Saturday, 14 February 2009

• Sick of the Over-Appreciative?

  Today I was at Southland and I was playing on this 50-cent machine where you try to grab these tiny, cheap-looking plush keychains. I was trying to get the Barney one and instead picked up these Harley Davidson pig. My second attempt then led me to pick up this crappy-looking dog. I didn't want it so I left it at the machine. This small girl saw it and sounded like she just won the lottery when she picked that ugly thing up and spoke something in Spanish. I later left the pig hooked on the joystick of another claw machine. If I saw something this crappy I wouldn't bother picking it up. Wendy's trash is another person's treasure.

  This incident reminded me of when my Bible small group teacher shared with us that this woman refused to teach Sunday School at CCS because the kids at CCS are not appreciative enough. Instead, she prefers teaching "special needs" kids because she can give them crappy five-for-a-dollar toys and they'd love it.

  I don't really agree with this. First of all, why do you expect kids to like the garbage you give them? Shouldn't you want kids to desire a little more? Why be happy when kids settle for mediocre? Why the heck are you giving them cheap stuff? I feel bad for people who take the crap because they deserve better. When that little girl reacted so excitedly about finding a crappy toy, it's like seeing someone be excited about pennies found on the ground. The rusty ones. I kind of understand that poor people appreciate more, but then to delight in even getting crappy stuff for free (essentially USELESS crappy stuff) means you're desperate. You're admitting that you are in a bad condition and you're not striving to get to a better place.

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