| Small rant: I suffer from this affliction. This year so far: broken iPhones, a no brand android tablet that sucks, a pile of PMRs that don't work, a portable digital tv that was missing a proprietary power supply, an old HP server, a netbook with a nasty case of the clap, a naff 1998 vintage HP Omnibook, clothes that are too small for our children, a car (which instantly cost me £550 in repairs), a crap desktop pc full of spiders. Ugh. It wasn't stuff i needed or wanted. It was stuff they didn't want and couldn't be bothered to get rid of. One day I will just say no. No to everything. No gifts, no charity etc. Get rid of it all. The only problem is that I've been there. For a while I didn't own much and people thought I was a charity case and gave me more things. The cycle is impossible to break. Perhaps I'm too polite. The problem is that most people think that things are status and people think improving status is how to help a person. Status does not concern me so I'm doomed. |