are from working class, you won't be surprised at the sight of a construction worker handling the latest Nokia model (most of it's features he is not able to use, either technologically or intellectually). This last sentence led me to conclusion that quite unlikely, mobile phones have found their place among opiates of these masses! I know it's a little bit harsh to consider it an opiate, it's so much important for them that at least it's fair to say it's their [only] representative of prestige.
Opiates of masses:
1. Religion
2. Education
3. Entertainments (in fact mobile phones take place here, alongside with television, Internet and maybe some other things)
4. I'm sure there is more, but for now I can't remember any other, maybe I'll explain my theories about it in a future post.
Being a big consumer of the entertainment productions myself, it's hard to consider entertainments here, but maybe there are exceptions and conditions. More on that later.
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