Yes, it is true. In order to get people to recycle we have to bribe them by waving some big green ones in front of their noses. I am not one to talk, though. My own roommate has to remind me every time that I throw away a plastic water bottle how bad I am damaging the earth's fine greenness. From my point of view the earth is already so trashed that I wonder how it is possible to make it greener. Who knows, maybe it can be done. But just because I cannot throw away a water bottle is not the reason that you, my friend, are reading this. Ah yes, you have guessed that I am, yet again, pointing out to you that it has been another fine day when the media is in my life. Other than the paparazzi following me around everywhere. Ha! Just kidding.
On this lovely windy morning on St. Patrick’s Day I was eating a fine omelet made at the Northwest Quad when my eye fell upon, yet again, another advertisement. To your surprise it was not a green flyer this time. It was in fact a small billboard that was sitting on our table. Ok, I guess you could call it a flyer that was standing up-right with it's two sides taped together, but still it was a form of advertisement that struck me today. Anyways, when reading this black flyer I read that Recycle Mania is giving away a grand prize of $250 to the winner of a video contest that they are holding. Unfortunately, as I read on Facebook, no one had entered a video as of March 9th. So to anyone interested I would say, "go for it."
What I found so interesting in this little, up-right, taped, black flyer is they way the bold print that said $250 captured my eye. How hard is it not to get a little excited about $250? That’s a good amount of gas money that anyone can use these days. It is funny how all kinds of businesses use a few numbers to get anyone’s attention. It definitely catches the eye, and makes the reader notice the company or product that the company wants to sell to you. Take for instance banks. When trying to find a place to save up your money for a new car, you are looking for the banks with the best interest in your future, right? So what do they do? They advertise about you, their future customer, winning a new iPad, or they say, "Join us and you can enter and win $1000 and a trip to Hawaii for FREE!" Yeah, sure, that could happen... to one in every 10,000 people. The point is that now they have your attention and possibly your business. Hopefully, with you being wise in all your years, you have noticed that the interest rates of the bank that you are wanting to join are not that good, and you have moved on to the next one.
The point is advertisements that have some kind of award are always going to attract you, because they seem to have your interest in mind. Now, most of the time they don't, and they just want your money, but you catch my drift.
Hope that I gave you a good read.
Peace be with you.
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