John's Blog

Sporadic posting will continue to be in effect for a bit longer, since things continue to be crazed at work. The post holidays period is almost as bad as what precedes it. Today was no exception to that rule. One of the many "balls in the air" today was preparation for the big New Year's Day Mattress sale. We had discussed the need to "create excitement" and come up with a visual package that drew people into the bedding area, which is located in the bowels of the store. When we were brainstorming, I had said that we should do something along the lines of a Burma Shave series of signs that would lead like a trail of bread-crumbs to the area. I should have realized that the blank looks I received meant that nobody other than me knew what I was talking about, but that is not an unusual phenomenon.

When I came in, I found that a series of signs were going up saying "Tired?" or "Sleepy?", which just wasn't cutting it for me. I fired off an e-mail in poetic form (not my usual means to communicate) where I said "Timid signing gets no glances, take a chance; you'll get the masses" (if you try a series of signs like this):

Sleepless nights, spousal fights?

Can't get sleepy, getting weepy?

Tossing, turning, new bed yearning?

Lowest prices of the season: How much more of a reason...

Do you need to buy a bed? Great selection just ahead!

Now since I spent about 60 seconds of effort on this, and had a ton of other stuff to do, I didn't give it too much more thought until later when I saw our visual team leader who ask me, "Did YOU write that? I like it and want to use it, but I just don't want us to run into any plagiarism problems." Geesh, the world's worst piece of rhyming crap, and I get accused of stealing it? Yeah, that's the kind of day I had!

And a few more "bad poetry" links:
Really Bad Poetry
Bad Poetry
Bad Poetry Page
Rhyme Zone