Ho ho ho tempora, ho mores!

Look, all I want to do is to get thoughtful, tasteful gifts for my friends and family.

And I could do it much more quickly if all these other people engaged in crass consumerism weren't in line ahead of me at the store.

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[GhostOfHeraclitus]

D'you know what, I fear they might not know what they are doing. They might not realize the magnitude of their crime. You ought to tell them. I've taken the liberty of preparing a speech (with, perhaps, a bit of inspiration from the Classics) for you to preform with--I've no doubt--considerable style and panache:

"When, O Consumers, do you mean to cease abusing my patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock me? When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now? Do you not realize I'm trying to shop here while you indulge in crass consumerism? Shame on this age and its principles!"

Do tell me how it turns out.

[horizon]

It's logically deducible that they are crass consumers rather than thoughtful gift-shoppers. After all, they are in front of you in line.

Clearly, they spent less time on their purchase decisions, not giving gifts their proper analysis and allowing themselves to be unduly swayed by impulse and salesmanship.

[Blue_Paladin42]

And lets not forget the simpletons behind you, impatiently pushing forward, despite it being their fault that they were wracked with indecision and confusion about what to get their loved ones. Almost as if they did not know what to get for those closest to them. For shame. And now they vent their failure on you, jealous as they are of your success and intelligence.

[TheJediMasterEd]

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"How you have felt, O Whos of Whoville, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that their persuasive words almost made me forget who I was..."

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