Le Swindle

On "Marketplace" a week ago, they were talking about company X-mas parties. How some go all out, some are cheap and have it at the shop, some go out but charge a little. Then there are places like Mattel, whose main office is in El Segundo. They only have a select amount of people invited. Then they charge them $45, but there's a huge perk. They get a special limited edition toy doll. Like a Ken doll or something. I don't know. What a fucking rip-off. I would rather have a non-work environment time to enjoy the company of your co-workers. Get to enjoy them when they're not all corporate and whatnot. I wouldn't care about a fucking doll! To me, that just shows how fucking cheap and manipulative Mattel is. You know? It costs them like $.05 to make it, and they're charging $45 a head. They're tricking them into thinking that they're giving them some huge incentive by being invited to this special evening, when they're actually making them pay for the event.