What if? « The Ghost Man – where the beat, discrete and elite come to talk about sheet.

November 20, 2007, 10:23 pm
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you could pay $1 or 2 more at the grocery checkout for a branded t-shirt bag that you could use over and over again?
my fridge knew everything i put into it and would email me a list of what’s probably low, gone or rotten?
there was a slideable arrow on the side of cracker (or CEREAL!) boxes that you could move so that you always knew how much was left in the box?
email systems made it impossible to reply after three exchanges and immediately rang the person you were trying to have a long pointless email conversation with?
starbucks gave me a reloadable keychain that I could use to buy stuff?
McDonald’s took their “dollar menunaire” concept next level by sending 1,000,000 college kids $1 to buy stuff off their $1 menu?
I could sign up online with D’Addario so they’d automatically send me a new pack of guitar strings each month?
Planters Peanuts threw a big ol’ shindig on George Washington Carver’s birthday each year? Or better yet, sponsored a George Washington Carver’s entrepreneurial challenge/scholarship each year?
My hotel would let me call one number at no charge, so I could call home for free to let everyone know I got there safely/read a book to my kid/tell my spouse I love him/her?
Workplaces had 30 minute recess periods each day?
“Take 5″ candy bars set up stations in busy public places where you could take a seat/get a massage/eat a candy bar?

The Ghost Man – where the beat, discrete and elite come to talk about sheet.