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By China at 10:23 AM

It is funny sometimes to see the kinds of free things that people get. I recently went to visit a different school because my best friend was turning 21 and we all went to her to celebrate and when I got there we stopped at her house before going out to dinner and I saw a huge thing of coffee sitting on her counter. I asked her where it came from and she was like, “Oh I was walking back from a class and a presenter was giving out office coffee supplies”. I thought this was really weird, Jenn on the other hand loves coffee and didn't think twice about the free gift. I guess though that so many people do like coffee and will probably remember the company that gave them that free gallon of it.

It is just odd sometimes the free stuff people give out. Like I can see companies giving out promotional pens or pads of paper or even coffee mugs. All of those things are both useful and a daily reminder of the business because you are constantly using them and looking at the name of the company or the logo. Other things though I really don't understand, like fanny packs. Who wears fanny packs anymore? Unless you are at a theme park (and that is still stretching it) why would you need or use a fanny pack. If someone gave me a free fanny pack, I would probably pay them to take it back. It just seems like a waste to make and such an unreasonable thing.

Another thing that I think is so silly to give out as a promotional item or gift is a piece of gum. No joke I really saw this one time. This is what happened. The lady from the company handed me the piece of gum, I took it out of the wrapper and put it in my mouth and then threw the wrapper away in a tiny ball and then hours later spit out the gum. To this day I wouldn't be able to remember what the company was that gave me that free piece of gum and I can't really see why (other than the fact that people like gum) they would give that out. Maybe it was just the women giving the gum out, because she didn't vocalize any information about the company, but still it was a lame attempt.