HumanToys.net

posted @ 20:31...

HumanToys.net is apparently a company that supplies people to play with your kids... so you don't have to!

 

When I first heard about this via Facebook, I laughed.  And then I thought, "How sad that some people are too busy/important/tired to play with their own kids; they have to hire these goofballs to be human 'toys' to keep the spoiled little tykes entertained."  And then some friends and family put my mind at ease:  It was either a hoax or a sociology project, they reasoned.  So I wrote the company an email to see what I could find out:

 

HumanToys is obviously not a real company, but I think it's hilarious.  My guess is it's either a project for a Sociology class or a simple prank/hoax.  Or perhaps it's a biting commentary about a culture of well-to-do parents who are too busy to be bothered with the "chore" of
playing with their own kids.  But whatever it is, it's amusing.

 

Brian

 

Well, today, they wrote back:

 

Brian,

 

I apologize for any confusion, but Human Toy Co. is not intended to be humorous. Although, if you hired one of our toys we can guarantee hours of fun and laughter!

 

Our goal is simple: provide joy and happiness to families who can still afford high-quality entertainment, even during these hard economic times. And a human toy is, after all, the best entertainment of all!

 

Feel free to look around our website for more information about our company. And, if you have more specific questions, I would love to answer them or I can pass them along to our president Martha Westinghouse, if you would prefer.

 

Sincerely,
Elizabeth Sterling

 

So, either the prank is so elaborate that they're sending back replies like this, or they really are an actual company.

 

I could rant and rave about how back when we were kids, our parents had time to play with us.  I could drone on about people who probably shouldn't have had kids in the first place.  But I won't.  I will say that right now, I have never wished more that I was back home with my wife and kids.  Each day I wake up here in Afghanistan, I think about the kids, and how I would give anything to wrestle around on the floor with them, read them stories, or let them sit on my back as I pretend to be a horse.  I feel bad for the parents who feel they need to hire these "toys."  They're missing out on so much.