My blog is The Worst Beauty Blog Ever!

I received an interesting comment today on the "My Dance with the CVS scanner" post I wrote recently, and I really wanted to share it with you:

Anonymous said...

I think that you have never worked in retail, otherwise you wouldn't criticize the hourly workers who are paid a pittance to label each and every product in the beauty department while dealing with picky, demanding scavengers like yourself. The employees are not LAGGING, as you say. They are overworked, underpaid, and probably had no one in the store to affix the stickers because the register had to be manned at the front of the store to ring up beauty looters like yourself. SO before you criticize "lagging" CVS employees, remember that most make minimum wage and have to support families in a recession on $8 bucks an hour, all so you can get tingly about your "score."

In addition, the clearance items are DISCONTINUED to make room for the new items, so why stock up on items that will never again be available?

I am sure you will be one of those rude customers who shouts at the hapless cashier for the inaccurate register scan. Yet you relish low prices in a drugstore for your own selfish means.

Worst beauty blog I have ever read.

I'd like to take this opportunity to respond to this anonymous blogger. Many of you are probably going to say, "Why bother?" or "Just delete posts like that" but I am all for free speech, and if you've got something negative to say here, I'm MORE than willing to give you a thoughtful response.

So here I go, dear Anonymous commenter:

First of all, when I said that CVS employees may be "lagging" when it comes to affixing stickers to the clearance products, I never meant for anyone to interpret that negatively. I lag on doing important tasks on a daily basis, and I also understand that when someone "lags" on a task, it doesn't mean that they don't have very good reasons which cause them to "lag". You're painting a picture that is just not true. I don't think the CVS employees are sitting around doing nothing when they could be affixing clearance stickers to products. I clearly understand that they have other things that need to be done, so when I said "lag" I simply meant that they have not gotten to this task yet.

I take personal offense to the fact that you think I am a "picky" "scavenger" who has no empathy or sympathy for hardworking, underpaid employees. Several members of my family are the hardworking, underpaid employees of which you speak. And I also think it's quite an assumption to make on your part to assume I have no experience in retail, or that I may come from a privileged background and don't know what it's like to work hard for your paycheck. I've worked many a retail job in my life and if you were to ask ANYONE who knows me, you'd know that I have more empathy than a lot of people out there when it comes to people who work hard at jobs that earn them little to no recognition monetarily or otherwise.

Just the other day, at CVS, I asked a gentleman to get off his cell phone while paying for his purchases because it was hard for the cashier to speak to him. After that gentleman left, I told the cashier that he had the patience of a saint, and that I really wished people remembered that he was a human being who is performing a SERVICE for YOU. No matter what your job, nobody deserves to be treated like a robot. I get upset on a daily basis when I see the utter lack of respect that people give their friendly Starbucks employees, gas station attendants, grocery store cashiers, etc. It truly makes me sick. We are all human and everyone deserves to be treated with respect and decency, regardless of occupation or social standing. Period. End of story.

And because I am NOT rich (not even close), what's so bad about getting, as you call it, "tingly" at scoring a bargain? Honestly, I would really like to know what you find offensive about that! Should I demand to pay full price for everything? If you were looking for a beauty blog that only talks about high-end products, then you really did come to the wrong place. I will continue to get "tingly" about scoring bargains forever, precisely because I was one of the people you mentioned in your comment. And when I get that tingly feeling, it is NEVER at the expense of others. In fact, the entire reason I started this blog was because I want hard-working women out there to get that tingly feeling right alongside me. I'm trying to HELP people who don't have a lot of money (myself certainly included), which is something you obviously missed while perusing Nouveau Cheap.

Regarding your statement about the products on clearance at CVS being discontinued, WE ALL KNOW THAT. Which is precisely why we want to STOCK UP! If you love something and you know you'll never be able to find it again, doesn't it make sense to buy a few so that you can enjoy the product for as long as possible?

As for you declaring that this is the "worst beauty blog you have ever read", well you are certainly entitled to your opinion. Believe me, I realize that Nouveau Cheap is not for everyone, but that's the great thing about the internet. If beauty on a budget is not your cup of tea, there are a million different blogs out there to suit your needs.

But one thing I really want to stress is that, for someone who tries to come across as compassionate for the hard-working person, you seem very full of anger and bitterness, which you have directed toward me. It's ironic that you've chosen me to unleash on, given my background, understanding and the deep respect that I have, and have always had, for the people who are stuggling to stay afloat by working honest jobs for low wages. Man, if you only knew...

I'm tired of even attempting to try and defend myself here, so I'll stop now because I highly doubt you will even read this. But if you do, I welcome your response.

Sincerely,
The Recessionista

PS: And how dare you call me a "beauty looter"! I have never looted anything in my life. Sure, I'm guilty of digging through bargain bins to find good deals, but I PAY for those deals with my hard-earned money.