I was cleaning out a portion of the garage where I've collected stuff I haven't used, but it always seems too worthwhile to toss and too difficult to locate a potential user. Actually, that stuff does become worthwhile to toss about the time the stuff you really want to keep falls on the floor because the pile of semi-worthless stuff got too high.
It may be you never will use that stuff either, but it is newer and better reflects your current obsessions and opinions about what you plan to do with the rest of your life.
Anyway, I found this unopened package of door edge reflectors I must've purchased way back in the days I owned a van. For reasons I can't recall, they never got put on the vehicle.
When the package fell face down, I noticed for the first time that someone had annotated the instructions, underscoring that the strips not only protected door edges from parking lot dings, they warned approaching traffic of open doors. Below, it says: Don't hit a biker. Use the reflectors.
As far as I can tell, the note was added in the store, possibly by a cyclist conducting a personal safety campaign after being nailed by an open door. I don't recall seeing such guerrilla messages on packaging before, but it seems like a brilliant way to speak out about consumerism and stupid products, or simply pass on a political message to a semi-targeted stranger.
Am I missing out on some sort of Adbusters movement here?
P.S. If anyone wants a free teak salt shaker, or wiper blades for a 1990 Celica, let me know.
