CWG Blog

Most of my life I have heard the term the one percent or the one percenters. But in my little world, that used to refer to the outlaw motorcycle gang bangers. They even wear a triangular patch with “1%” stitched in red.

Suddenly that term means the Uber Rich people, the billionaires, that are prime examples of corporate greed. The current term means that one percent of the population owns the majority of the wealth in this country.

You can tell that summer is over and that winter is on it’s way. It is getting chillier by the day and the nights are definitely getting colder, I’ve had to make sure to take a jacket when I leave during the day for when the evening comes and the temperature starts dropping. I’m not looking forward to the cold weather and just wish that we could skip winter all together and head back into the spring season.

Although I have a shoe box full of batteries, I seem to always need the type that I don’t have any of. It is crazy how many batteries that we all seem to go through each day and how expensive they have become. I used to buy them at the Dollar Store but soon realized that they were crap and I won’t keep throwing my money away like that. Now I wait until they are on sale and I usually have a coupon that I can use as well, that helps keep the cost down a bit.

My 14 year niece was visiting me a few weeks ago and we wanted to go swimming at the new pool that just opened up in town this year. The problem was that she had just started her monthly cycle and had not used a tampon year and was nervous about using one for the first time.

I didn’t have any around the house so I went out to run some quick errands and stopped by our Sheetz gas and convenience store. I figured I could gas up and run in and pick up a box of tampons. I spent a good 5 minutes searching the shelves to find personal products such as these and was disappointed to find that all of the shelves were only filled with  junk food. I had never noticed that they have started to cater only to people that have the munchies. While standing in line to pay for the gas I found a small shelve right at the check out line that had a few personal hygiene products. I was disappointed that I had to stand there with several people waiting behind me while I looked through their products to find the right one.

When I finally found the right one and paid for my gas and tampons I let the cashier know that I thought that they should place these types of products some where else a bit more discreat. She said she would pass the word, but the few times that I’ve been back there, they are still right there, sigh……..