At a nearby Walmart store, televisions ran commercials for televisions. The models of televisions appearing on the screens were the same models as the ones being sold in the store. This duplication was aggravating. It made it hard to determine the quality of a screen's resolution.
Why couldn't Walmart play real shows on their televisions?
Another thing rubbed me the wrong way. It happened when those screens played a commercial for smart phones sold by Walmart. An actor suggested buying a phone with an upgrade plan. He smiled and added, "And who doesn't want upgrades?"
His remark struck me as pretentious. It implied that most people are like robots, programmed to want the latest new things. And if they're not riding that materialistic bandwagon, they should.
Many people are not materialistic. They understand a sentiment written by the late John Ruskin, an Englishman. He wrote, "Every increased possession loads us with new weariness."
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