Giveaways. Every company's answer to anything. Everyone wants free stuff. The next time you are faced with a goody bag of free stuff, just say no. Please take a moment and really think about what you are getting. I appreciate you not taking it for the plastic bag it is in, the real crime lays inside. Do you really need a stress ball? An XXL t-shirt? Another pen? A teeny-tiny Richard Petty bobble head? The answer is probably no. I am sure there are exceptions to this rule. I am sure there is a decent goody bag out there somewhere, but 95% of the time, you don't need it or want it. Sure, you'll squeeze the stress ball a couple of times, throw the pens in your drawer, maybe eat that piece of candy, but in the long run, did anything benefit you?
When it comes down to it, goody bags are pollution. They fill the landfill because no one wants any of it. They deplete our resources in their existence and they pollute the Earth in the manufacturing and shipping. Just say no to needless items. Please. If you say no, maybe the keychains, weak magnets, and golf tees will go away. We have enough, thank you.
2 comments to Just say no:
so if you do not take them (which i never do because i do not want that crap) where do they go? i can tell you the two companies i used to work for never used them again and then the shit was thrown away, so is it better if you throw it away or if the company throws is away?...at least anna if you take it you know the plastic bag it came in will get recycled. By the way my mother loves free shit she will take that crap all day long and then give it to someone else as a gift. I know she gave Randi (dan's girlfriend) soaps and shampoo from her hotel and gave it to her for a gift.....I made fun of her for at least an hour.
My opinion is that if you don't take it, the company will see it as not successful. Instead of throwing their money away, hopefully they will stop doing it all together. BUT I completely understand your point about taking it and recycling it yourself.
Unfortunately, someone will always take that crap.
I have started to say, "No thank you, I don't want to participate in needlessly filling our landfills."
Ugh, the green guilt kills
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