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Citizen complaint of the day: Why is the Globe befouling the city?
By adamg on Thu, 10/24/2013 - 11:11pm
A disgusted citizen reports from Orleans Street in East Boston:
Globe Direct mailers strewn across the sidewalk, picture does not illustrate the dozens of plastic wrapped advertisements littering the entire sidewalk block. These mailings promote littering and are an environmental hazard.
UPDATE: The city reports:
Ticket was issued on 10-25-13 by officer clougher.
Yesterday:
Globe Direct Sucks.
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Boston Globe = Typical Liberals
Leave it to the far-left, cap and trade loving Boston Globe to line their pockets while polluting the region with unwanted paper and plastic as they lecture the rest of us not to. Do as I say, not as I do. How typical.
I know, right?
during a couple of decades in newsrooms, I often found writers on the editorial page dictating how ancillary business operations worked. I understand that at the Globe, Joan Venocchi regularly issues 'no idling' memos to truck drivers to keep global climate change at bay. Peter Cannellos himself picked the red color for the bags, because, y'know, commie .... and of course retirees from Fox News refuse to collect Social Security or let their grandchildren attend public school, because big government is bad.
I suppose it could be that companies are in business to make money. Some do it because of - or despite - devoting about a fortieth of their daily product to opinions that don't always seem to align with the rest of the money-making operation. And that despite the mythos of a "liberal media" establishment - propagated, huh, by members of the media establishment - they're as cutthroat and profit-driven as any widget factory ... naw, that's crazy; it has nuance in it and we know the entire world is black/white, Demoncrap/Rethuglican, and if you've ever indicated an affinity for one side's position on an issue, your whole life must follow in lockstep. What was I thinking.
Blatant anti-unionism is, of course....
... "typical liberal behavior". ;~}
Lead by Example
Actually, the writer's of the editorial page lose most of their remaining credibility by routinely slamming the fossil fuel industry and others it considers deviant, while remaining silent on their very own company's local anti-environment misdeeds. The foundation of a news story is already here on UHub, "Many residents angered by large newspaper's refusal to stop polluting neighborhoods." I expect to see that story in the Globe when they admit global temperatures have been steady for 17 years.
Who sets your example?
Ted Cruz? Michelle Bachmann?
when they admit global temperatures have been steady for 17 year
HAHAHAHAH oh thank you, I needed a good laugh this afternoon. You're too funny!
Boston Globe and plastic bags
Globe Direct comes to my Somerville apartment building in a nicely tied-up bundle each Thursday, without plastic bags.
BUT, the daily and Sunday Boston Globe and NYTimes are all delivered in separate plastic bags -- even though they are left in a nice, dry entrance lobby that is protected from the elements. This is wasteful.
Recyclable
I get the Sunday Globe and the Times seven days a week in Watertown. Look closely at your bags – mine are marked recyclable. My papers are left outside despite having an entryway.
Recyclable where?
Somerville recycling doesn't take plastic bags, and I think I've seen the same notice on other towns' and cities' recycling containers.
I reuse some of them when grocery shopping, but I get far more than I need for that purpose.
Also: "Reduce" is preferable to either "Reuse" or "Recycle"
At the supermarket
Most supermarkets have a bin for recycling plastic bags.
A better editor for the packets!
The content could be improved with coupons that are worth more and advertisements that are more truthful. For example the mattress advertisements border on fraud, contain no information for learning more about how mattresses are put together.
OK, I'll bite
Why is it so important to know how a mattress is put together that failing to disclose that borders on fraud?
Formaldehyde
Some manufacturing processes introduce formaldehyde (among other toxins) into the wood and foam used in furniture, which then leaches out slowly over months or years. A side effect to knowing that is wondering if manufacturers who claim to be using "green" production methods can prove it, or if the claim is just so much toxic smoke.
At least, that's the claim. I suppose one could wonder if the greens can prove their claims, but for my money it passes the "cui bono" test.
If you're that concerned about
such things, the take the time to do you research. But expecting such information in an advertising circular is just pure nonsense. Like Sleepys is going to put a big orange sticker reading "Caution - Contains Lark's Vomit - excuse me - Formaldehyde" on the ad.
I agree
I was trying to help out theszak here by throwing him a bone and figuring out WTF he was objecting to this time with his random comment out of left field, and guess what he meant to say in English. Now that it seems his problem is the quality of the ads, well, fuck it.
Deceptive sales offers
The sales offers are deceptive and for mattresses that are of lower quality. A better editor for the packet would include higher quality offers, higher quality products, higher quality dealers.
Clifford
Looks like PBS hasn't been picking up after Clifford.
Typical hypocritical liberals
Typical hypocritical liberals!
Contact the Globe
I dislike the mailers too. I contacted the Globe Direct and had them stop delivery.
It took about 3 weeks and several follow up messages to get me off their list. The Globe moves quite slow.
When I go on vacation, I can request the US Post Office to hold mail so it doesn't pile up.
but with the Globe's mailer, I never even asked for it, and the multiple papers sit their on my porch
announcing to passerby's that I'm not home!
Globe detritus
They called and asked me if I was receiving the ad bolus they keep dropping off on my step. I said that I had been receiving it and I just throw them away without even opening it, so please stop sending them to me. The nice lady said ok, took down my information and now I get two bags of poop on my doorstep. Operate slowly? They go in fucking reverse!
Pretty soon...
The Globe is going to ruin it for everyone and this carpet bombing of ads/fliers will be illegal -- even if distributed in a responsible manner.
Carpet bombing of advertising flyers
should be illegal - as should ALL direct marketing. It's nothing more than a gigantic waste of resources.
Makes me wonder
Did they hire the same people who put those unwanted phone books on everyone's steps - sometimes three or four per house more than there are units?
Well, that's...
...surprisingly clean for a sidewalk in East Boston, it's sad to say.
Those Globe mailers are up there with political & Comcast door hangers (which are frequently not even put on doors, but left in large piles on doorsteps) that blow around like tumbleweeds.
Globe Direct Mailers
You can call the Globe direct mailer number and/or/also email them to have them stop delivering these flyers in the plastic pooper-scooper bags.
I had to call twice to eliminate them from our condo doorstep (dozens of them) since no one wanted them and I got tired of recycling them. Again - you need to be persistent and call/email them. Yes, you get the phone-tree crap but hang in there until you get a human. So far so good. (no more have show up).
Doesn't always work
I got a human on the phone. And the things kept coming. We'll see if my tweet, which resulted in a second e-mail to me claiming they will stop delivery immediately, works next Thursday.
Stupid newbies
next to me take these mailings off their stairs and throw them into the gutter. I asked the ass to stop doing this and he tells me that the City will pick them up.