It has come to our attention that some of you have been seen engaging in activities that have little or nothing to do with consuming. This, of course, must stop, as it jeopardizes the entire consummation system. In the 19th century, enthusiasm for consuming was so robust that people were even reported to have died from consumption. Are we to fail such a heritage?
Even the French have surpassed us. There is a soup there called consommé which is quite widely used in cooking, even though, judging from the name, it has clearly already been consumed before. Surely we can do as well or better.
If the general population fails to improve by next Tuesday, all businesses in the US will be forced to not only become French, but to move all operations involving wage earners to an impoverished country … what? Oh, never mind. Become French, then.
Omniop 
Being happily married for many years, I feel I have fulfilled my requirement for consummation.
However, as a compromise I thought hard about purchasing something I didn’t need at some point this month; before deciding not to.
Good intentions don’t fill bonuses, you know.
They do if you work for the procurement department of Lightbringer Long Term Storage Ltd.
Reminds me of the poem The Unknown Citizen, by W. H. Auden. The unknown citizen was a good consumer.