Junk Mail For War Junkies
Postman Pat | 21.03.2003 23:48
A fair proportion is from US owned companies and includes pre-paid (often 1st class) reply envelopes.
Send their junk mail back to them, and while you're at it tell them what you think of the US government and their war.
This costs them real money. Each prepaid envelope costs their marketing campaign a disproportionate amount in postage and human labour opening and reading the contents. They rely on only paying the postage of mail which generates new business. Every pre-paid envelope sent back hits their profits.
Golden rules:
Put what you like in the envelope but remove identifying material with names, addresses or reference numbers on it.
Include your message INSIDE the envelope. Make them go to the trouble of opening your envelope.
Why not include a free gift, but remember that postal workers are just doing their job.
Your message will be read by (usually) British employees of US corporations, rather than the US managerial staff. You may for example want to encourage them to go slow, do a sickie, or otherwise be a burden on their employers.
Thought for the day:
The long dark night of trade is all the illumination our inhuman history has ever known. It will lift as life dawns.
(Raoul Vaneigem - The Book of pleasures)
Postman Pat