So Associated Food Stores is going "healthy" they say. For my work anniversary, they gave me a walking stick. It is "shock resistant" and" hand-made excellence!" It is the same thing they give to everyone every year. Last year it was a logo encrusted duffle bag. Both adorn my office now--one with about a years worth of dust.
I cannot argue that these are very functional gifts. I'd even bet that they are rather pricey. Still I don't have a duffle to put in my bag, nor would I know where to buy a duffle to place in there. The walking stick, however, has already come in very useful. I have walked all the way to the copier and back without falling. Imagine! Whatever did I do before. I can't even remember my life before my walking stick. Even more, I beat of three undesireable artists and one list of things to do. I already have plans, once I am an old fart, to shake it at neighborhood kids and scream off my porch, "get off my lawn!"
