Free Razors For Why?
I recently received a free Shick Quattro razor with my purchase at the student book store. More and more I find the commercialization of college campuses to be disturbing. It's obvious that the Shick corporation isn't giving away razors in order to help a poor and rather ungroomed population be clean shaven models of nuclear family mortality. No, they want people to buy blades at three bucks a pop.
Everywhere you go on a campus today, large companies are giving away free shit. That is, usually they are giving away free shit with a catch. I suppose that this is really nothing more than a symptom of a greater trend in American culture, but the fact remains that the Shick company could have done any number of things to help education in this country. They could have created scholarships. They could have donated to underfunded colleges and universities. They could have helped inner-city kids. Instead they gave away razors at Eastern's book store, with the hope that you'll buy some of the blades.
I for one will not drink the Kool-aid - I'm holding out for a ten blade razor.