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Materialism at its finest
Want a surefire sign you’re a really bad boss and hopelessly materialistic to boot? Well, if you’re responsible for other people’s money and you steal it, $230,000 of it, to buy among other things, a luxury cruise, a flat-screen TV and a $56,000 Mercedes Benz, you’re a really bad and materialistic boss. That’s exactly what cops are saying 29 year old Amber Marie Turner did. Prosecutors are alleging that while working for Precision Photonics, a Boulder, Colorado based laser optics company, Turner put her name on the company’s American Express card and then literally went to town with it. One of the more disturbing aspects of the story is that by satisfying her own lust for material things, she caused others to lose their jobs. Precision Photonics was forced to lay employees off as a result of Turner’s embezzlement.
When a 29 year old steals $230,000 to buy cars, vacations and a $2,000 queen sized mattress you’ve got to wonder what’s driving her obsession. But, it’s not just her who’s obsessed. Each week we tune in, in droves, to watch the super wealthy and the super wealthy wannabes try to out-spend, out-own, and out-impress each other and us. By now you know how I feel about most reality TV shows. I think as a society, we can do better. We should be doing better. And, as consumers of this type of media, we may not have created the materialism monster that had a young woman embezzling money from her employer to go on a shopping spree, but we sure are feeding it. Thoughts?
Source: Daily Camera
