OK Bruise...
I have a challenge for you:
Come up with the greatest rip-offs consistently perpetrated on the comsumer in today's society, with a brief explanation.
I'll start: Eyeglass frames. HUNDREDS of dollars for 12 cents worth of plastic or metal. Perpetuated by every discount and regular price optometrist in North America.
Second: Women's lingerie (Although, sadly, it has been a long while since I've had the chance to be outraged by the prices.) Victoria's secret is one of the great scams in the world. They take the most beautiful and photogenic women in the world, AIRBRUSH them to make them more beautiful and alluring, and then put $1.76 (U.S.) of material, crafted in the third world, and sell them for $50 or more a unit.
Third: 39 oz cans of coffee in a 48 oz tin. Next thing you know they will be concaving the bottom to reduce the interior space even more.
OK....there you go. Should be a perfect pursuit for cranky, ill, and unhappy sickies.