Sunday, August 13, 2006

Pet Peeves Current mood: exhausted
What IS the deal with magazine cards?
whoever thought of this as a means of expanding readership should be shot along with the creator of the underwire bra and telemarketing.
There is nothing I hate more than sitting at the hairstylist or colorist, doctors office or any office and picking up one of the many OLD magazines that are usually sitting there. You start to flip through, maybe you find an article that seems interesting circa 1987 and you recall some fond memories while reading, you flip the page and BAM! three cards flutter silently down to the floor.
What do you do with them? Pick them up is the obvious answer but after that? Do you return them to magazine? Put them on the table, assuming there is one? throw them away, again assuming there is a trash recepticle handy?
Imagine you are a commuter on the train. You sit in your seat and someone sits next to you, starts reading their magazine and next thing you know the cards are in YOUR lap. I do commute occasionally but I take all the cards out and throw them away before the train ride. Its common courtesy along with MINIMAL CELL PHONE USAGE PLEASE.
This is the whole point. Their purpose is to be filled out and returned for a subscription. Does anyone ever do this? I can safely tell you that I subscribe to 4 different magazines and NOT ONCE did I fill a card out.
Seriously I would even prefer it if the proverbial "they" would send me something in the mail rather than these stupid cards. And they can't put 1 or 2 cards in... its more like 7.
So I will be putting a once a month story up on my pet peeves. I can't wait to decide what septembers will be!