On Facebook Surveys and Designer Purses

I totally love Facebook. I am interacting, on a daily basis, with folks I haven’t seen or talked to in, literally years! And thanks to nifty little applications disguised as surveys and top-fives, I’m learning a lot about them and who they’ve become over the years. I’m also interacting with a lot of young people - the children of my peers - and learning about their culture. And it’s been a ride.

I love the Top-5 things. You are supposed to name your favorite Top-5 on many different subjects - book, albums, celebrity crushes, even breeds of dogs. The one that turned up on my “Wall” today threw me for a loop. I had to take a few deep breaths and say to myself, “remember, they don’t really know you, this is a networking page and they are sharing!” Because surely if you knew me you wouldn’t ask me to name my top five, grossly overpriced and seriously ugly designer purses.

First things first. If I’m going to spend a fortune on a purse, it will be one which I plan to keep forever, and it should be practical. So most likely it would be a Coach bag. But, I’m never going to spend a fortune on a purse. They have perfectly lovely bags at Kohls and Target that don’t cost a fortune.

I'm supposed to pay EXTRA for jive like this? LOL!

Secondly, I don’t get the concept of me, paying extra, to advertise for somebody else. Shouldn’t they be paying me? I mean, if I’m going to walk around with this oversized ugly bag, and everyone is going to look at it and say, Oooooh, that’s a Juicy, or a Gucci, shouldn’t I get paid the same fee they pay to Vanity Fair, or wherever else they advertise? Where do they get off thinking that I should pay, and not just pay but pay exorbitantly, to advertise THEIR product?
Now please understand, as a Designer myself I totally get the concept of getting paid for what you design. But is a normal-looking bag worth four times what it should be just because it features a jaunty, but boring, beige plaid? Am I alone here?So no, I can’t participate in the “Purse…one of a gals best pals” top five survey. I don’t think there are categories for “cute, with pouches for my cell phone and powder” or “functional in a funky color.” If they come up with a survey with graphic interpretations, I will select purses, as long as they are within my price range. Blame it on my practical (read: cheap) Capricorn nature, I don’t care. And if you want me to carry your fancy purse, pay me.