Are this many turkey basters *really* necessary? #basters #turkeybaster (at Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn)

ǁKhauxaǃnas is an uninhabited area in South - Eastern Namibia, where the late 18th century ruins of an Orlam fortress can be found. These ruins were built by Orlam leader Klaas Afrikaner and his two sons Jager and Titus. These are considered the oldest systematically designed structure in Namibia, predating any European built structure. 

So, I work in a grocery store. I'm the guy who stocks the disposable pans and the kitchen gadgets. Yanno, the can openers, the basting spoons, spatulas, cheese cloth, and basters. Let's talk about basters for a moment. Every year, for the past thirteen I've had this job, we always get a massive pile of basters. Dozens, possibly hundreds. And they sell. WHY are they selling? I dunno. The area always has people moving in and out, but hardly enough to justify the amount of basters we go through every year. And, I presume every other store, in our chain, does the same. So, what gives? What keeps happening to all the basters? Do people just not know they can be cleaned? Do they break? Are people shoving them up their butts? ...it's the butt thing, isn't it...

Rehoboth is a town of 21,000 inhabitants in central Namibia just north of the Tropic of Capricorn. Located on the B1 road, 90 kilometres south of the Namibian capital Windhoek, Rehoboth lies on a high elevation plateau with several natural hot-water springs. It receives sparse mean annual rainfall of 240 mm, although in the 2010/2011 a record 731 mm were measured. In 2005, it had a population of 21,378.