WTF #2: Ribbons…
I’ve had this one burning in my pocket for a long time and the drive to work each day brings it to the forefront. Here goes. Every day, I see at least ten different ribbons on the backs of cars. The most prominent ones are ’support our troops’ and ‘breast cancer awareness.’ Here’s my beef: if you want to support a cause, don’t put a magnet on the back of your car. DO SOMETHING!
- If you want to support the troops, go to www.anysoldier.com and find a soldier. Send him or her a letter or some snacks from home. Tell him or her you appreciate their sacrifice.
- If you want to support breast cancer awareness, go volunteer to help with a mailing at the breast cancer charity of your choice. I work for a not-for-profit and we have several mailings a month we send out.
- Collect money and participate in a walk-a-thon. I don’t care what charity you pick, heck, pick mine…walk.jdrf.org.
Take that stupid magnet off your car. We all know you bought it at Walgreens while you were getting batteries and a candy bar.
Here’s a video that hammers the point home: Ribbon Magnet Club.
January 6th, 2006 at 9:02 am
I know those ribbons can be an annoying pain in the ass but did it ever occur to you that they DO all of those things?
I have two of them on my fridge (because I’m not putting them on my car) but I think as a military wife, sister, daughter who does more for the military then a lot of people do - I have the right to put that damn ribbon wherever I want to.
(And I got my ribbons at the BX not at Walgreens thnx.)
January 6th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
I would love to think that that’s true, but by the inherent nature of people, I must assume you are the exception. And the fact that you have them on your fridge where they remind you of what’s important and not on the back of your car, where everyone else can see how much you care, speaks volumes about you. (How often does a driver ever see the back of his or her car?)
BTW, thanks for commenting.