Furniture - the MOST lucrative industry
ok so I might be wrong….
However, look around you - this is what I see:
People are moving so they need to sell their items and buy stuff in their next location.
Couples are getting married and setting up a new house.
Couples are getting divorced and SOMEONE has to go out and get themselves set up somewhere.
People are dying and their stuf has to be sold.
This is just the basics - and they are not a rare occurence - each of the above is happening at a higher rate than babies are being born (ok, so just call me Homer Simpson since this is just ANOTHER guess/lie)
Now for the lucrative:
Even when you are eating your bread and butter which you need to survive, you may be doing so:
In a restaurant often defined by its furniture.
In a hotel which is Always defined by its furniture.
In your office….sitting on your office furniture.
On your recliner that comes with that special tray allowing you to eat AND not drop the remote.
Unless you are single in NYC, in which case you may eat all your meals standing or walking.
Furniture is very powerful:
It can sell property - when seeking out a condo in Miami Beach, check out the lavish furnishings shipped in special from Bombay for the apartment on display. In addition, my friend was convinced to buy a property for $650,000 since they were throwing in all the furnishings for an extra $5 grand. Here she was paying WAY beyond the value of the property, but she was convinced that she was getting the good deal, since the contents could easily have sold for $15 grand. Go figure.
It makes women feel inadequate everywhere - how do you feel when you go to your friends house and see it decked out wall to wall with the Perfect furnishings, everything just so, and you go home to find your kids eating paste and coloring on the wall? Women are guilty of watching Martha Stewart every day to see more and more ways that they could be living. If only.
It makes another WHOLE industry Rich! We are paying A LOT of money annually to our insurance providers in case something happens to our precious furniture. We Must be able to replace it! Sometimes there is a happy ending - My brother’s apartment building just burned down, and he is living in a swanky hotel for at least 6 months, and getting a VERY hefty check. Of all the apartments in the building, he was one of the only ones able to salvage some stuff. If you dont mind the smell of smoke.
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