Dear Sir or Madam,
I want to commend you on your innovative and far-reaching ideas on advertising. I work in marketing myself, and I have to say, it never occurred to me to utilize some of the advertising opportunities your company has thought to use.
As someone who works in the advertising field myself, I have often noticed that there are a few untapped venues for getting my company’s message out there. I know that personally, until the visit I made to one of your fine stores tonight, there were a few quite moments of my own life that were devoid of any sort of advertising, which was a shame. Your company really took this concept and ran with it, much to my delighted surprise.
I entered your store at (xxxxx ) area needing some garbage bags. I took a detour on my way in, and went into the restroom. I entered a stall, dropped my pants, and took a seat. Lo and behold, a motion sensor was tripped and as I sat there, an ad for Angus beef steaks began playing at about 85 decibels.
Pure genius. There I am, trapped with my pants down around my ankles, listening to a cheerful, tinny, painfully loud voice going on and on and on about the merits of your delicious beef products. Certainly added an unforgettable spin to upset stomach I happened to be suffering tonight. I guess most people would consider an ad for Imodium or Pepto Bismol more appropriate (that would have been useful information to someone, I am certain. I know it would have been for me), but not your company. Most would have tried to associate their beef products in a context of enjoyment and gastronomical pleasure. Heck, I daresay most people would have just simply let their customers take a quiet dump in peace, but that’s clearly far too vanilla for your forward and out-of-the-box advertising guys. No, you guys are going for abstract, edgy advertising, and I have to say peddling beef to someone trying to take a shit is about as edgy as one can get. Props to you, gentlemen. Well played.
I know that I will think of your fine, quality beef products whenever I find myself reflecting quietly in that most private of sanctuaries from now on, whether suffering a raging bout of the green-apple splatters or simply trying to pinch off a good dry log.
(RecoveringKinkoid)
PS I’m thinking about suggesting an idea I’ve been kicking around for putting motion-activated adware into condoms in our next marketing meeting. What do you think?
I want to commend you on your innovative and far-reaching ideas on advertising. I work in marketing myself, and I have to say, it never occurred to me to utilize some of the advertising opportunities your company has thought to use.
As someone who works in the advertising field myself, I have often noticed that there are a few untapped venues for getting my company’s message out there. I know that personally, until the visit I made to one of your fine stores tonight, there were a few quite moments of my own life that were devoid of any sort of advertising, which was a shame. Your company really took this concept and ran with it, much to my delighted surprise.
I entered your store at (xxxxx ) area needing some garbage bags. I took a detour on my way in, and went into the restroom. I entered a stall, dropped my pants, and took a seat. Lo and behold, a motion sensor was tripped and as I sat there, an ad for Angus beef steaks began playing at about 85 decibels.
Pure genius. There I am, trapped with my pants down around my ankles, listening to a cheerful, tinny, painfully loud voice going on and on and on about the merits of your delicious beef products. Certainly added an unforgettable spin to upset stomach I happened to be suffering tonight. I guess most people would consider an ad for Imodium or Pepto Bismol more appropriate (that would have been useful information to someone, I am certain. I know it would have been for me), but not your company. Most would have tried to associate their beef products in a context of enjoyment and gastronomical pleasure. Heck, I daresay most people would have just simply let their customers take a quiet dump in peace, but that’s clearly far too vanilla for your forward and out-of-the-box advertising guys. No, you guys are going for abstract, edgy advertising, and I have to say peddling beef to someone trying to take a shit is about as edgy as one can get. Props to you, gentlemen. Well played.
I know that I will think of your fine, quality beef products whenever I find myself reflecting quietly in that most private of sanctuaries from now on, whether suffering a raging bout of the green-apple splatters or simply trying to pinch off a good dry log.
(RecoveringKinkoid)
PS I’m thinking about suggesting an idea I’ve been kicking around for putting motion-activated adware into condoms in our next marketing meeting. What do you think?
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