Posted on 12/06/2019 8:25:15 AM PST by re_tail20
Cracker Jack was usually such a disappointment. You'd tear the open the top of the cheap cardboard box, then pull apart and eat some not-very-fresh popcorn covered in not-very-tasty caramel, along with some peanuts that seemed to have something kind of wrong about them. Then you'd finally get to the "prize" about two-thirds of the way down, which if you were lucky was some kind of cheap plastic lion or bear, but mostly you weren't lucky. Maybe they've gotten better since I was a kid, but the two things I remember most distinctly were a sense of disappointment... and an eagerness to go back for more.
The genius of Cracker Jack isn't that they sell caramel-covered popcorn of sometimes dubious freshness. The genius of Cracker Jack is that they sell the thrill of the unknown. "What is the prize? I simply must know!" That's why Cracker Jack -- first introduced in 1896 -- is still around today. How many other name-brand consumer products can you buy right now that got their start near the end of the 19th century?
Now imagine the thrill of buying another inexpensive consumer product -- in this case, a baby bouncer from Goodwill -- and finding a Mossberg 715T semi-automatic .22LR rifle inside. And you didn't even have to eat any of those weird peanuts to get to it. That's exactly what happened to a Florida couple shopping for a baby shower present on Sunday.
FOX 35 Orlando reports:
Veronica Alvarez-Rodriguez said she was attending a baby shower on Sunday, so she stopped by the Goodwill in Valparaiso to pick up a gift. That's where she found a Baby Einstein baby bouncer in an unopened box that appeared to be new. For only $9.99, it was quite a bargain. Alvarez-Rodriguez took the gift to the...
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Score!
WTF? The peanuts in Cracker Jack are the best part!
I would consider that a bonus.
Guess I need to cruise Savers and Goodwill more often.
Lucky!
baby bouncer made me think about the ball from a episode of The Avengers with Steed ans Emma
Evidently this box was given to the inappropriate person. The appropriate person would have just quietly accepted the bonus and shut up about it (assuming legally able to own said item).
What’s wrong with people now-a-days?? Sheesh!
Oh look, some used crap from Goodwill that no one knows where it's been, for my precious newborn baby. Gosh you're such a special friend.
True Dat!
This is the same Goodwill we shop at practically every weekend!
But we’re not looking for baby stuff..................
Also, for me anyway, it would be a ‘STFU’ moment as well.
OOOOH! Is that the one where she kicks REAL high?
Too bad huh? :-)
I’m usually in favor of gun ownership but I really don’t think a child should have a semi-automatic rifle until at least age 2.
What’s the problem?
Assuming you never got the prize, better luck next time.
“””””Also, for me anyway, it would be a ‘STFU’ moment as well.”””
Yup.
True or not the next time I feel the need to add another rifle to the collection... I will stop by the Goodwill to see what they have in a box large enough to stash it in. “Gee honey, look what I found in the exercise mat box.” “No, if we tell someone about it, we will probably have to give it back.”
It’s a .22. But ‘semi-automatic rifle’ soumds so much scarier!
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