Monday, January 10, 2011

The Contents of my Purse

My purse is full of a variety of items. In one pocket I have my wallet, a check book and another account ledger. In my sparkely wallet I have my I.D., a gas credit card, a little bit if cash, giftcards to Olive Garden, Starbucks and another espresso stand.It also contains my food handers permit and my debit card. I have a variety of coffee punchcards and my proof of car insurance card. There are also a few pennies and nickels. As I search through another pocket I find my keys. On my keys I have my flip out Volkswaggen key, a flashlight, my house key, a gym card, an Adidas employee card and an American Eagle card. My keys are all held together by an Everett Silvertips lanyard. As I dig deeper in my purse I find my red Nikon digtal camera. I find a bottle of ibuprofen, an empty pack of gum and some more candy. In the same pocket I also have to pairs of gloves. One pair is black with the Adidas logo on them and the other pair is black and pink and meant fro dirt biking. There are a few pens, a mirror and a new, pink ipod nano. As I browse through the last pocket I find a variety of lip glosses and chap sticks. This pocket also contains hand sanitizers and lotions. That completes them list of what is in my purse.
The contents of my wallet can tell alot of what I am involved in or interested in. The gym membership card shows that I am active. The Adidas emplyeee card shows that I have a job that fits in with my interest of exercise. The mirror and the lip glosses (although I rarely use them) show that I care about my appearance. All of the coffee cards show that I like coffee. My gloves show that I freuently have cold hands. I have many things in my purse that can unlock some information about what my interests are and who I am.
If someone who didn't know me was looking through the belongings in my purse, they would probably have many assumpotions about me and some would be true and others would probably be false. From all the coffee cards people would probably assume that I am addicted to coffee; which I am not. I get coffee maybe once a week and try to keep it at that. After seeing my dirtbike gloves people may assume that I ride dirt bikes. I have riden dirtbikes but it is not something that I do often. If the people look at my checking and savings account records they would assume that I save most of my money and spend little. Based on the Adidas employee card and the Food Handler's Permit they would assume that I either work at a restaurant or, of course, at Adidas. Based on all of the lip glosses, they would probly assume that I care a lot about my appearance. This assumption wouldn't be completly true. I do try not to look horrible but often times I don't take a lot time to get ready and it is not my top priority to look my best. Different people would have different assumptions about me based on the contents of my purse.
If people were judging me based solely on the contents of my purse, they would not be able to tell that I am a Christian and that my faith is important to me. People would not be able to tell that I am a shy person and that I am generally a loner. There is nothing in my purse that points toward the olve for my famiy and my boyfriend. People would not be able to tell that they are really important to me. There are many things that people could not know about me based on my belongings. People would not realize that I am a hard worker at my job and in school. There is no way of knowing a person based on what their belongings are. One can make a number of assumtions but can't know anything for sure based on a person's belongings.

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