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Came across this online ad today:
Following the Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy, the ship's parent company, Carnival Corp., is trying to do some damage control. Emphasis on trying.
Carnival if offering all the passengers of the ill-fated cruise a refund. So far, so good.
Carnival is also offering some passengers — just some, not all, mind you — 30% off future cruises.
Click here to read about another effort at damage control after a different marine disaster.
Via Huffington Post
Image: Sinking of the M.S. Wilhelm Gustloff,
Irwin J. Kappes
Mr. Longneck loves Burberry:
Mrs. Henrietta L. Vuitton loves Louis Vuitton:
Click here to see more of Becca Kallem's work.
Via Design Sponge
Here's an ad for Carlsberg beer — created by Euro RSCG, Singapore — celebrating the Chinese New Year, the year of the Water Dragon.
From Huffington Post.
CareerBuilder conducted its annual survey of hiring managers. The results include the top four most common excuses for tardiness:
· Traffic, 31%
· Lack of sleep, 18%
· Bad weather, 11%
· Getting kids to school or daycare, 8%
No surprises there. The fun began when CareerBuilder asked hiring managers to provide the most outrageous excuses given by employees for being late. CareerBuilder shares the ten best answers:
1. Employee’s cat had the hiccups.
2. Employee thought she had won the lottery (she didn’t).
3. Employee got distracted watching the TODAY Show.
4. Employee’s angry roommate cut the cord to his phone charger, so it didn’t charge and his alarm didn’t go off.
5. Employee believed his commute time should count toward his work hours.
6. Employee claimed a fox stole her car keys.
7. Employee’s leg was trapped between the subway car and the platform (turned out to be true).
8. Employee said he wasn’t late because he had no intention of getting to work before 9:00 a.m. (his start time was 8:00 a.m.)
9. Employee was late because of a job interview with another firm.
10. Employee had to take a personal call from the state governor (turned out to be true).
Read more about the survey at CareerBuilder.
The vintage Alka-Seltzer ad is from my other blog, Found in Mom's Basement.
Everything is going to be okay.
Despite filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, Hostess is assuring snack cake lovers that it will continue to produce Twinkies, Sno Balls, Ho Hos and other iconic Hostess brands.
And now for your Zombie Monday treat.
From one of my favorite movies — Zombieland — comes a great example of product placement.
Click here to see Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in the 'Hostess truck' scene from Zombieland.
The Starbucks print by lilopie is available for purchase at Deviant Art.
Click here to see Starbucks cups with sketches by Johanna Basford.
