Street spam.
June 27, 2008
This next poll was brought to me by a friend. It’s more of a collection of facts than an actual poll, but it requires participation nonetheless, so please share this post with your friends and neighbors.
Poll #2: What is it with these paper signs nailed to lamp posts, telephone poles, and trees all over the city? Advertising at its best? The terms “bandit sign,” “snipe sign,” “vertical litter,” “street spam” and “stuff on a stick” (SOS) have all been used to describe these ugly posters.
Tori’s response: I am sure I pass hundreds of these a day…in one brain, out the other. A few I recall are “ROOF STAIN REMOVAL,”LOSE WEIGHT IN 30 DAYS,”WE BUY JUNK.” Now, if it’s something regarding a lost or found pet, I am driving off the road trying to read it. Otherwise, I’m usually not paying attention to the street spam. I will say, a local insurance agency caught my eye this past tax season with their stuff on a stick…simply because they had a person dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume carrying the stick. You have got to be kidding me. Pull it together sweetheart and get out of the costume. I’m so embarrassed for you, I’ll pay you double what they’re paying you to not wear that thing.
June 29, 2008 at 3:59 am
I never read that crap but I drank beer with that guy in the Statue of Liberty costume last year at Union Jack’s Pub. He got a fifteen minute break from waving and stumbled on in while wearing that nasty outfit. I bought him a cold one and he smoked a Benson and Hedges 120 and then it was back to work. Well for him because I stayed there until his next break.
July 2, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I just want to know who buys the “new” queen size pillowtop mattresses. Are they stolen? I have lots of questions…
November 11, 2008 at 10:45 pm
It’s an advertising medium that works for some businesses. It’s inexpensive and has a short life span but it is less expensive than most other ways to advertise.