Direct Mail Daydreams
My mailbox gets a lot of catalogs every week, for everything from event supplies and recognition items to sports park equipment and corporate gifts (Question: when did it become chic to give lobsters as incentive rewards? Is that something that’s totally normal at a whole different level? I can kinda see this playing out in a high-power law firm. Like, one Friday at 4:45pm Mr. Big Boss walks up to a file clerk, slaps him on the shoulder and says, ‘great job on the Heinekeschmalt brief, Phil – here’s a big fat LOBSTER!’ He flashes a smile, tips his hat and strides out the office whistling, leaving Phil in the long shadow of the filing cabinets with this dumbfounded look on his face and a scrawly red tangle of bug legs sticking out wildly from both hands.)
So, uh, TANGENT. Sorry.
I DO actually have a point. It’s this: I was flipping through the latest Baudville catalog this afternoon when I actually stopped and screamed for a second. Because holy crap, MY PIN IS IN IT*.
It’s not actually for sale, but I designed it and they manufactured it. Apparently they thought it was good enough to make a nice example, and that’s FINE with me! If you want one, let me know. I should still have a few around here.
*Apologies for the very annoying automatic resizing of Baudville’s online catalog.
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Cool! Congrats. Now, you should just double check the copyright and if you have it, sue sue sue!
*sings* We’re in the money… we’re in the money…
Oh wait.. that’s a bit um… bad of me to say huh? Gee… but I know lots of people/businesses/corporations that are doing that now – for everything.