They are Tracking Me…

Okay, does this disturb anyone else but me?  Seriously, I’m all for modern technology (not really), but I consider my obsessive online bargain shopping to be a relatively private affair.  So no, when I am busy creating my “dream cart” at disneystore.com (words I never imagined myself typing before I had a toddler), and an online operator pops up in a dialog box to ask me if I need help finding my item, I am SO not down with that.  Can you say, “INVASION OF PRIVACY”.  I guess this is similar to when I actually used to leave the house and go to Gap and would get instantly jumped on by overeager teenage sales clerks seeking to assist me in locating my perfect pair of jeans…BACK OFF!!!  I shop, and I buy, but I do it on my own terms.  Seriously people, women’s self-empowerment is so last decade–don’t make me fight and defend my right to psychotically bargain-hunt at my own ridiculously-slow nap-time leisure…

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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