Valentine Schmalentine

Oh St. Valentine. Why do you taunt us so? As the typical singletons that we are, we decided to give our top reasons why V-Day should be called Lame Day.

* Grocery store takeover
K: I went to the store today to pick up some Coke Zero (holla) and a trip that would have normally taken me 10 minutes took me 25 because Giant had two checkouts open and they were mainly dominated by people who had their arms full of chocolates and flower arrangements. Seriously people?
J: Wal-Mart puts their Valentine's candy right in the middle of the food section. I was in the salad dressing aisle, and I couldn't get by because of all the people looking at chocolates. There was a kid who picked out a velvety heart-shaped box, and this is the exchange I heard.
MOM: Put that back, it's too big.
KID: But it's soft.
MOM: That's not the kind of thing you buy for your teacher. That's the kind of thing you buy for your mom.

* Sappy jewelry commercials
K: I don't really care if Zach gave you the same music box you had as a little girl and SURPRISE slipped a necklace/pair of earrings/ring in there to wow you. Vomit.
J: I have no interest in jewelry, so these commercials are a waste of my time. If someone got me jewelry for Valentine's Day, I'd be mad. I would be more mad if someone sent a barbershop quartet to sing to me at work, like in a story we ran in today's paper. I would call and break up with them in the middle of the song.

*Love notes and stories in newsprint
K: Is it really necessary to buy an ad in the paper to tell someone you love them? Is it necessary for me to have to see them while I'm designing? No.
J: We had a big story about the top 3 places in town to kiss. #1 was Palo Duro Canyon, which I can accept. #2 was at the airport and #3 was on an airplane. Clearly this is not a romantic town.

*Red is sacred
K: Red is my favorite color. I bleed red and black. Valentine's Day makes me sick of red and that isn't a good thing.
J: Actually, my favorite color is blue.

Through all the bad that is Valentine's Day ... there is one shining moment. And it comes in the form of the best commercial. Ever.



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