Unmarketable Marketing
By Mitch Berg
Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
It’s nice that Amazon is so concerned about me, they send me email telling me how to avoid be scammed.It’s annoying they send the email to my cell phone at 3:09 am.I leave my cell phone on overnight in case I get an emergency call: the kids have been in a car accident or a tornado was sighted in our area. I don’t mind be woken up for that.I suppose I could opt out of receiving emails but then I wouldn’t know when packages were on their way. Is there a setting that says “send me stupid advertising spam at 6 PM my time”?Not generating much goodwill here, Amazon.Joe Doakes
As someone who tends to work more on the design and engineering side, the jokes about marketeers write themselves.
Or hopefully they do, because I don’t feel like writing them right now
July 10th, 2025 at 7:17 am
Heck, if you really, really want to be constantly pinged at 3:00 am by annoying come-ons, donate to a political candidate or contribute to a charity.
Years ago, during his run for the Senate, Norm Coleman woke me up in the middle of the night to welcome me to “his team”. I wondered what he was doing up at the hour and whether the “team” played hockey or softball. I replied that I couldn’t skate backwards, but could play right field.