About two months ago, Mr. B started receiving Time magazine in the mail. Not that he'd subscribed to it; no, it just started to show up in our mailbox every Saturday. In looking at the address label, it definitely is his name and the subscription is through 2009.Ok, well, whatever. I'd actually been trying to eliminate magazine creep by not renewing my subscription to More. The only ones we were getting were food and drink related.
Time isn't an awful one; you can flip through it, read what you want, toss it.
But get this one. When I went to get the mail out of the box Monday, there was a new magazine in there. For me. My name was on the address level with a subscription through September 2009.
Anyone care to guess what the magazine is? I can tell you, it is one I'd never in a million years read, even if it were the only one in a doctor's office and I had nothing else to read and an hour to wait.
BTW, it turns out that, the reason I started getting this (I called the magazine to cancel delivery) was I'd ordered something through a completely unrelated company. This company, for whatever reason, "rewarded" me by giving me a gift subscription. You'd think they would have at least sent me something I'd read!
Chances are, this is how Mr. B ended up with Time magazine (by ordering something). Still, when did this practice start? You buy something, they send you a magazine subscription (and don't bother to ask you if you want it/what you'd want?)
Weird!
Mrs. B
7 comments:
Guns and Ammo!
What mag is it?
Doc took my idea....Field & Stream
So I'll guess.....Seventeen.
Amy would probably read Seventeen, so that couldn't be it. ;-)
hum. it'd have to be a pretty bad one if you wouldn't read it if it were the last one around...
even one like field and stream i would think would appeal to you somehow, since they often have wonderful scenery and travel ideas, and also may feature a dog that has mastered some skill.
guns and ammo, yea i would leave that one on the counter. i would also leave ones called something like "forbes" and "money", but you would probably find something in there worth reading.
even if it were something like playboy (which i don't know why they 'd send you that...) may have some interesting articles. however, i'd be way too embarrassed to read it in a doctors office. and i would expect the same for you (and most women).
and i would think one such as cosmo or elle or shape or something would have some neat things in it, even if you were just browsing the advertisements (which there are plenty of) to see what is new in the world of beauty.
i'm gonna make my guess something related to bikes or racing. like, motorcyclist or BMX, however, if they sent you such a magazine, i wonder how they make their picks! did you buy some leather pants or something???? haha!
How 'bout Parenting magazine (thinking about what you might have ordered recently)?
Or Muscle and Fitness?
C'mon, curiousity is killing the Shannon.
The magazine choices are in the poll.
No Field and Stream, Guns and Ammo or 17!
Someone wrote something that is close...
Mystery solved re Time; thanks, Father!
:-)
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