Monday, August 09, 2010

The Literary Demands of eBay Sellers


You know the situation. Based on a picture on eBay, you find something that you would like to make room for in your life. Following a single incomplete descriptive sentence with four ellipses, the demands start.

I have enough rules in my life. Perhaps, if the conditions for sale were presented in 12 point type, I would be able to comply with their eBay Nation of Me. Instead, I think, "dammit, I have enough stuff. They can stick it in their ear."