I think that must be from the old days where boy/girl toys were reserved for once or twice a year and were always Hot Wheels or Barbie/other girl Mattel toy.
Then, Disney stopped doing toy promotions and restaurants seemed to forget that you can make toys for BOTH genders! The better solution is to make unisex toys that everyone likes and only do the boy/girl thing once or twice a year like the old days, NOT EVERY FREAKING MONTH!
Girls like Star Wars! Girls like spy toys! Boys like stuffed animals! Boys like music!
It has now been so indoctrinated into parents that when I worked at a Whataburger, the parents would automatically ask for this many boys toys and this many girls toys WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THE TOYS WERE!
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Date: 2012-05-03 01:30 am (UTC)Then, Disney stopped doing toy promotions and restaurants seemed to forget that you can make toys for BOTH genders! The better solution is to make unisex toys that everyone likes and only do the boy/girl thing once or twice a year like the old days, NOT EVERY FREAKING MONTH!
Girls like Star Wars! Girls like spy toys!
Boys like stuffed animals! Boys like music!
It has now been so indoctrinated into parents that when I worked at a Whataburger, the parents would automatically ask for this many boys toys and this many girls toys WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT THE TOYS WERE!
It really pissed me off.