APPROVED PROCUREMENTS — K. PATTERSON



TO: Everyone. Always
RE: MEMO NO. 20260616-103339
FROM: Ken Murchison, Managing Director
CC: ALL DEPARTMENTS!
CLASSIFIED: OBVIOUS

Department of Random Domain Management.

Household Procurement Summary.

Original source: Think About It, Dad — the Patagonia Kids Nano Puff Jacket? filed by the Agency for Overly Warm Outerwear Requests.

Item under review: One (1) Patagonia Kids Nano Puff Jacket.

Official claim: This jacket is so warm it could theoretically replace your residential furnace.

Supporting evidence: The item has accumulated 6,200 five-star reviews online.

That is not a typo. Six thousand two hundred. All five stars.

This is not a request from a third party. This is a direct plea from the child in question.

They presented the case with the phrase: Think about it, Dad.

I have thought about it. I have thought about our current furnace, which costs significantly less than a single jacket.

I have also thought about the fact that 6,200 strangers on the internet cannot all be wrong.

But I am the Chief Parental Negotiation Officer. My job is to balance joy with fiscal responsibility.

The jacket is lightweight, packable, and insulated with 100% recycled polyester. It is also priced at a level that makes me question all of my life choices.

However, the child has promised to wear it every single day until they graduate high school.

That is not a binding contract, but I admire the negotiation tactic.

We recommend moving this procurement to the Forthwith Fast-Track approval lane.

The alternative is a winter of hearing: But Dad, 6,200 people said it would work.

Signed, Greg The Decider Parsons, Chief Parental Negotiation Officer.

SOURCE: https://wehavethatathome.com/think-about-it-dad-the-patagonia-kids-nano-puff-jacket/ — Filed by the Bureau of Wehavethat Affairs, DRDM.