Why must you torture me so?

[MiddleofNowhere]

Ooh, Ooh!

There's a group that makes the rounds here that wraps their drivel in Dollar Bills!

Must be nice to have money to spend on printing crap and wrapping it in $$$$!

[blas]

Maybe we should find where they live and put pictures of naked Playmates all over their windshields and front doors.

[Geek King]

There's a group that makes the rounds here that wraps their drivel in Dollar Bills!

Must be nice to have money to spend on printing crap and wrapping it in $$$$!

Works for me. I'll gladly read a tract for cash. At the rate I read, I could make good money per hour at it.

[Dreamstalker]

Ever see one that looks like a folded up $20 bill? Years ago, one of my friends who was working as a stripper got one of those handed to her. She thought she was being given a huge tip, but when she later opened it, it turned out to be a flyer for a local church. Irony!

A few decades ago, there was a liquor store (or maybe it was a distillery) in...either Providence or Newport RI whose ads were designed like folded up $10 bills. Clever.

[JustaCashier]

Like DaDairyDruid mentioned above, I used to occasionally run across flyers on the windshields of cars at the various parking garages I worked at.

Being the manager, it was up to me to try to contact the business, or organization, and let them know that they were trespassing, and flyering was not allowed. (Provided there was some kind of contact info on the flyers). It usually would just be a phone call.

On one occasion, I did feel a little bad for the "offender", because he was just opening his very nearby small hot dog joint, and couldn't afford another way of advertising.

On at least one other occasion, I typed out and mailed (with supervisor's blessing) and invoice for something like ten bucks, for removal of the flyers. (Knowing very well, of course, that it would never be paid, but to show them we didn't appreciate what they had done)

My biggest fantasy, was to sometime have a nearby physical address of their business, and to take the offending flyers to that location, and either tear them up, or crumple them up, making them un-reusable, and tossing them just inside the door of their business.

Mike

[Mike Taylor]

I used to find Chick tracts stuffed in all sorts of strange places at FAO Schwarz. After a while, we started collecting the more bizarre ones and leaving them in our break room to be abused by the staff.

[Ghel]

I once (only once, luckily) had a customer give me some religious booklet after opening her checking account for her. She was nice, so I told her I would read it later. (But I really spent my lunch break highlighting all the logical fallacies and misinformation in it.)

I've noticed that all the pamphlets mentioned are advertising of one form or another. But more than that, I've noticed that all the religious pamphlets are from Christian denominations. You never hear of somebody handing out pamphlets trying to convert people to Judaism or Hinduism, for example - at least, not in my little corner of the world.

[Mike Taylor]

I once (only once, luckily) had a customer give me some religious booklet after opening her checking account for her. She was nice, so I told her I would read it later. (But I really spent my lunch break highlighting all the logical fallacies and misinformation in it.)

I've noticed that all the pamphlets mentioned are advertising of one form or another. But more than that, I've noticed that all the religious pamphlets are from Christian denominations. You never hear of somebody handing out pamphlets trying to convert people to Judaism or Hinduism, for example - at least, not in my little corner of the world.

It's my understanding that some Jewish rabbis will actually try to discourage people from conversion as a test to see if they are willing to commit to the faith. It's not just a matter of putting on a yarmulke and attending temple on the Sabbath. There's a whole lot of other stuff that goes along with it. They want to be sure that the convert is willing to make the necessary changes in their lives.

[Ghel]

They want to be sure that the convert is willing to make the necessary changes in their lives.

That's just the thing, isn't it? A three-page pamphlet isn't going to contain enough information to convince a person to change their whole way of life. Any major change in philosophy should take time and a lot of thought. (Should, but often doesn't, I know.)

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

That's just the thing, isn't it? A three-page pamphlet isn't going to contain enough information to convince a person to change their whole way of life. Any major change in philosophy should take time and a lot of thought. (Should, but often doesn't, I know.)

This is precisely WHY, as I mentioned earlier in this thread, tracts and pamphlets are a terrible way to to try to convert anyone to your religion.

[Enjis]

At least pamphlets you can remove easily, once you find them. I remember going through the glass racks in one of my departments and seeing religious *stickers* stuck all over the different shelves! It took hours to scrape them all off.

Now, *that* was rude!

[LillFilly]

I was about to ask the same thing. I do save the ones I've come across over the years. As an avid roleplayer who's dating a Catholic, a lot of his more entertaining material applies to me.

Hee... I was once Roman Catholic who became a roleplayer, converted, and now dates a roleplayer! Life is so much sweeter

[Ironclad Alibi]

Hee... I was once Roman Catholic who became a roleplayer, converted, and now dates a roleplayer! Life is so much sweeter

You converted from Roman Catholic to Roleplayer? I never thought of Roleplayer as a religion, but it does make sense. There are certainly enough Roleplayer rules to follow, and they do have clerics and priests.

[AriRashkae]

Why not? In most areas, football is practically a religion.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Why not? In most areas, football is practically a religion.

Editted for reality.