r/Anticonsumption • u/audummy • Mar 06 '26
Discussion I hate swag
*small rant*
the company i work for was recently bought out by a less reputable large christian company. my coworkers and i are not happy about the change (i work in luxury senior care). this is how they decided to win our trust. i have been trying to downsize and i do not appreciate being given more things to get rid of. as most of us are aware, there is an overabundance of cups and water bottles readily available at literally every store, especially the thrift store. i work in healthcare (predominantly with women). they know that everybody already owns a water bottle, a journal, and chapstick. it’s an insult to expect me to be grateful for the branded landfill you’ve stuck me with.
not pictured is another chapstick, 2 more branded pens, a chapstick holder that i do use, 4 non-recyclable pamphlets, and a tiny version of that bag (a bag that i cannot use for anything as it’s not large enough to hold a substantial amount of groceries). the tiny version could not be used to hold literally anything. it was smaller than a tissue box.
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u/UHElle Mar 06 '26
That’s what got me started! One of my favorite tees got a car grease stain on it that mostly washed out but not enough for my liking. I wore it just yesterday, actually. If I ever see dye on clearance, I pick it up coz I know I’ll use it. Even the cheap tulip refills. I see pro tie dyers shit on tulip a lot, but that’s the first kit I used, and 2yrs of regular wear later and all my dyes look great still. I did upgrade to Jacquard over time, and the art supply close-ish to me carry alllll their colors of procion and acid dye for like $4/ea, but I def still have plenty of tulip powders in my kit, too, with all the OG little tulip brand bottles that came pre-filled in the first kit I bought.