sticker shock...(a rant)

i will never, ever, wear the "i voted" sticker. why do so many people feel compelled to put that sticker on? is it a desire for instant gratification? as if, "i may not see the results right away, but hey, they gave me this little red sticker as a reward, so..at least that's something". is it to make a statement like, "i know very little about the actual candidates or issues here, but by wearing this sticker i can at least temporarily fool some people into thinking that since i voted, i obviously must be more informed and enlightened than you."? why do they even give out the stickers? what if you vote after work? isn't the whole point to announce to the world, or at least everyone you come into contact that day that you did in fact vote? would someone actually stop after work, vote, and then wear their sticker on their 5 minute drive home?
first of all, it's really nobody's business if i voted or not. should i be expected to tell everyone that i meet throughout the day that "i voted, but i choose not to wear the sticker", or, "i'll be voting after work"? watch them give me "the look" like, "spare me the lies". it is my contention that there are a few people out there who actually vote just to get the sticker. yes, really...hopefully a small percentage.
need another reason not to wear the sticker? it damages some materials...such as leather. it actually once left a permanent sticker sized mark on a nice leather coat of my wife's. what do you think the sticker people would have said if we'd gone back to ask for compensation for the damage? "hey, that's the chance you take when you tell everyone that you voted"!
do i think you're a bad person if you wore an "i voted" sticker today? not necessarily... if i saw you, i just assumed that you used it to cover a coffee stain on your shirt or jacket, the only acceptable reason to wear one.