Matt Carberry (kingpin248) wrote,
Matt Carberry
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Silliness in direct-mail marketing

Not too long ago, I got something in the mail with the letters "D.O.N." in the return address. I wondered, "could this be? Is this serious?" Sure enough, it was. I opened it up, and saw this:

Yes, that's right. The United States Navy was making a pitch to me. I'm betting this isn't the direct product of a human mind; it was probably a computer that plopped my name into a mailing list and caused this to be sent to me. But it's clearly evident that a breakdown has occurred somewhere.

There is, as anyone who is still reading this will clearly know, one rather large issue with this piece of correspondence. Though it's only one problem, I feel compelled to use several different phrases to describe it: I've already been a part of a global force for good. I've already accelerated my life more than I'd like to remember, and sometimes I felt like it was accelerating in the opposite direction as I wanted it to go. I let the journey begin...and six years later, having experienced that journey fully and richly, I allowed it to end. Both I and the Navy went full speed ahead. I think we get the picture; besides, that's as many slogans as I can remember right now.

The most ironic thing is that I'm not surprised in the least by this. One might be inclined to think that a high level of foolishness would be required to do something like this, and could the Navy really be this stupid? As a veteran of the Seagoing Military Force, I can affirm that the answer is "yes." Yes, the Navy absolutely is capable of being that stupid. But that is, for the most part, thankfully behind me now.
Tags: insanity, navy hate
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