SuperPeeves
This isn't so much of a rant as it is a question. If it were a rant, I'd start with pet peeves; especially of the social media variety. Checking into your own home studio on Foursquare ranks high on that list. As does using Twitter as an RSS feed with very little interaction. Now that I think of it, putting me on your email newsletter just because we've exchanged emails is also one of the top five. No, wait; getting a friend request on Facebook or asking to connect on LinkedIn just to have my contacts scavenged... sorry. I digress. Not a rant. Not a rant. My question: Does anyone still use the yellow pages or some variety of it?
Yesterday, there was a van with temporary license plates and absolutely no commercial markings on it whatsoever, moving slowly down my street as the passenger kept jumping out to drop off bags in front of everyone's homes. The bags contained the Yellow Pages. As if the van wasn't weird enough, I don't even have phone service through the local phone company (can you hear me now?) Yet, there they were, on the front steps soaked in that day's rain poorly protected by the tied-up shopping bag.
Now I know what some of you might say, "Just call to opt out." But that's like getting an email asking that I take the time to write back in order to unsubscribe when I'd never subscribed to begin with.
I might use it. I just can't imagine what for. Any ideas?
