As you all know if you read my blog often, I love to shop online. I shop for everything from deal to services to clothing and shoes. A friend of mine (you know who you are) introduced me to a clothes shopping website called sheinside.com. I thought it was great - it had free worldwide shipping, and very forever 21 sort of trendy clothing with new stuff everyday. I was immediately hooked on to the website and bought a dress the next day. A few days after my friend got her items which were a maxi dress and a black & white stripped shirt. Lets just say the items were an Epic FAIL. They were poor quality with bad stitching and were only really made to fit skinny 15 year old girls. And there I was with my dress in the mail, thank God it sort of fit. Had we done some critical thinking we might have been able to see signs that this might have happened. So here are some tips for you.
Red flags for online shopping :
FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING
WEBSITE DOES NOT STATE WHERE THEIR HEAD OFFICE IS
NOT BASED IN YOUR REGION
NONE OF THE MODELS ARE YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC
BAD REVIEWS FROM GENERAL PEOPLE WHEN GOGGLED OR BINGED WHATEVER
NO RETURN POLICY
If shopping for a flight:
Same rules apply for the most part;
MOST IMPORTANTLY, DON'T BOOK WITH A CERTAIN WEBSITE OR TRAVEL AGEENCY JUST BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS BOOK WITH THAT CERTAIN WEBSITE/AGENCY
ITS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST DIFFERENT WEBSITE AND SCENARIOS
BE AS FLEXIBLE AS YOU CAN WITH YOUR DATES
IF YOU FIND THAT THE CHEAPEST FLIGHT IS DELIVERED BY SAY WEST JET ACCORDING TO THESE DEAL WEBSITE/Agency SUCH AS CHEAPOAIR AND REDTAG, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE WEST JET WEBSITE ITSELF BECAUSE YOU MAY FIND A BETTER DEAL OR BETTER OPTIONS
In general, I feel as though we live in a very passive society. At some point when we finish our degrees and diplomas etc we are just concerned about doing a good job instead of challenge ourselves and the people around us in fear of not fitting in. We are all normal and not normal people.. I hate watching Beyonce interviews when she tries to convince people that she is just like everyone else. The fact is no-one is like everyone else and the fact that you always feel the need to say this, shows most obviously that you are not like everyone else. We all fit in and we all don't fit in, it just depends on the circumstance. And yes, it is just that simple. (P.S. I am loving that Ke$ha show on MTV, I usually don't like to watch that stuff but I am always intrigued by people who don't mind being truly honest)...
But foreel like when did sticking you head in the turkey's butt become the best way to live?
I remember when they introduced the new Pope to the world and it made headlines, which granted it usually does. But this time was different, we now had a Pope that wasn't from Europe for the first time in History!
Regardless of religious values, my biggest questions was "why are they all acting like it was so incredible and new that this Pope in particular was the first one that wasn't from Europe"?. Am I the only one who thought it wasn't a coincidence that his parents were from Italy and he spoke fluent Italian and that he was from Argentina the most European South American country there is???? Really only me? But try as I might, not one set a news questioned this. They were all regurgitating each other in print and on t.v constantly. I think I had a Oprah "uh huh moment" actually. Like I pretty much always believed the media was selling us stories and ideas but something about this one was different for me, maybe I actually became more open to see it for what it was than I have been in the past.
I always thought conspiracy theory people were nut cases but maybe they aren't or maybe they are, but they ask different sets of questions which is admirable. I think we should all try to ask different sets of questions like the girl who got killed by the garbage truck in Toronto. What is the city doing to make sure this never happens again? How is the city compensating the family? Why haven't we heard any updates?
Most recently, I was watching Entertainment Tonight (US) and they were talking about the Boston bombers. It is definitely disgusting that this happened and I wouldn't wish this on anyone anywhere around the world. But I was also disgusted by this particular entertainment show that highlighted and glamorized a person that beat up the supposed Boston bombers. As far as I know they haven't concluded for a fact that these people are the people responsible. What I do know for a fact is that one is dead and one is in a coma and they have families who are probably hurting right now whether they are indeed responsible or not. And here is this entertainment show with absolute insensitive and turning these boys into villains without even knowing their side of the story. Most apparent their inability to defend themselves. But the fact is while this was actually repulsing in my opinion I am sure a lot of people watched that scene and smiled with bully mentalities enhanced by the media. It's disgusting when you think about it, this whole situation is nothing to smile about. But there goes the media regurgitating the same story in different mediums and we the public not asking questions. They are not even trying to be creative these days in regurgitating the same story in fact I often hear the same lines no matter what agency is talking about it.
TIP OF THE DAY: YOU ARE BROKE< NOT STUPID, SO ASK QUESTIONS (DON'T BE AFRIAD TO HAVE A CRITICAL MIND)...You're normal and not normal. You just are....
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