Let’s Complain About People Saying: “It’s Free, Don’t Complain”

September 2nd, 2009

In this day and age of free web services, I’ve heard this phrase more often than I care to recall:

“It’s free, so stop complaining.”

It’s a cop-out. I’m tired of it.

There’s plenty of stuff, if you have any imagination, available for free, that people still feel comfortable complaining about.

Bad television shows. They’re broadcast over the air. Stop complaining, please. They’re free. They’re ad supported. You should just be happy someone created them for you. That annoying infomercial? Free. Stop complaining.

Air quality. You’re breathing air. Someone lights up a cigarette next to you. You start coughing. The air is free; stop being so sensitive.

You get a glass of water at a restaurant. It’s free. There’s a bug in it or a fingerprint on the glass. Or on your silverware. They’re all free, so stop complaining.

You got a cold. It was free. Some unclean person gave it to you. So you feel miserable and miss work. But don’t complain about being sick. It was given to you free of charge.

The weather. It’s sunny. It’s rainy. It’s too hot. It’s too cold. You’re not paying for any of it. Why are you bitching?

You just clicked over here from some random link on the Internet. You don’t like what I write. Guess what, this blog is free. What are you complaining about?

Oh look, a dog took a dump on my doorstep. I love free shit.

I tell you, the world would be a better place if people were more grateful for all the great free crap around them and gave up having any standards whatsoever.