christmas advertising on the radio
at the store I buy more gas to heat my apartment. I'm the kind of person who wouldn't have the heating on at all, but I have a pet snail that needs subtropical / tropical temperature. in any case, I only have one radiator on, the one right next to the snail-tank, and I keep my bedroom door closed as much as possible so the heat stays in there. but of course, that radiator grinds down the gas I've bought and I then have to buy more. & it's not enough. my snail sits on the warm side of the tank. my feet are numb from cold while I'm in bed. as I write, my hands are clumsy and cold to the touch.
after buying the gas and turning my heating back on, I pack up my stuff to go to the community art studio. my apartment is too small to do much art in, and I rent, so messy work is always a little nerve-wracking.
I get to the studio and there are two people there. they have the radio on, and it's playing a mix of christmas music and 70s pop. live and let die starts right after yet-another christmas song that sounds the same as the others. it plays through, ends, moves onto talking.
then, the advertising.
cheery music plays as two presumed-friends chat. One of them comments about how cold it is, how they can't feel their toes from the lack of heat, how expensive it is to heat their home. The other friend says, Not to worry! With PayPal Credit you can buy some heating & get billed for it later!
every winter that comes to this country, thousands of people die from preventable cold-exposure.
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