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Re: Company give-aways
By: SioCat Date: June 21, 2019, 6:37 am
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I also love my stainless steel straws! I don’t really like using
paper straws.
My company and the different vendors that we work with give us
swag all the time. Most recently
- stainless steel water bottle
- water resistant picnic blanket
- phone chargers
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Re: Company give-aways
By: DaDancingPsych Date: June 21, 2019, 7:12 am
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I am not as hip as most, so my first reaction would be
confusion. But I understand the need for more reusable goods, so
I would give it a shot. I might end up loving it! Swag, in
general, I find wasteful. Most of the items are junk. However, I
am not the sort of person who likes to toss things, so I have a
collection of swag goodies that I never use and don't want.
I am attending a conference in about a month. They encourage us
to visit the vendors, but I actually try to avoid it. Not
because I do not want to speak with the representatives,
sometimes I learn something new about their products and
services. But more so that I don't want the swag! :P
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Re: Company give-aways
By: oogyda Date: June 21, 2019, 9:13 am
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[quote author=DaDancingPsych link=topic=1198.msg33181#msg33181
date=1561119172]
I am not as hip as most, so my first reaction would be
confusion. But I understand the need for more reusable goods, so
I would give it a shot. I might end up loving it! Swag, in
general, I find wasteful. Most of the items are junk. However, I
am not the sort of person who likes to toss things, so I have a
collection of swag goodies that I never use and don't want.
I am attending a conference in about a month. They encourage us
to visit the vendors, but I actually try to avoid it. Not
because I do not want to speak with the representatives,
sometimes I learn something new about their products and
services. But more so that I don't want the swag! :P
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Can you simply not take it? I know they can be kind of pushy,
but you should be able to say "No, thank you." Even then, I've
seen many people just accept the swag without comment, then
place it on the other end of their table as they walk away.
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Re: Company give-aways
By: Hmmm Date: June 21, 2019, 9:40 am
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The reusable straws are becoming VERY popular with my son and
daughter's generation. Lots of local restaurants that are
phasing out straws and giving the stainless ones to their
clients. I think it is a great swag and shows your company as
being progressive in my opinion.
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Re: Company give-aways
By: jpcher Date: June 21, 2019, 12:04 pm
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WOW! I'm loving your answers!
The event planner (EP) for my company sits in the cube next to
me, so I do hear a lot of conversations and all that I heard
about these straws were negative. But the people making these
comments are around my age (approaching 60 or older).
I could tell that she was starting to get a bit worried. At one
point I heard her firmly say "It's for the millennials! They're
going to love it." Good for her!
Like you, DaDancingPsych, I was confused as well.
Sheena -- your 10 year old! wants one for her birthday? Just
WOW. That's so cool! ;D
So I guess, from your responses, EP made a great choice!
(I called in sick today, feeling miserable, so I won't hear
about the success stories until Monday.)
Another company give away is food. For this event EP asked me
(and she doesn't ask my opinion very often, she's that good at
her job) "Do you think 500 donuts is enough?" (I'm pretty sure
she was thinking out loud) "On the healthy side I'm going to
order granola bars, bottled water and coffee."
I said "What about fresh fruit? Like bananas, apples and
oranges?"
EP took my suggestion to heart, cut down on the donuts and
ordered a bunch of fresh fruit. Yea! ;D
I'm tired of the smaller events like cake-cutting (I know it's a
traditional thing) or cupcake give-aways. That's fine and dandy
for those that can eat those types of sweets but for me? Please
have an offering of an apple or some such. Is that too much to
ask?
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Re: Company give-aways
By: bigbadbetty Date: June 21, 2019, 2:17 pm
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I recently went to a conference. I like my stainless steel
straw. I also liked the Yeti Tumbler. It keeps the ice cubes
frozen for much longer than other water bottles and it has a
wide mouth so it's easy to clean. The other thing I liked was a
little first aid kit. And I can always use an extra pen. Granola
bars are really any healthier than cake. I think fresh fruit is
a great idea.
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Re: Company give-aways
By: iolaus Date: June 21, 2019, 2:25 pm
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Absolutely amazing - HATE HATE paper straws with a passion,
we've actually brought reusable steel ones
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Re: Company give-aways
By: kckgirl Date: June 21, 2019, 2:38 pm
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I wouldn't use a stainless steel straw. The only time I use a
straw is when I get a drink with a lid (fast food). If it's just
an open glass, like you get in a restaurant, I just pick it up
and drink from it.
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Re: Company give-aways
By: Luci Date: June 21, 2019, 3:42 pm
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I think the straws are dangerous and real nuisance to carry
around. My purse isn’t big enough and I don’t like ice and a
cold straw anyway and I can’t imagine getting around the bend
with a brush. I reuse my plastic ones for a couple of days at
home, but traveling has got to be a real pain. Here (mid west
US), I don’t have any success when I say no thanks to a straw.
The servers slap it on the table by habit anyway and by law
can’t take it back even unopened. How does one put the stainless
in a dishwasher?
I know they are popular, but I would say no to it and most other
swag, too. I am interested in how it went. My grandchildren 12
to 26 don’t seem interested.
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Re: Company give-aways
By: SioCat Date: June 21, 2019, 4:10 pm
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It’s not hard to get around the bend with the proper brush. My
straws came with a brush. I don’t see how they are dangerous. It
took me a while to get used to them, but plastic straws are so
terrible for the environment. I thought it important to at least
try.
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