Apr22

50% off?! I’ll take two!

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I think this company should’ve had a focus group meeting on the name of their product. People who are interested in getting leg cramps, however, are in luck. Two for the price of one! You wouldn’t want one leg to be left out! Get cramps in both legs!

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Here’s a story I’m sharing for a particular BBB (Beloved Blog Buddy). Let’s see if she knows who she is. 😉   [If this story involved a cat, I’d mean you, Julie and Andrew.]The man who delivered a box to our door said, “You got any cookies?” I only had vanilla wafers, but he was grateful. He said he once he got a bag of chips and another time a rack of ribs. He also asks people what they got and loves to learn the interesting things they buy. One he mentioned was a dog water dish with a bobber so it refills itself when it’s low. He was quite the chatty guy. I love people who are happy, friendly, and enjoy their jobs.

Has anyone else had any happy exchanges with a delivery person, or seen an ad for something bizarre? Do share in the comments below!

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    • You haven’t but enjoyed my what exactly? If you’re paying a compliment I want to be sure I know what for! 😉 I also can’t stand whining. I have a chapter in my parenting book about that. It’s my biggest pet peeve!

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  2. The Leg Cramps reminded me of when radio station WOR was doing a background fundraiser for research on some disease. Jean Shepherd got on mic and said, “If you’d like to contribute to [name of disease]….” I never knew whether he intended that as a joke or not.

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  3. Well, it’s better to even it out as you don’t want one leg feeling left out! Hahaha, what an odd choice for a product name!

    It’s rare, but nice, to have a pleasant exchange with a delivery person. I can’t recall any recent ones myself though. The last delivery I had the guy was just chucking it over the side door (where it would have landed on a car!) when I happened to open the door to take the recycling bin out. I said ‘oh, you didn’t ring the bell’, as he’s hefting this big box over the side and embarrassingly tries to shift it back down. ‘I didn’t think you’d be in’ was all he said. What?! They don’t even check first anymore? xx

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    • Sorry to inject a note of seriousness here, but that’s really not an odd choice for product name. It’s funny in this context, but this is not the context it’s supposed to communicate in.

      What you have here is a product for a specific need. It’s not the sort of thing like Coca-Cola, where you’re aiming at everyone and doing anything you can to persuade marginal customers, who might be turned on or off from buying by some subtle detail. People are either looking for something for their leg cramps or not. If they’re looking for it, putting the “Leg Cramps” as the big print on the front of the box is about the best way you could advertise it on the drug store shelf. Sure, you could add another word to make it not be funny to us — like “Leg Cramp Relief” — but that takes up more space on the label. So the customer who needs such a thing finds it easily, and the rest of us get a laugh.

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  4. I don’t know, Betsy. A grocery store cashier commented on items bought. “0h, 24 pack of beer. Someone’s having a party!” I thought it was rude. “Six bags of chips. Big picnic, huh?” No, my midnight snack, buddy.

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    • Oh-no. Grocery store clerks are NOT allowed to comment. I always hope they’re like priests in a confessional. What goes across the conveyor belt stays on the conveyor belt. Well, until you bag it and take it home, of course. I prefer to think they’re not paying attention to what I’m buying. Should be in their manual that they’re not allowed to comment. Sorry for your experience. The guy probably thought he was being fun and funny.

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  5. Our delivery guys usually aren’t happy. Their trucks get scraped with tree branches and then they get stuck in our driveway or slide off the road into our fence. I think I’d worry if one of them drove up here to chat. Ha ha. 🙂 Oh… and the “Clarifying Shampoo” story will be out in a couple days – you inspired me.

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