15 + 5 points
Antiwallet Freedom Venture by Moviestar Jen
January 8th, 2008 5:25 PM
At first, all the ideas I could come up with for an anti-wallet seemed either too wallet-like, breakable, or too likely to make me lose something. A boot (carrying it around, not wearing it) seemed like an interesting idea, but my boots had dirt all over them and I didn’t feel like cleaning them. Also, though they were clean on the inside, I’m not sure I would want to take money from someone’s shoe, so I decided not to subject anyone to it.
A cookie tin finally won, mostly because it says “I love cookies!” on both the front and the back. I was really wanting to find a way to reuse it anyway, so the recycled aspect appealed to me too.
My credit card, driver’s license and some cash fit perfectly inside. On the first day I didn’t go anywhere so I didn’t get to try it out. On the second day I went to the Post Office. The clerk eyed it, probably just wondering if it was something I wanted to mail. Next I went to the pharmacy where nobody seemed to notice it. Lastly I went grocery shopping and happened to get a very chatty checkout guy who asked me “What’s that?” to which I replied, “It’s my wallet for today.” He stopped asking me questions after that. Thank goodness, because a conversation like the following should never be had, especially with a checkout clerk:
him: “Tofu pizza? Gross”
me: “I’m allergic to dairy”
him: “Oh, that sucks. Does it make you sick to your stomach?”
me: “Umm, yeah”
him: “Is it really bad?”
Me: “Uh, no, I just like to avoid it”
By that point I was bright red and really wanted to get out of there. :-P
Anyway, on the third day, nobody seemed to notice it. I think the wallet was a success, perhaps too much of one. I felt a little odd using an unconventional wallet and the “I love cookies!” thing was definitely amusing, but I guess it’d have to be something bigger for more people to notice and/or comment on it. People are often absorbed in their own worlds though and it would take a lot for them to notice. Although I am kinda glad because as you can tell from the above interaction, sometimes I embarrass easily lol.
A cookie tin finally won, mostly because it says “I love cookies!” on both the front and the back. I was really wanting to find a way to reuse it anyway, so the recycled aspect appealed to me too.
My credit card, driver’s license and some cash fit perfectly inside. On the first day I didn’t go anywhere so I didn’t get to try it out. On the second day I went to the Post Office. The clerk eyed it, probably just wondering if it was something I wanted to mail. Next I went to the pharmacy where nobody seemed to notice it. Lastly I went grocery shopping and happened to get a very chatty checkout guy who asked me “What’s that?” to which I replied, “It’s my wallet for today.” He stopped asking me questions after that. Thank goodness, because a conversation like the following should never be had, especially with a checkout clerk:
him: “Tofu pizza? Gross”
me: “I’m allergic to dairy”
him: “Oh, that sucks. Does it make you sick to your stomach?”
me: “Umm, yeah”
him: “Is it really bad?”
Me: “Uh, no, I just like to avoid it”
By that point I was bright red and really wanted to get out of there. :-P
Anyway, on the third day, nobody seemed to notice it. I think the wallet was a success, perhaps too much of one. I felt a little odd using an unconventional wallet and the “I love cookies!” thing was definitely amusing, but I guess it’d have to be something bigger for more people to notice and/or comment on it. People are often absorbed in their own worlds though and it would take a lot for them to notice. Although I am kinda glad because as you can tell from the above interaction, sometimes I embarrass easily lol.
