Whadduya Know, it Works!

You know, I really cannot fathom the complexities that are the human mind. People try so so hard to accomplish something, just so they won't have to go to the trouble of creating something else. What I am referring to of course is companies shaming consumers with products that don't work. I bought some glue once (and of course it was overly priced) and I was able to get, oh I don't know...three drops use out of it before the darned lid glued on to the cap and I had to mutilate and hack away at said lid with a hobby knife (the top of which snapped off in the process) just to get it open. Here is the really funny thing: while the glue conveniently sealed the lid of the glue bottle on so that it was rendered useless, it didn't do didily in terms of sticking together what I had to glue. Now my question is this: did the people putting out this glue intend for me to use this product? I mean wouldn't the first question of concern when developing this product be "Well we're dealing with a sticky substance. How do we make sure that the lid doesn't stick to the top of the glue"? I don't know, there seems to be a long line of consumer goods that just tend to break so that we, the consumers, are forced to buy more of them. As long as we're talking about glue I may as well expatiate. Have you ever bought white wood carving glue that actually doesn't clog the lid of the bottle that it comes in? I haven't. Even when it's relatively new the stupid stuff clogs up and you can't use it again, unless of course you use the aforementioned crude but effective method, of course the only draw back is that exposure will cause the glue to dry up forcing you to go out and buy more of the stuff anyway. It's a lose lose situation. And don't get me started on gluesitcks. A glue stick that actually sticks stuff down is a miracle not yet witnessed on this earth. Actually the glue stick gives the appearance of working. It sticks things down for, oh about half an hour, before the overall purpose of the glue sticking stuff down is nil. I was doing a presentation once and in the middle everything started falling off my board and looking really crappy because I stuck it all down with a glue stick. And whiteout-ugh! If you aren't getting sloppy liquid paper on your hands, your waiting for it to dry so you can continue writing, or trying to get the now gelatinous stuff to work at all. Of course they have those convenient rolling whiteout things now...But the magic tape never seems to do it's job properly and the mechanism breaks down. Of course these are only a small percentage of items which constantly break down, the list goes on and on. Staplers? Always jamming. Printers? Always jamming. Hole-punchers? (I'd like to just for the record say that this is getting monotonous!) Always jamming. Internet? Always down. Computer? Always crashing (I hate windows!) Yeah I could go on for a while yet but I don't want you to miss your next birthday.
I mean, I don't get it, in the last century we've put man on the moon, developed a medium through which millions of people across the globe can communicate ( the internet) and developed a solution for diabetes ( a Canadian discovery! Yeah!). How hard can it be to make a glue stick that sticks?
My point is, why do people insist on making crap? Why do people work at trying to advertise and sell something that sucks? Wouldn't it be easier just to make a good quality product that works, which encourages everybody to use it? Wouldn't the product naturally sell itself? I mean the producers would be happy because everyone would be buying their product, and ergo they'd be making money, and the consumers would be happy because they'd be getting their money's worth. Wouldn't that help everybody?
One might wonder why I get so upset over a glue stick, the fact is I am not overpoweringly upset (though it may seem that way to some who feel I am coming on too strong) I'm just ticked off (as I'm sure you all are) of buying crap from producers. I mean they do surveys and marketing research to find out what consumers want so that they can fulfill the needs of the consumers. That's why restaurants have those response cards you are encourage to fill out. thats why I just filled out a survey for Canadian businesses last week. The end result should make things better for everyone. So why don't the producers make things of a higher caliber for the consumers? Logically, I can see no reason.