I recently bought a new shredder after thoroughly destroying my old one, and in doing some research I realized that part of the problem was that the shredder was never properly lubricated. Apparently, it helps to put oil on moving metal parts. Who knew?
Anyway, I wound up buying some shredder oil off Amazon because Staples (where I bought the shredder) wanted an arm and a leg for their house-brand shredder lubricant.
So because I bought shredder oil from them, Amazon sent me the following email on how to accessorize my purchase (click to enlarge):
Yes, that’s right, they encouraged me to accessorize a $10 bottle of shredder oil with a two thousand dollar shredder.
I’d hate to see how they’d encourage me to accessorize a quart of motor oil (“We think you’d like a new Mercedes-Benz!”) or a new remote control (“Wouldn’t you rather just buy a new TV?”).
In my inbox this morning, on the morning of the first gay marriages in California, I found the following item from Chemistry.com, a spinoff of Match.com:
Yes, that’s right. Chemistry has decided that the best way to market themselves to their generally liberal and potentially queer audience is to nakedly commercialize one of the most important court rulings in decades.
I can’t even imagine that marketing meeting: “Now that gays can get married, there’s clearly going to be a stampede to meet soulmates through the magic of the internet. We should take advantage!”
