[Ipg-smz] Worst press swag ever? Nominations welcome ... here's mine ...

[David Needle]

"  and the lobster expired long before the reporter got back. "

I think I'll choose to call that an urban legend. Geesh. You'd think
someone would have to have'd signed for the lobster delivery, though I
suppose they could have and just plopped it on the person's desk not
realizing what it was. Ugh.

Yes, agree Brian, best and worst swag!

On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 4:21 PM Brian Santo via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org>
wrote:

> Simultaneously best and worst:
>
> Way, way, way back in days of yore, GenRad (a tester company that ceased
> to exist as an independent entity ~20 years ago) sent out live lobsters. I
> had to buy a pot big enough to cook it in (I still have that pot), and it
> was delicious. I cannot personally verify this, but several people told me
> that one recipient was out of the country, and the lobster expired long
> before the reporter got back. GenRad purportedly had to apologize to the
> rest of the newsroom.
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 7:14 AM David Needle via Ipg-smz <
> ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
>
>> Although the "bigger" story here is that I found this in a box of stuff
>> from 2010 and earlier. Why in the world did I save this?  !!!!
>>
>>
>> HP PB&J Swag
>> To: David Needle <davidneedle at gmail.com>
>>
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