The following is a top-secret transcript from the highest levels of Office Max management: Office Max Executive: Good Morning Jenkins. Jenkins, chief logistics officer: Hello sir, what can I do for you? OME: You know that new line of desks were putting out? Jenkins: Yes, were very proud of the desig- OME: Yes, yes, yes. Thats not why I called you here. Ive called you here to talk about.....the packaging. Jenkins: The...packaging, sir? OME: Yes. The packaging. Jenkins: Is the desk being damaged in shipping? OME: No, no, nothing like that. You see....here at Office Max (TM) we believe in the customer EXPERIENCING things....not just buying a desk, but celebrating a new part of their lives! Jenkins: O-kay....but what... OME: DONT INTERRUPT ME. *Ahem* Anyway, I opened one of the desks last night, and it just wasnt EXPLOSIVE enough. Jenkins: Explosive? OME: Yes, EXPLOSIVE. When the customer opens the box, I want a rain of tiny, static-charged Styrofoam bits to fly everywhere!! Jenkins: ... OME: Yes, I see youre speechless with the beauty of it all....thousands of useless styrofoam nuggets flying everywhere and sticking to every piece of the desk, the room, and the customer themselves! Its brilliant! Jenkins: But wont that render the sytrofoam... OME: Almost as useless as it is annoying? YES, and thats whats really great...its not about form and function...its about the EXPERIENCE! Jenkins: *blank stare* OME: *crazed grin* Jenkins: Oo-kay. OME: Good work Jenkins!
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 04:35:00 +0000