People Suck Sometimes

INCIDENT:
Have you ever heard of American Girl dolls? You probably have if you have or know someone who has a little girl. It is a very popular brand of dolls for 8 to 12 year olds with generous parents. We are talking about $100+ dolls that wear $25 outfits. If you ever have walked around downtown Chicago you are guaranteed to have seen multiple little girls with the red bags from the ridiculous store (American Girl Place) dedicated to such dolls.

As you can probably ascertain I am not a big fan of these expensive dolls. I wasn't a big doll person growing up so I have little love for those freaky looking miniature humans. I mean you don't see horror movies about evil legos or capsela monsters. Anyhow, I diverge...

So I just read a disturbing story about a 6 year old girl who went to American Girl Place to get her doll's hair styled. Apparently there is a hair saloon at the store where stylists do your doll's hair. Yeah, exactly. Creepy. Anyhow, this little girl had saved up her own money and bought a perfectly good doll from Target. The American Girl Place website says "bring in your favorite doll to be styled." It doesn't say "bring in your favorite AG doll." But I'll get to that in a minute.

So the little girl brings her Target doll to get styled at American Girl Place. She is then berated by an employee for not having an AG doll with other moms joining in on the fun. Disgusting.

Read the article if you want to get angry.

American Girl Place Mocks 6 Year-Old For Having A Doll From Target, Refuses To Style The Doll's Hair

Fake Out

MORAL:
I have a complex about fairness. It really pushes my buttons when I perceive a situation to be unfair in any way to any of the parties involved. But this one really pissed me off because of the blatant disregard for this little girl's feelings as a person... let alone that she was only 6 years old. Why are we instilling in children that materialism is good? Perhaps even something to envy? A little tact could have gone a long way in this case. But unfortunately all that was given was a harsh lesson about capacity of people to be cruel.