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A while ago, I sent the following letter to a large amount of pant companies, both large and small;
I had hoped that my simple words would maybe make the pant-makers rethink their choice of careers. How naive I was... On the very first day after sending out my many emails, I got a quick response from a small Cleveland-based jean manufacturer. The return-letter had only one sentence; "Thank you for sharing!" At first, I had thought this to be an honest message of gratitude... But I quickly realized that my great hope for the project was making me see sincerity in a message of pure sarcasm. Would all the pant companies I'd contacted react with sarcasm? Over the next few days, The responses I got made me wish for more simple sarcasm... An avalanche of angry letters and lawsuit threats came back at me! A small company in Virginia called me a "Immature prankster" that "gravely misuses the gift of the internet"! Several of that larger pant-companies that have legal-teams on hand sent me 3-page long explanations of why they'd sue me if I ever sent them another of my very truthful messages! Needles to say, I was quite confused... In the end, roughly one-third of all the companies I'd sent my letter to had the common courtesy to send a response back, and very few of those responses were what I'd call "hopeful". But fear not! While I've put the idea of large-scale email campaigns on the back burner for a while, I'll certainly find a better way to make the pant companies see the light... Return to the "AntiPants Headquarters" Homepage |
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