thom space

I have been hawking glowsticks for a few days now and wow> I can not believe how well glowy things sell.

the price: for 1 for 3$, 2 for 5$. Yesterday I sold more than 440$ worth, and that was only in 1 1/2 hours.

earlier this summer I was doing door to door fund raising for the Fund for Public Interest Research (www.ffpir.org) to help win issues that the Sierra Club and other organizations are working on (like making more fuel efficient cars and preserving wilderness areas) and I was lucky to get people to donate a dime let alone 440$.

The only way that I can justify the hugely different experiences that I have had is by thinking of the situations in different terms. On the face of it giving money to the sierra club is a great way for people to help make the world a better place. but in reality, giving money to the Sierra Club only effects change in a very removed and abstract way, that is it does not make the kid down the street any happier.

On the other hand. When purchasing glowsticks, it would appear that you are merely purchasing silly pieces of plastic crap, but in reality that plastic crap serves the purpose of making people happy at a very direct level. so really 5$ for two glowsticks is a bargain because it purchases very concrete satisfaction.

I then as a seller of glowsticks can take pride in the fact that I am providing the means by which people may create satisfaction. got to love moral justification for capitalism. Cheerio Dog.