Advertising Genius!

So..I have been traveling a lot, but through the same airports. Today, we went to Jacksonville FL and saw a very smart advertising choice. I stood at security getting ready to disrobe and go through security and I look in the bottom of the tub. It says "Phew, You wore your good socks today!" and it was an advertisement for ZAPPO's (a shoe store). Very smart! All the tubs had advertisements for ZAPPO on the bottom telling you to buy shoes from them. Genius! Captive audience, very large audience, catchy humorous message, very relevant because everyone it taking their shoes off and thinking about shoes....Marketing Perfection!

I think there is another place that is under utilized with a large audience. Trucks. Big huge semi trucks with big flat area's to advertise. Some trucks advertise their companies. You have seen the McDonalds and other trucks advertising what they are carrying or their company name, but I think someone should capitalize on this advertising space and start selling it. It's like a billboard, but better. The amount of 'traffic' that this advertisement would receive is huge! Both on the road and sitting at a rest area, or parking lot. Someone needs to get on top of that and start making some money.

10-key

I love 10-key. You don't realize how much you enjoy it until it is gone. I have been using my lap top at work for the past two months and cringe everytime I have to type in production orders to look things up. I will actually take what i am doing, go out to the plant floor and stand at a computer so I can use 10 key on the keyboard. It is so much nicer to type without looking down at the keyboard and hunting for the correct number.

Now if I could only find the guy who created the keyboard and introduce him to the guy who created the number pad on a telephone....they should have met much earlier and come to agreement.....

Dear Abby

Dear Abby,
I know most people write you around the holidays to ask the correct seating arrangement for certain dinner guests, or where to put the water glass on a formal place setting, but I ran into a situation today and did not know the correct etiquette. I was wondering if you could help? When you are in a public bathroom and the person two stalls over is talking on the phone, is it okay to flush or should I wait for the conversation to be over before I push the lever?

Thanks for your help and Happy Holidays!
Miss Manners

I was so right

I almost felt bad this morning. I received two more emails from Mark. (See yesterdays post for intro to situation)I read the first one and almost had to eat my words. Until I got to the bottom to see his request. Then I read the second email and it was an exact copy of the first except inserted 'Wine Rack' where you see 'Entertainment center' I wish I knew Chris from that NBC show where they get someone to come over to meet with the kid and then he comes out with the cameras and the cops arrest people. I replied to this guy that he had inquired about two of my items. If he had read those emails he would not have sent me two different emails about his honeymoon. I am tempted to ask how the island is and see if he really is there.

"Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying the entertainment centre alone from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslists as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the
payment.

Thanks
Mark"

suspicion confirmed

Craigs list is now not so high on my list of cool thing. I have had my suspision that this was happening and I think it was confirmed tonight. I posted 4 items a few weeks ago and got a lot of responses from different people right away. It was a generic email with a question.
'Is this item still available?'
Simple enough question, I thought. I would respond and then nothing. I never heard back from these people. I was beginning to think they were 'phishing' for emails (I think that is how you spell it). All they needed was for me to reply and then boom, they would have my email address to sell.
Well, I just re-listed two items today and I received two emails from the same person 'Mark R @ gmail'. He asked the same non-descript question about both items. 'Do you still have and are they in good condition'. What are the chances that the same guy would ask the same question about a wine rack and an entertainment center?
Maybe he is redecorating.....but I am not holding my breath...I am just getting my spam button ready on my email account.

My husband lied to me

Last Saturday my husband lied to me. I was at work and he was flying back from Indianapolis. I called him on my first break and he said he just landed....I called him when I was driving home and he said he was in a town about 1.5 hours away. I got into my house, laid down my stuff, and one minute later the doorbell rang. I panicked because we don't really know anyone yet and I thought, 'who would be coming to our house?' I open the door and there he is holding flowers for me. (everyone together...'Ahhhh...' ) He was not 1.5 hours away. He caught an earlier flight and surprised me. I see them every morning and when I get home from work and they make me smile. (He is gone again this week and half of next)

Don't tell your kids, but sometimes stretching the truth is okay.

and the 'Nay's' have it

Turns out that trying to burn a candle in your ear is not the brightest idea. Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll have to look for an 'Ear, Nose, and Throat guy if I run into hearing issues. (It's funny you never hear a kid say that. 'I want to be an Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. when I grow up'. What is the official name for those Dr.s anyway?)

Did I mention yet that I really like my DVR? We accidentally got one when we signed up for Cable. (I'll see if I still like it once I get the bill). But it has been GREAT! While working on second shift I could tape my shows and watch them in the morning with really fast commercials. (Not commercial free because they are still there and you still see what they are advertising...If I were in advertising I would be putting some kind of special message that flashes on the screen when the thing is fast forwarded...that would be genius....then everyone would start talking about it and be trying to tape my comercial and watch it.)

I have decided that the result show on Dancing with the Stars is great with DVR. All you really want to see is the dancing and who gets kicked off at the end. I actually find myself fast forwarding when the guest singer is singing and hit play when the people start to dance. I fast forwarded today through R-E-S-P-E-C-T with Ms. Franklin singing....I felt kinda bad because she is such a big star, but I really just wanted to watch the dancing. (those of you who know me well are laughing that I called her Ms. Franklin...I can't spell Arithra? but I can spell 'respect' because it's in a song...the same way I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order buy I can't say them, I have to kinda sing them in my head....) My DVR is also great because I can tape shows and go to bed by 9 so I can get up at 5.
What a boring life I lead...work, sleep, DVR....Q-tip to dig out some wax....