Pitch Man

When he was younger Emmett always skipped commercials when watching TV, but now he watches lots of them.

Now Emmett comes up to me almost every day with questions like, "Would you like to make money on EBay?" or "Would you like to store some of our stuff in an off site POD?"

He also wants lots of stuff they advertise to kids on TV, like Blendy Pens. Lucky for me, Costco had them so we tried them out. The first time Emmett tried to blend some colors, the "fusion chamber" broke. Some of the pens seemed much drier than others so the didn't blend well. We returned the set to Costco, and I tried to explain why things advertised on TV might not be of very high quality.

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Julie said…
Excellent learning experience! Damek does similar things. He doesn't necessarily come right out and ask for the product, rather he will try to pitch it to me like the commercial did to him. "wow mom, you know what this can do?" type stuff. We've had conversations on truth (or deceit) in advertising, but don't think we've had an actual instance such as yours to prove it.

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Thanks, Emmett.