Random: November 2007 Archives
...and their warehouse/outlet is a few blocks from my house!
Hide the credit cards!
License plate spotted today:
PLSR PRN
How did that one slip past the DMV?
Edited to add:
Somebody else also noticed it. And had a different theory as to what it meant.
From the "what were they thinking" files:
Item: "GetGoodKarma" ad campaign. The first time I became aware of this campaign was when I was in the Bloomingdale's mall in San Francisco and saw a poster that said something like: "Volunteering: cool. Volunteering long enough to get college credit: not cool." My reaction: volunteering is something that already has such a heavy weight of responsibility and guilt to it. Why add to the pile? So what if some poor shmuck signs up to serve meals at a soup kitchen just to earn credits or impress the ladies (that was another poster's accusation). What if he finds that helping people makes him feel good and he wants to keep doing it? Were I the target audience (a young adult) I would shrug and keep walking. (Or give the poster the finger.)
Item: "Recycle yourself" bumper sticker. A worthy cause. I totally favor donating organs when you are gone and don't need them anymore — you can save several lives at once. But there's a reason that we usually use phrases like "give the gift of life." Recycling evokes sticky crushed soda cans, shredded paper, or food waste turned into compost. Not an image you want to apply to your own body. I mean, really? Ew.
Item: "Animals are little people in fur coats" bumper sticker. No, they're not. Rather, we are animals without fur. I can't stand the anthropomorphization of cute little animals. So non-mammals are fair game, then? I'm sure that's not what the people who came up with this slogan meant, but it's just really not well thought out.
Item: "Welcome to America/Now speak English!" bumper sticker. This one really annoyed the fuck out of me when I saw it. I think it's safe to say I do not share the politics of those who choose to affix this piece of crap to their bumpers. More than that, though, why be gratutiously rude to anybody you drive past? Way to make a good impression on newcomers and tourists!
Item: the signs at Costco explaining that receipts are checked to make sure customers don't get overcharged. Yeah, right.
So those are my pet peeves. What are yours?
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