Sad to say, Dave Barry is no longer writing his weekly column, and Gene Weingarten simply doesn't fill Barry's shoes. But Weingarten has a regular shtick of calling the toll-free customer service phone numbers on products and asking really dumb questions. Case in point:
As I see it, if God didn't want me to harass customer service reps, He wouldn't have put those toll-free numbers for "comments or questions" on product packages.Read the rest.
Schick Razors
Me: I have an idea for you.
Carrie: Okay.
Me: I've noticed that women's razors tend to be pastel-colored and have really girly names like the Gillette "Venus" and the "Lady ShaveMs." But I was delighted to see the Schick "Intuition" goes past all that and is celebrating a female character trait.
Carrie: Right!
Me: I was wondering if Schick has considered broadening this concept. For example, the Schick "Crying at the Drop of a Hat."
Carrie:
Me: Or, the Schick "If you Don't Know What You Did Wrong, I Won't Tell You."
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