Homeland Security:Workin’ to Keep You Safe
April 23, 2009 by Marye Audet
Filed under Reviews
I am going to refrain from political comment, sarcasm, or comments about Texas succeeding from the Union. No doubt I will think those things but they shall stay locked away in the mushy grayness of my middle aged brain.
A week or so ago a PR person from Reynold’s Wrap emailed me asking if I would be interested in reviewing their new product…aluminum foil made from 100 percent recycled aluminum . I was thrilled. I love when companies do something right!
So they Fed Ex’d me the box. It seemed an innocent enough undertaking at the time…You know how pictures are worth a thousand words?
One more time:
So, here is what we think happened. The way that just the corner of the box was torn it did not seem to be an accident. Add to that the fact that the Reynolds Wrap box has the end torn off as well. Marc thinks it must have looked like a pipe bomb. Apparently they thought that the Reynold’s Wrap Company was sealing contraband in the boxes and so had to open THAT box as well.
Yep Jethro, it really IS aluminum foil.
You all kno0w what happens when the box of foil is messed up, right? Yeah. So, I will be reviewing this cool product once I get it to seperate from the roll.
Thank God I don’t review Uzis.
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LOL and how frustrating!
You know, you said Fed Ex, and it’s been a long time since I’ve seen a UPS box, so that upside logo really threw me for a loop.
I remember when, a few years ago, a mysterious box or briefcase appeared in the parking lot at the local UPS sorting compound and the bomb squad was called in. Big excitement on the news. Turned out to be nothing. (Better safe than sorry, though.)
Wow! That’s crazy! What a great story!
I know, right?
Aw c’mon! You can’t be serious. I don’t know how we’re supposed to live in this new nanny state.
That is ridiculous!
Mr. Orph…….I KNEW you would like this one.
“Never attribute to malice, that which can be attributed to stupidity”.
A call to FedEx would clear the issue up.
Sean
Maybe Sean… I don’t think it was malice..never said it was. Just that in an era when you can’t take lipstick on a plane sometimes getting metals in the mail is not such a great idea.
Wow, that thing really took a beating.
Yeah…funny..sort of . Just the one side.
Good lord. With that kind of logic, the people who sell posters online must live on tenterhooks with each mailing…..
DHS does good stuff. Not this time, though.
AHahahah!! Oh, that made me laugh. Not in an “Oh that’s funny!” kind of way, but sort of. Ugh. Welcome to Big Brother’s world. Although I am glad that some crazed baked goods hating maniac didn’t send youa pipe bomb. . .