It is an inescapable fact of life that as we age, the advertisers who have paid for our demographic information will do their best to advertise products which they feel will appeal to our age-appropriate needs and passions. Not to mention our declining ability to make good fiscal decisions.
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I’m sitting here trying to think of a product mailer that might be more offensive and obnoxious and I honestly cannot. They win the prize!
No worse than the crap advertising above. I do not care who the child actress in the photo is, nor am I interested in a “brilliant trick to fix sagging skin”.
Red Lobster??? I thought Hillary fined at the Red Snapper.
Could be worse… Lunch could have been at the Wood Grill Buffet or a barbeque joint.
As for the discussion of urns, a priest I knew (a genuine iconoclast and post-Vatican II troublemaker) left a directive that he be cremated and his ashes put in a Chock Full O Nuts coffee can.
I’ve lived in the same crap box duplex for 15yrs and get mail specifically addressed to previous tenants….somebody’s payin’ for very old lists which I can’t help but take satisfaction from knowing, when I put them back out for the carrier.
Mrs. Uncle and I go to one of these freebie dinners every couple of months when we get one that’s held at a decent eatery. Ruth’s Chris Steak House does pretty well, as does a local place called Left Coast Seafood. We sit politely through the spiel and then enjoy the food and then go home. We’ve successfully NOT bought annuities, home energy saving (scam!) devices, and funeral and cremation services. And we’ve enjoyed decent prime rib, filet mignon, and other pretty tasty dishes.
So, marketers, keep sending those tacky invitations!
BTW – Left Coast Seafood refers to the Left or GULF Coast of Florida, not the Left-Wing coast of the U.S.
I am not offended by free lunch.
Uncle Al. I did that once with Mrs.Moe. I felt guilty after having such a great meal and almost signed up to buy land in the Poconos. A kick in the chin stopped me. Hey, behind every dumb shit, there’s a smart broad. (The Honeymooners, Alice and Ralph)
If you live in S Florida it’s free food! Go for it.
Just remember to leave your credit cards and checkbook at home. Some of these hucksters can be very persuasive. Mesmerizing, even. (-:
I’ve had a recent uptick in burial plot sales offers (Perpetual Care!). The life insurance advertisements (No Medical Exam!) have remained mostly steady.
My late wife still gets stuff sent to her in the mail and she’s been gone for over 4 years now. The ones for cremation services are truly annoying since she was already cremated. Don’t these idiot advertisers ever check to make sure that the people they mail stuff aren’t already dead? I’ll still probably get stuff sent to her 10-20 years from now.
The last eye-roller I got wasn’t anywhere near this level, but is pretty insulting if you bit on it. It means you either didn’t read the fine print or you don’t understand odds when written down.
It was a promotion to get you into a local car dealership. If your number matches what’s under a scratch off, you win one of several prizes.
Reading the fine print on the back you see there is one prize with a 1:1 chance of winning it.
One in one chance. You will definitely win this prize.
What is it? Well, it certainly isn’t any of the cool or expensive things in the lineup.
A scratch off lottery ticket.
If I want that so badly – I can go to the local 7-11 to buy one and skip being the shmuck that shows up hoping he won something valuable.
Gosh, I’m ‘of a certain age’, but never get any free meals mail at all. Guess maybe Leonardo is hogging it all?!?