A month ends or just begins and the post box almost chokes and coughs bills (yes thats a necessity, I know, Thank you for tellin me I owe you money!) and flyers and promo materials of someone selling a better aircon service, a better home, faster deliveries or a better way to iron that shirt you have tucked away! Hmmph!
The clutter of bills that come with unending pamphlets from the credit card companies, the banks and the "free" memberships you signed up with a smile and so many promises...no thank you I dont need a 10% discount on that much coveted lobster dish ONLY if I spend a minimum of 150 dollars! I dont want that facial and thre free cleansing products nor am I so keen to fill my fridge with all that you offer at a "price now" from the "Usual Price" ... I am not keen to buy that plot of land in outer Canada sitting here in Singapore...And am NOT interested in killing anymore trees! Someone else maybe ..I AM not and there are (trust me) several others like me who you push against the wall with the way of life YOU want to sell so that your company gets a BIT more "greener"!
Everytime I ask myself..what do companies mean by cleaner and greener?..is recycling the only way out?...if you cant go paperless atleast slow down on the recycled bits you use? Or does recycling mean marketing goes up? WHAT is it that will finally scream out loud to say ENOUGH! If you ARE good people will be there for you...
Yes competition is a norm...but healthy competition means a greener world too right? And what is stuffed into my post box is DEFINITELY not healthy...and the amount that is there I would soon need two post boxes!
A loyal customer is not one who will buy into all the jargon that is fed through clutter! When did it all get so mucky messy and suffocating that running away from civilization at times seems the best option...but then there are less and less jungles to run to...
The clutter of bills that come with unending pamphlets from the credit card companies, the banks and the "free" memberships you signed up with a smile and so many promises...no thank you I dont need a 10% discount on that much coveted lobster dish ONLY if I spend a minimum of 150 dollars! I dont want that facial and thre free cleansing products nor am I so keen to fill my fridge with all that you offer at a "price now" from the "Usual Price" ... I am not keen to buy that plot of land in outer Canada sitting here in Singapore...And am NOT interested in killing anymore trees! Someone else maybe ..I AM not and there are (trust me) several others like me who you push against the wall with the way of life YOU want to sell so that your company gets a BIT more "greener"!
Everytime I ask myself..what do companies mean by cleaner and greener?..is recycling the only way out?...if you cant go paperless atleast slow down on the recycled bits you use? Or does recycling mean marketing goes up? WHAT is it that will finally scream out loud to say ENOUGH! If you ARE good people will be there for you...
Yes competition is a norm...but healthy competition means a greener world too right? And what is stuffed into my post box is DEFINITELY not healthy...and the amount that is there I would soon need two post boxes!
A loyal customer is not one who will buy into all the jargon that is fed through clutter! When did it all get so mucky messy and suffocating that running away from civilization at times seems the best option...but then there are less and less jungles to run to...
Wow Ms.Blogger! Interestingly, I had put up a similar concern on Facebook a few days ago. Every time I open my post box, it troubles me to no end that there are a bunch of unnecessary flyers stacked in it.. from banks, shops, and even churches!! What's the point of Al Gore and Copenhagen and all the talk about environment, when people will be not be responsible in our own backyard?
ReplyDeleteBut you know what - maybe you, I and our "kind" is just a small minority. Maybe most people who open their post boxes do so in hope of that discount at Tangs, that interest-free loan from Citibank, that no-annual-charge credit card from DBS and the other never-ending trappings of a consumerism (that so typifies the world we live in, and is so catching up in the world we come from)
I believe in economics - that demand creates supply. And until WE will stop reacting to these flyers, THEY will continue printing them. It is WE who need to start thinking and to act!