A cheap pair of shoes

Have you ever purchased a pair of cheap shoes?

You see a pair of shoes. They are pretty cute and match your shirt and maybe they even have a little bow or something ornamental that generally speaking you would never even consider. Yet, for some reason, you get them. The folks you have shown the shoes to tell you that it's a bad idea and that it is really wise to leave those shoes on the shelf and find something far more suited to your needs. But of course you don't listen.

And you buy them.

And it doesn't take long before you realize that you should have listened.

The thing with cheap shoes is that they simply can not stand up. They are cheaply made with shoddy material and flimsy soles. There just isn't enough there to qualify a quality product. And let's face it, 5 year old sweatshop kids are lousy cobblers.

Inevitably, the shoes start to break.

You call customer service and they convince you to try this and that. They suggest that you are the only person who has ever experienced these issues. Still, they offer you up some advice on how to make the shoes work for you, afterall, their product is just fine. Lots of people love these shoes! So you think you are nuts and surely this is your fault. But heck, why not give it another shot. And once again they break. And once again you are disappointed. And once again customer service is telling you that you are a valued customer and offer help. And they break again.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

You have spent so much time convincing yourself that you have done something wrong that you miss one very important fact-the company you are dealing with care only for how this serves them.

And then it hits you.......you are simply dealing with cheap shoes and a manufacturing plant and customer service centre that only cares about the paycheck. The quality of the shoes will never, ever increase. They are made for a short shelf life. As consumers before you and consumers after you will soon learn....sometimes you just get ripped off. So, now you have spent a stupid amount of time fighting with customer service over a pair of cheap shoes because you spent more on the glue than the shoes themselves. That one is on you. Any smart woman knows that you toss crappy shoes at the get go. The harsh reality is that you spent very little money on a lousy product. A product with zero stability and only one frayed little bow to add to its character. It'll never be more. So, given the insignificant amount of money spent....why are you so upset again?

And then is REALLY hits you....all this time spent.....and the whole time you could afford leather.


So you laugh, toss the shoes, put on your leather boots and go to a French Canadian hip hop concert.


Bah!


Life, it's a learning curve.