While the speed and ease of the information age has been good for profit lines in some corporations, others have been trying to play catch up in the technology explosion, which has given society an “I need it now” mentality. Small companies who used to rely on local workforces, the teens of America, the future of society, now have been shoved aside like abandoned unwanted children in third world countries. Major corporations like Wal-Mart, Target, Lowe’s and Home Depot have monopolized the shopping experience once enjoyed by the mom and pop stores, the backbone of small town America. Where there once were thriving st

The reduction of workforce may strike back at the big corporations, though, due to the reduced amount of money able to be earned and, therefore, spent by the population as a whole. Reduction in workforce for profits alone would appear to have an effect on the spending force, and also have an effect on the working abilities of teens and recent graduates. Sales positions being replaced by pictures on a computer monitor numbs the human ability to use the remaining senses. While the shopping experience of interaction with the salesperson may be a positive one in some cases, the lack of social interaction may be devastating in the long run. For example, shopping by phone, QVC or Internet does not allow you to smell the fabric, feel the texture on your face as you try it on, the fall of the fabric as it drapes caressing your shoulders with a feel that only fine silk can produce, the little label able to readily be read in the store as you judge, is it worth the expense of dry cleaning versus hand or machine washing, these cannot be appreciated by seeing a picture and deciding if the price is justified.

The lack of interaction with a sales person, while at times may be a good thing, may be a cause of the lack of

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