Life in a Suburban Neighborhood as seen through the eyes of a childless, married woman in her twenties. Read all about her adventures with the crazy people in the neighborhood, her interactions with those outside of the neighborhood and her adventures outside of the suburbs. http://theburbblog.com/Home/tabid/55/BlogId/1/Default.aspx en-US kat@theburbblog.com admin@theburbblog.com Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:48:01 GMT Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:48:01 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 3.4.0.39853 <p> </p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><img height="164" width="200" align="left" alt="" src="/Portals/0/2009/Blog Photos/October/trident_layers_gum.gif" />I’ve seen this new commercial a lot lately for Trident Layers. It features a girl who is babysitting and the parents come home and ask her if they can pay her with gum. Yes, chewing gum. She agrees and the kids decide they want gum for their allowance and the chimney sweep guy or maybe Santa (I think that’s what he is – or just the creepy guy in the fireplace) wants to be paid in gum. I laugh. A lot.</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">When I was about 12 and just beginning my babysitting career (it was for my neighbors and my parents lived next door), one time the mom came home and gave me a dollar and a handful of colorful gumballs. If she had asked, I would have said, “Hell no! You can’t pay me with gum!” I wasn’t asked. I was just handed about $2 worth of gumballs. </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana">So, laugh if you want at this commercial but some people have the audacity to abuse their young babysitters and take advantage of them.</span></span></div> <p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Verdana"> </span></span></p> http://theburbblog.com/Home/tabid/55/EntryID/368/Default.aspx kat@theburbblog.com http://theburbblog.com/Home/tabid/55/EntryID/368/Default.aspx#Comments http://theburbblog.com/Default.aspx?tabid=55&EntryID=368 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:46:00 GMT 0 http://theburbblog.com/DesktopModules/Blog/Trackback.aspx?id=368