Here’s a piece of junk to remember me by

Audience Engagement

Here’s a piece of junk to remember me by

By Meeting Boy
Published: January 10, 2011

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Whether a vendor holiday gift to clients, a corporate gift or a conference takeaway, there’s a lot of crap with corporate logos out there. And I’m sick of it. I have drawers full of crap, and it keeps coming. And so today I’m going to do something about it! That’s right — I’m going to complain.

The Plan Your Meetings staff tells me someone stood up at a planning meeting once and said, “I don’t need another stress ball!” Remember those? How many of those did you get? Where are they now? That’s right — in the trash.

And how many other things can you say this for? Try it out:

I don’t need another calculator!
I don’t need another T-shirt!
I don’t need another coffee mug!
I don’t need another water bottle!
I don’t need another tote bag!
I don’t need another clock!
I don’t need another mousepad!

HINT: It helps if you use expletives too!

And that’s just the typical crap everyone hands out. Some places come up with creative, new forms of crap: A few Christmases ago, a vendor gave everyone a Coleman lantern. We work in New York City. I wouldn’t even know where to get fuel for this thing. It’s still sitting unopened on everyone’s desk. And it reminds us what idiots they are for getting it for us. Not exactly what they were hoping for, I think.

Another example: A few years back an executive creative director bought everyone a hula hoop. The accompanying card explained that we needed to have more simple, creative ideas, and he hoped this inspired us. At first this led to a number of broken glasses, as the more adventurous were sure they could do it (they couldn’t). But after a week of hundreds of these laying around the office, getting in the way, it became a symbol of how stupid and out of touch he was. No one missed him when he eventually left.

And just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, last month our company gave everyone a mousepad/calculator with our logo on it. It’s the Swiss Army Knife of pointless! That was our Christmas gift. Sadly, this is not a joke.

Not to be outdone, the staff at PYM tells me a fertility clinic once gave a mousepad with plastic sperm in it, and when you moved your mouse, the sperm swam around. I refused to believe them — this must be an exaggeration — but it turns out they saved it to trot out as a negative example for future generations of planners. Here’s a photo:

So yeah, there’s a lot of crap out there. But how do you know it’s crap? I’d say crap is …

left on the table at the conference.
a carton of stuff at a thrift shop that no one will buy for a nickel.
in your way everywhere you turn.
a team-building T-shirt appearing soon on a homeless guy near you.
something the office clown will mock behind your back. And he will mock it. I know because I am your office clown.

One day, someone decided that giving coffee mugs to office workers was a good premium, because people would drink out of it every day and continue to see the logo. And maybe that was true once, but I’ve worked in a number of offices, and in every single kitchen, the cupboards overflow with vendor coffee cups. Nobody, and I mean nobody, needs another coffee mug!

And don’t get me started on T-shirts. No one over 30 will wear your T-shirt, even on laundry day. Maybe they’ll wear it under a sweater if it’s high-quality cotton, white, and with a subtle logo that won’t be visible. But really, if that T-shirt doesn’t end up at a Salvation Army, then it’s being used to mop up grease in the garage.

You know what? I think I’d rather just get a card that says “A piece of crap swag has been sent to a landfill in your name.” Just cut out the middleman and send it right to the trash.

Having said that, what’s wrong for one group might work for another. For instance, if you’re planning a conference for 20-something techies, then T-shirts will work, because anything that lets them postpone laundry another day is something they’ll wear. And another coffee mug? Sure, they’ll take that home because then they’ll have two cups for the next time someone comes over to play the latest version of Call of Duty.

But not all swag is crap. Some of it is actually good.

To my way of thinking good is …

anything your coworker or spouse will steal from you.
something they still use long after.
something that your boss sees someone else do and says, that’s cool, we need to do that.

Walk around your office and see what people are using, what they are ignoring, and what there is way too much of. I think you’ll see my point.

At my desk people always walk off with these two things, which means they are good and that I always could use a few more:

Pens: good heavyweight pens, not crap.
USB drives: handy and reusable. Anything less than 1GB is trash. Any time I get a pen or a USB drive, I keep it. Sometimes I even say thanks.

Another good example: A few years ago the company I worked for gave everyone an umbrella. It was a black golf umbrella, high quality, and the logo was subtle. Even though I no longer work there, I still carry the umbrella!

My coworker’s favorite: One of our vendors gave out a custom Magic 8 Ball years ago and my coworker still likes to consult it. (Though I suspect she really just likes to point out that it gives advice as good as any she gets from her internal clients.) Either way it’s still in use.

My all-time favorite piece of swag: I had an airline client years ago and while every trip down to headquarters involved a pile of luggage tags, stickers, T-shirts, and other crap, one day they gave us all model planes. Simple, easy enough for a 5 or 10-year-old to put together with an adult and then play with. I was a hero with my nephew! So much so that on future visits I would say, “Skip the crap. I want another one of those planes.” Eventually, I even had one on my desk and, when people stopped by, they’d pick it up and swoop it around for a few passes before getting to the point.

So in the interest of being constructive, I offer the following lists of good and bad (compiled with the help of PYM’s Promote Your Message staff):

Good	Crap
Pens (good ones, ones you’d steal from a coworker)	T-shirts
USB drives over 1GB	Coffee mugs
Lint brush (something that can be kept in the desk at work or carried in a purse)	Mousepad (Who doesn’t have a hundred of these? And with laser mice, they aren’t even needed.)
Mirror for desk	Calculator (I already have a phone that has a built in calculator, so I’m not carrying this!)
Solar charger for batteries	Notebooks or notepads (Sure some people like these, but the chance the one you give them is the kind they like to use is infinitesimal.)
Magnetic picture frame (It works for me because it’s my picture)	Pocket protectors (I’m just kidding. No one actually gives these out any more, right?)
Coffee to-go cups (Like one of those Not A Paper Cup reusable mugs. And the logo can’t be obnoxious — I refuse to look like an idiot taking it in to Starbucks in the lobby.)	Laptop bags (Will the one you give out fit the laptop I have? Doubtful.)
Purse clip (Something that will support those big bags off the table or stall so it doesn’t get stuck to the bathroom or movie theater floor.)	Tote bags
Business card holder (This one surprised me, but a quick survey in the office every person said they liked these.)	Clocks (Since everyone has a cell phone that never needs batteries or winding, a watch is only jewelry now. The clock is an artifact; no one needs one.)
Booze (Put a company sticker on a bottle of bourbon or scotch and you instantly have the best vendor holiday gift ever.)	Calendars (If your calendar isn’t as entertaining as the 2011 MeetingBoy Wall Calendar — available for sale online at http://meetingboy.com/calendar) — then why would they take that down to put yours up?
	Magnets (Except photo frames)
	Water bottles
	Paper fans (We’re not Blanche DuBois being overcome by “the vapors” in our cube.)
	Keychains
	Pins (No one will wear your pin. No one.)
	Baseball caps (At least a T-shirt is good for spills. A baseball cap is good for nothing.)

Do you see a pattern here? Useful is king. Something that suggests you know my personal style — crap!

So next time you pull out that catalog, please go for useful, or I might create an employee revolt where we blockade your desk with all the useless crap you’ve ever given us. You’ll be buried alive. I’ll do it! Don’t make me!

Obviously I’ve only scratched the surface on the best and worst vendor swag out there. So to make it interesting, tell me in the comments below about the best and worst you received. Post a picture (where possible) and include the link. Then the staff at PYM and I will choose the best and worst, and I’ll give a calendar to the person who sent them in, and give one away at random to anyone who leaves a comment. Deadline is Jan. 18, 2011, so tell me your story.

Join the discussion

Judy Kucharuk Says:

2011-01-10 18:15:34

I loved reading this. You have so succinctly put into words what I have been thinking and feeling for years. I particularly loved the sentence, “A piece of crap swag has been sent to a landfill in your name.” It is sometimes difficult to convince stakeholders that giving nothing is better than giving a crappy item which will not even make it home from the conference because it has been tossed in the hotel room trash. The number one rule? Know your attendee's and choose your promo items wisely. The promo item that I can definitely live without? The stress ball The one promo item that surprised me because I really liked it and actually use it - a travel wine opener (just don't pack it in your carry on! LOL) Judy Kucharuk, Footprint Management Systems Inc.

CopywriterJess Says:

2011-01-11 10:12:56

Best: beer bottle opener. We use it all the time. Especially good for the 20-something crowd or those who tailgate. If you don't drink beer chances are people who come to your house do! Worst: golf divot tools and tees. Not everyone plays golf, people. And when I get these and try to give them away to people who do play golf, they don't want them. They like the ones they have that aren't adorned with corporate logos.

Anon E Mouse Says:

2011-01-11 10:17:47

Do we have to limit this to vendors? Can we talk about the "motivating" gifts our employers have given us and their clients? Best: Big travel coffee mugs Nicely made wooden pens A nice thick, long sleeve T-shirt (sadly, covered in ridiculous slogans) that we were allowed to wear in place of more formal dress. Worst: Tiny pocket knives that were impossible to open Mousepads, mousepads, mousepads A travel mug with a generic logo and a novel written on the side A pen with inane jargon that changed as you clicked. Ironically, this "Quality" pen broke. Any shirt with more than the company logo (and perhaps the department name). It's a shirt, not a poster.

Miss Anne Thropic Says:

2011-01-11 11:30:55

Best I've ever gotten from a trade show: American Apparel track jacket. Thin enough to be lightweight, good enough to wear until it snows and the logos for games were all on the sleeve with a small company name on the chest. Fuzzy animal hats with ear flaps. Not sure what they were exactly, but there were fist fights on the showroom floor to get them. Seriously. Worst I've gotten: squishy stress ball type thingys. I have a squishy thing in every shape ever made. There is a little tower of them on my desk. My dog doesn't even like chewing them, and she will chew anything you put in front of her like no other. Sunscreen in a spritzer tube. Honestly people, we all know that I am only outside long enough to transfer from car to office.

Samantha Shepard Says:

2011-01-11 12:43:51

our company once gave out shot glasses that said "your shot at success" with our logo on it. It screams "classy".

Heidi Thorne Says:

2011-01-11 15:39:13

Whether something is useful or crap really depends on who's getting it and how they'll use it. As a vendor of promotional products, I truly try to emphasize that marketers must determine the purpose of their promotion to save money and their image. Agreed, T-shirts are so wasteful on so many levels and I rarely recommend them. In fact I only have one client who orders them. Really. Went to an event once where they were giving them out in the goody bags. So I thought we were supposed to wear them at the event the next day. You can imagine how dorky I felt when I was the only one--only one--wearing it that day. Plus, T-shirts, unless made from recycled or organic material, are environmentally unsound. On the other hand, for my client who uses T-shirts, his customers wear them all the time on their jobs. That makes sense. Lots of sense. Sometimes I feel kind of hypocritical as a promo person dissing various items (my blog is replete with rants), but really, people, please choose your promo carefully and purposefully. We have enough CRAP (Crazy Ridiculous Absurd Promo) to go around.

Joi Says:

2011-01-11 15:42:18

Nothing my company has ever given me has been useful. Nothing. (I did once get an AWESOME stress ball though, but not from my company. It was from a NASA event, and instead of being a ball it's shaped like an astronaut. I love that thing.) This morning, the boss brought in a bag of stuff from the dollar store. Her main purchase? Giant gaudy plastic gems: seriously, these things are the size of the palm of my hand. She wants to give them out to the top sales performers in the company as "incentives." I've never been happier that I suck at sales.

abby_wan_kenobi Says:

2011-01-11 15:47:14

Before Christmas I had a vendor give me a 2oz spray bottle of hand sanitizer. It's a totally generic bottle with their company logo on a sticker on the back. It's genius, it fits in my purse (or carry-on) and came just days before every person in my office contracted the flu. Now there's always a bottle sitting next to the plate of leftover doughnuts/cookies/muffins in the conference room. I think we all feel safer and no one has to physically wear the ugly logo.

Megan Says:

2011-01-11 16:14:16

Working at a promotional products distributor means I've seen it all. I can see where things like mugs and mousepads would be considered useless by some and very handy to others - it's all about your target demographic. I'm also pretty partial to calendars because everyone needs them - and you can get them made custom. The best things we receive are probably gift baskets full of food. Especially from upscale places... stuffed with delicious deli meats, cookies, fruit, etc. Yum! I also have a plastic cup with a screw-on lid and straw and it's so handy. Love it. The worst? Hmm... guess I'm not too picky - I generally like getting free stuff. I mean stickers and little plastic pieces are generally going to get thrown away, but that's really bottom of the barrel.

Ginny Says:

2011-01-11 22:53:22

Normally I hate travel mugs, but my husband attended a seminar at Power Operations Services and brought home a travel mug emblazoned with P.O.S. in great big capital letters. After I laughed for about an hour, I stole the mug from him. I will drink from my P.O.S. travel mug forever.

Joi Says:

2011-01-12 19:20:35

Finally got a picture of the latest crap. Here you go: http://twitpic.com/3phbd0 As I mentioned above, the boss brought in a bag of stuff from the dollar store, and she could not stop talking about how exciting this latest "incentive" was. Giant gaudy plastic "jewels." We are expected to decorate our desks with them. The damn things are probably too indestructible to even get any joy out of smashing them.

Kristi Casey Sanders Says:

2011-01-12 20:28:54

OMG Joi- I got one of those jewels as a takeaway at an out of town event, but it was the size of both of yours combined. I refused to bring it back because it weighed a ton. (Tho my co-worker loved hers and does keep it on her desk ;p) But the best part was after the event, everyone got a promo e-mail from the distributing company that they didn't fully edit. It was meant to be a clever tie-in, but because they forgot to frame it as an ad, it came across as a "Who stole my jewels, they were worth a lot of money!" e-mail, which elicited panicked responses from attendees. It must have been popular that year because I received a jewel at the very next thing I attended. KCS

Joi Says:

2011-01-12 20:39:40

Kristi: Ha!! That's awesome in a sad way. :) These "jewels" were announced along with a project involving teabags. Let's just say that the frequent juxtaposition of both words has lead to much hilarity on the part of myself and my sane coworkers.

tyler durden Says:

2011-01-12 21:34:40

I think I have found my blood brother. Lemme go grab a knife, we shall become blood brothers. Then we shall go make the world safe, for great swag.

Chris Haddad Says:

2011-01-13 01:46:25

My favorite swag so far has been a light fleece jacket. I honestly do not care for the company that gave it to me, but its a high quality item that I trot out to keep me warm for 3 or 4 months each year.

AnnMaria Says:

2011-01-13 03:01:48

Yes! I don't want to appear ungrateful but I have SO much crap people have given me over the years - at least 100 t-shirts, coffee cups, crystal balls, pens, note pads. I know sales reps are only doing their jobs but I want to ask, "Why do you think I can afford your really expensive (blank) but I haven't been able to buy all the coffee mugs I want?" Useful swag is often useful because I can give it to someone else. Until my daughter had a baby, I thought those canvas tote bags with the zippers were a waste of space but it turns out they make great diaper bags, with the pocket for your cell phone just the right size for a bottle. She now has a collection of diaper bags with vendor names on them. I have been given several nice briefcases and leather portfolios that have gone to young relatives and interns. Anyone who needs one can usually find just the thing in the supplies closet. What I have not been given, but would like, is a card that says, "Instead of a bag of stuff you would throw away, we have made a donation of $X in your name to the public library."

Lisa Kraus Says:

2011-01-13 11:25:47

LOL Kristi! I do keep the large jewel on my desk. Everyone who comes into my office has to pick it up and examine it too. :-)

Kristi Casey Sanders Says:

2011-01-13 11:56:18

Lisa, the best part was you were crestfallen that I didn't keep the other ones I got to add to your collection! Oh, and I also hate golf towels. I play golf, and I've received more than I could ever use. But I do remember there was a year that we gave meeting planners all-in-one portable office kits that had a mini-stapler, scotch tape, push pins and paper clips that they went crazy for - we still got requests three years after the promo.

Mortakai Says:

2011-01-13 11:58:42

You might want to move "tote bags" over to the good side of the force. With the big push away from plastic bags, these are becoming ever increasingly useful. Plus they hold all the other crap swag until you pass by the closest garbage can. Stainless water bottles: also good. As long as the opening is big and the cap goes on and off easily and seals well. Otherwise, move to column B.

AJ Says:

2011-01-13 12:52:41

Best ever: small aluminum bottle opener. I've had it on my keychain for probably 10 years. The logo has long since worn off and the .com company that passed them out fizzled out long ago, but I still use that bottle opener all the time. Decent: Quality pens and USB drives. Really quality is the key. Anything is quality and useful will get used, and your company will get remembered. Crappy: The bouncy-balls, light-up crap, and sparkley stuff doesn't appeal to me, but my kids love it, and makes for good "daddy's home from trip" gifts. I have a cheap combo tape-measure, calculor, flashlight gathering dust on my desk, never used. Worst: Hats! I won't even take them. If I'm going to wear a hat it's going to be for my favorite baseball team, or something I really care about, not your crappy-ass logo.

Chris Clark Says:

2011-01-13 14:59:54

Can I have your Coleman lantern. That is the best swag I've ever heard of. I love those things.

Midgardette Says:

2011-01-13 18:22:28

I used to work in sales promotions. Not easy to come up with a new idea or product that hasn't been used a zillion times. Some of our most appreciated items: fleece vests, rain jackets that fold into a pouch, highlighters, carry on luggage, grocery bags, gel pens, nicely bound journals, briefcases, umbrellas. Worst ideas: fuzzy butterflies, anything requiring batteries like cheap desk fans and purse size flashlights.

Carolyn Ray Says:

2011-01-14 13:13:40

Wait a sec. I think I might have you all beat. I had a client who decided that, as a cost saving mechanism, they would buy cheap martini glasses at Ikea and stick clear avery printer labels on them with the event name. The result: so fantastically hideous that words cannot even express. I had them sign something that released me from any responsibility for that one. Yeesh.

Carolyn Ray Says:

2011-01-14 14:10:56

Our friend Meetings Boy asked me to expand on the martini glasses story. The labels ended up being "frosted" so they didn't blend into the glass and it was obvious that they were labels. Then, to top it off because it wasn't a completely straight surface, the labels bubbled into a horrible mess. And the worst part? The glasses couldn't be washed because the label would have come right off under water. Bad. Just. Bad.

Janine Smith Says:

2011-01-14 16:36:54

TV Guide once sent me a plastic remote control holder. OK, I get the TV connection, but really?

Heidi Williams Says:

2011-01-14 16:45:38

The most useful swag I ever received was a card that fit into the credit card holder section of my wallet and it contained dental floss. It is small and never in the way and always there to save me when I get something stuck in my teeth. It was copliments of Everett A. Schneider, DDS Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry 1712 Eye Street NW # 1000 Washington, DC 20006; however, I don't think a company needs to be in the dental profession to use this giveaway. It is definitely something you give with other items though...if it had been my company Christmas present I would have been pissed. But, in a bag of promotional goodies it was gold!

gabal Says:

2011-01-14 18:01:01

My company gave away to its employees one year a mini fridge with logo on it. The idea sounds good but that thing is so small you can't even put a can of beer in it or anything else you might want refrigerated. It probably cost a lot more then some of the useful ones mentioned here.

DJchyk Says:

2011-01-14 18:55:59

When I worked in radio we were showered with gifts from the label reps. Cash, gift cards, leather jackets, endless bar tabs. But thanks to the payola scandals the FCC eventually sucked all the fun out of what we as programmers could receive (no more AMEX cards!), so the true creativity of the label rose to the top. Bath soaps & lotions? Were they saying I needed to bathe more? (considering I generally only dealt with them on the phone, how would they even know?). Best: wine. Close second: musical instruments (mainly guitars signed by the artists). Worst: an acid-washed denim jacket with the John Tesh Radio Show logo emblazoned upon the back. Um...yeah...

karen Says:

2011-01-14 19:08:14

Best: - a little keychain with two "coins" dangling off of it. The "coins" had logos on them, and they were the exact sizes of a quarter and a loonie - perfect for pretty much all coin-release shopping carts you come across. I loved them so much, I grabbed a few for myself and to give to a couple friends I knew would love them. Now, no digging around for a quarter when I get to the grocery store! - good qualty travel coffee mugs and STAINLESS STEEL water bottles in all sizes (smaller bottles ones are welcomed because they're prefect for my kids' school lunches and if they get lost, not as big of deal). - that floss card mentioned above! - an emergency seatbelt cutter (looks similar to those small square envelope openers but with a much sharper blade. Something that you hope never to use and something I would never think to buy. We keep it within reach in our car. Has also come in handy for cutting those plastic binding bands around boxes. - little GOOD qualty hot wheels sized cars/construction equipment with company logos. Seems useless, but Men love to display and play with them...and us moms bring them home to our boys. My kids have a huge fleet & love them. - strong magnets with simple logos (not magnet sheets but actual magnets that hold 5-6 sheets. WORST: - a little pom-pom with googly eyes and little foam feet (wth sticker bottom), hat and misc accessories. Seriously stupid. I used to earn these for magazine subscription sales when I was in elementary school. They were cool when I was 7.

Dubby Says:

2011-01-15 14:51:45

Weirdly, we got penlights one year. I thought it was cool until I discovered I had no idea what to do with it. Now that our company logo has changed it's considered contraband and highly controversial, so it had to go.

JLee Says:

2011-01-15 15:54:04

Best: Lightweight track suit. Ten years and two employers later, I still have it. Worst: Candy Jar with big logo. Filled with candy & many recipients were diabetic or dieting.

JLee Says:

2011-01-15 16:01:53

Oh yeah. Strangest: Roach Clip. Really, people? Did the salesman tell you they were cute little tweezers? What were you thinking?

Sarah Says:

2011-01-15 18:31:22

In Australia in the construction industry stubby coolers (for keeping your beer cold) are popular. The first couple were handy, after that not so much. Co-worker got a stuffed tiger one year that growled, that was really annoying for the next few months! Randomly one of the most used pieces of swag I've received is a big straw hat that my husband wears while gardening. Other awful ones: a ladies scarf (I work on site, think steel cap boots and high viz clothing), nail clippers, squishy things, key rings, bad pens and vouchers for discount work wear - all our clothing is issued to us, why would I buy any?

Fuzz Says:

2011-01-17 13:37:01

For Christmas, we received one-of-a-kind paperweights made from clear glass with our company branding stamped on them. The trouble is, the colors that are swirled inside the glass blob (or "rock", as they've been called around the office), look rather similar to that of Spagettio's post-vomit.

Annie Was Here Says:

2011-01-17 14:40:01

I worked for a complete moron for about 10 months before getting the hell out of there. One of the most awful gut-wrenching things he made me do once was order our organization's corporate gifts for Christmas. He said one of the items had to be an umbrella and one had to be a picnic blanket. A picnic blanket had to be the most ridiculously stupid gift I have ever seen. You should have seen the looks on the faces of the employees. Some of them actually gave their gifts back. The worst part was, the organization (a nonprofit) spent roughly $20,000 on these gifts. We could have A) Given employees a $50 bonus each. or B) Used that money to pay the salary of an employee who was "laid off" two weeks later for budgetary reasons. My umbrella blew inside out and broke during the first storm I used it. I still have my picnic blanket though. I have never used it, but I keep it as a reminder of the dire hellhole my life would have become had I not gotten out of that God forsaken place.

ATLien Says:

2011-01-17 15:37:49

Just before I left my last company they were doing a round of layoffs. I wasn't one of the "lucky ones" but those that did get the axe were given a parting gift of a cutting board with the company logo on the back and a steak knife??? So, the message was "Congratulations! You've been cut!" And, I didn't think it was wise they were giving people who had just been laid off a KNIFE!!!

Its_Dawn Says:

2011-01-17 16:27:09

My ten year anniversary with my former company occurred 5 months after the company was bought out by another and one month before our official corporate name change. When my anniversary "you-mean-this-much-to-us" corporate gift box arrived, I subliminially knew I was ignorant for feeling the slightest bit of excitement to open the box. Once I opened it, I had no joy within me to see a small crystal bowl peering out of the box at me. I thought it really could not be worse until--for co-worker entertainment purposes only--I lifted the bowl from the box. Etched on it was the original, pre-buyout name of the business. Yes, I had received a gift that not only sucked but within 30 days, would officially be tossed in the trash bin by everyone in the corporation. I can still feel the love and appreciation that thoughtful gift added to my life.

LynneBW Says:

2011-01-17 18:06:18

As a teacher, we got some pretty dorky swag from conferences, etc. The BEST, however, was a box-cutter/keychain given to us from the Teacher's Union. It was useful, but c'mon! Giving weapons to teachers seemed a little counter-productive.

Dan Says:

2011-01-19 21:47:49

I missed this deadline by one day. Plus I no longer have the item since I threw it away. It was a yellow light bulb with arms, legs with sneakers. Written on the front was "Just Sell Innovation". Because that motivates!

Kristi Casey Sanders Says:

2011-01-20 12:52:24

Thanks for your comments everyone. We'll be announcing the winner soon! But even though the contest is over, that doesn't mean you have nowhere else left to vent. Feel free to continue to share more ridiculous items you hate to love or love to hate.