My wife recently bought a "living social" coupon for carpet cleaning. -I'm not a big fan of these types of "deals" as they usually involve you doing business with someone you've not yet done business with. I prefer word of mouth referrals from friends, neighbors etc and don't mind paying a bit more.
So she bought the coupon for a carpet cleaning company. I called and this was the message I heard.
It really creeped me out.
I still set up an appointment. When the guy arrived he was very bizarre and kept calling me "Bud". He seemed nothing like the voice on the machine, which led me to think he was using "God" as a marketing ploy.
What do you guys think of this outgoing message? I couldn't believe it. So much so that I called it right back and recorded it so I could share it with you all.
Have you guys noticed stuff like this out there? People using religion as a marketing tool for seemingly unrelated businesses?
Bizarre.
Is it for the Sunshine Carpet Cleaners? Also, Talk of the Nation did an interesting segment with a few different companies with Christian beliefs back when the whole chick-fil-a boycott/buycott went down. Link My rules: If you make religion a core part of your business (proselytizing or putting it up front in marketing) then I'm not going to shop at your business because you are definitely trying to send signals that say I'm not part of your target market. Now if you are like the Minnesota business they interview in NPR who is Christian but don't market around your Christianity or try to put it in my face in anyway than I don't care and will happily shop at your business.
I like your approach and think mine would likely be similar. Thanks for the Seinfeld link, I haven't watched that show in a long time, I enjoyed the link. I remember listening to this ToTN piece when it originally aired. I'm a big Neal Conan fan.
Have you guys noticed stuff like this out there?
Yes, yes, oh yes.
Question #1: Did they do a good job on the rug?
I was recently in a woman's washroom at the Charlotte, NC, airport. This washroom had a large jolly greeter with a very loud voice: "GOOD AFTERNOON, WELCOME TO CHARLOTTE, HAVE A GOD-BLESSING DAY. GOD BLESS, BE SAFE GIRLS, GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS, LADIES ONCE AGAIN, GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS GIRLS, HAVE A GOD-BLESSING DAY." I'm not really sure what else she did besides bless people or perhaps watch their luggage while they went in a cubicle (where I hid from her booming voice and scribbled down her words verbatim.) If I was cool like TNG, I'd have recorded it and posted it. In any event, as I was leaving, I noticed her tip jar and stuffed a dollar in it. She then blessed me a few more times. Clearly this godly marketing tool works (and I'm an atheist.)
Oftentimes I wonder how often a secular policy is in actual big game businesses. Obviously, it's not technically allowed to introduce church into schools and government, but at, say a Wal-Mart, do they investigate an employee for being zealous on the job?
What did you think of the Charlotte airport? It's one of my favorites. I like the rocking chairs. I record lots of audio on my phone while I am out and about. I have a great one of a street preacher at a farmers market. He is yelling about finding salvation and how everyone without Jesus is going to hell and on and on.... Then a woman carrying a large watermelon asks him for help carrying it to her car. He shakes his head and turns away from her and continues to preach about hell. Well, I put my recording phone in my pocket and helped that woman carry her produce to her car. I'll try to find the file and post it, it's a good one. Have a God Blessed day lil :)
What did you think of the Charlotte airport? It's one of my favorites. I like the rocking chairs.
I noticed the rocking chairs! Aside from being blessed and having free wireless internet (if I recall correctly) not much else happened. Unfortunately, I was flying into Buffalo in the middle of a blizzard of blowing snow (this was just this past Tuesday night). Strangely, as soon as I crossed the border into Canada, the snow stopped and the roads were completely clear. God bless, God bless!
Ha! Let me know if you get a response. Well done.
I am so tempted to write that God-owned company and tell them that Jesus spoke to me and asked me to help them fix their many typos (fourth forth, run-on sentences, etc.), but I said no to Jesus and he killed my dog, so I had to write them. What d'ya think? (If only there were world enough and time.)