SEEKING SIMPLICITY

You know what I'm going to say about this already.

One time, a good friend and I were joking around about what kind of stores had been moving into his (gentrifying) San Francisco neighborhood, and we decided that we could make a killing with a nice little shop selling odds and ends, and that it would be fair to just go ahead and call it "Crapstore". I have no idea what the above operation is actually selling, and to be fair, maybe it's a thrift store (looks like one), but the name is unwittingly everything hilariously wrong with our 'retail therapy' obsessed society. To every Hallmark Card shop, and every tourist trap trinket store, every museum gift shop, and 'collectibles store' everywhere in the world, I would like to say "GOOD RIDDANCE". If it's a thrift store - then they deserve props for the witty name. I'm not against thrift stores, as they do offer reasonable alternatives to buying new/ buying retail and are great places for people to ditch unused belongings as well. Better yet, sometimes they're also providing a charitable service by funneling proceeds back to a good cause; i.e. Housing Works.  So, either this joint pictured above is an awesome thrift store with a great sense of humor, or it's the worst kind of waste of time, space and money there is. I can't quite make it out. What do you think?