First Papers, Now Granola Bars
It seems some other companies have hopped onto the “give people stuff as they get on the SkyTrain” bandwagon, and intermittently for about a week now I’ve been handed a sample breakfast bar of one type or another as I neared the steps to the Granville SkyTrain station.
I have to admit — this could actually soften me up a bit towards the horde of foot-traffic-blocking goods-distributors who otherwise hover only a small personal space infraction away from getting punched in the stomach by this, and probably hundreds of other, non-morning people. Foist onto me a newspaper containing Britney Spears’ latest unflattering pregnancy photo, and you’re probably not on my good side. But smile and hand me a granola bar to assuage my plummeting morning blood sugar levels, and you might actually receive a smile in return.
I hope this trend lasts as long as the newspaper one has. What a nice perk of commuting via transit.
Get back to me when they’re throwing down with Mars Bars and slices of pizza.
Oh sure, that sounds like a disgusting combination, but you just haven’t tried it yet.
When there’s free beer as well, I think that’s when we can all call it a day.
I’ve seen goodie hand-out marketing at theaters for years, and more recently at other larger gatherings of people (sporting events, etc.), but never in a transit system, though it seems stupidly obvious.
Man, I just wish I took the train.
Except apparently talking about the granola bars jinxes them. I haven’t seen them since.