We all know the feeling: you drive to the supermarket for a jumbo jar of garlic-stuffed olives (yum!), and when you get back to your car, you see that someone has jammed a business card in your window.
At first you’re angry because you assume the card is from that crazed financial advisor who’s been trying to persuade you to invest in regular olives (not yum), but then you see the card is from a gentleman who owns a garage. Would you believe it? He’s interested in buying your car. He has even laminated the card in plastic so that it will last hundreds of years, allowing you to cherish this memory forever.
As delightful as it is to find these cards jammed in our car windows, at times we do wish the gentleman would apply a little more imagination to his marketing. Might we put forth some ideas?
O Romeo
You’re in bed watching the 2016 hit movie “Kung Fu Panda 3” when you step into the bathroom to floss because you’ve just finished eating a whole jumbo jar of garlic-stuffed olives. When you get back, on your pillow is a business card from that gentleman. Very romantic.
Message in a Bottle
You’re out in the city for a day when you step into a newsagent’s for a bottle of sparkling water to wash down the contents of the jumbo jar of garlic-stuffed olives you have consumed while window shopping. As you tip the bottle to your lips, you see something floating in the water. Goodness, it’s a business card from that gentleman. How surprising.
Christmas Surprise
You travel six time zones away to visit your parents for Christmas. While rummaging through their kitchen looking for that jumbo jar of garlic-stuffed olives that you could swear you left there in 2019, the doorbell rings. It’s the postman with a special delivery. Your mother says it appears to be a Christmas card from you. Indeed, the envelope is addressed in your handwriting. When your mother opens it, inside is a business card from that gentleman. What magic.
Mission: Malaga
You’ve traveled to Andalusia in Spain under the pretense of wanting to learn how to flamenco dance, but the truth is that you have come in search of what are rumored to be some of the tastiest garlic-stuffed olives in the world. While chatting with an olive vendor named Pilar, she offers you a sample of her garlic-stuffed olives and plunges a toothpick into her bucket. Instead of the green treat you expect, on her toothpick is a business card, and it’s from that gentleman. Quite crafty.
UNESCO
After years of trying to get UNESCO to recognize garlic-stuffed olives, you finally succeed and are invited to the ceremony in Paris where famous chefs, heads of state, and luminaries such as Chuck Norris are gathered to sign the decree. As it was your initiative, the head of UNESCO asks for your signature first. However, when you lean over to sign the paper, you see that instead of a decree, it’s a business card from that gentleman who is – still – interested in buying your car. How delightful.
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Originally published by RTL Today
