Seen in New YorkJersey: Geico's Mindless Littering Campaign
by Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA on 09.17.07
Famed caveman nemesis and friend to talking reptiles, Geico, blew by the neighborhood this afternoon like a hurricane, planting advertisement hang tags on every fence post, gate, and railing as far as the eye could see.
This writer's brownstone apartment had the dubious fortune of being graced with eight of these flyers, although they were torn down and stomped on by a (complicit?) loitering child only seconds later.
Do you think Geico used recycled paper, at the very least? Yeah, we didn't think so, either. Thanks for nothing, geckos. ::Geico
I hate it when you go in to the grocery store and come out and someone has slid an ad under your wiper blade. One of these days I'm going to call the ad company and claim the people scratched my window and ask for their insurance or something.
Or everyone could just call and email them and tell them that they are angry about the litter and that they won't buy their products in future.
I used to get sent an envelope with lots of junk mail inside. That way it would appear as a legitimate letter and (presumably) would get to people with 'no junk mail' stickers on their mail boxes. It would always make me mad. I'd be tempted to send it back to the people, but there was never a return address, and I thought that I at least would recycle the paper whereas they would just trash it.
There should be laws against junk like this.
Geckos are reptiles.
Geico insures the very things destroying the planet -- who's shocked that they litter, too? LMAO
I hate litter advertising campaigns like this. On my college campus, local clubs and bars will just drop dozens of flyers onto the ground in high traffic areas. Not only are the not recycled paper, but they're like that thick, heavy stock paper.
Like phone directories this material is trash to one and a resource to another. If said material is left on my doorstep or strewn about my city and I have no use for it, it is litter. There is nothing inherent in the item which makes it litter, nor should it be based on the intention of the person releasing the waste/trash/refuse into your world. Next time you receive a yellow book/yellow pages, you did not request, on your doorstep and you have no intention of using, hence it is trash or headed to recycling, contact the company to retrieve the material. If someone left a bag of flaming dog crap on your door step would you not be a bit put off?
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/348164.shtml
Are there "green" insurers out there? I admit I use Geico for my home and auto insurance; part of this is because I'm an owner of BRKB stock and get a discount.
I'd be interested in researching green insurers if there are any.
Thanks