Comments on: Barf Bags http://writingroads.com/blog/2009/11/barf-bags/ A writer's blog about strategic marketing with powerful words Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:38:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andi http://writingroads.com/blog/2009/11/barf-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-3563 Andi Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:24:13 +0000 http://writingroads.com/blog/?p=2915#comment-3563 OK this is totally not the point of the post but I can't resist. I have never ever needed a barf trip until one faithful trip I took from Geneva to Barcelona in which the turbulence was so bad that, yes I barfed and I was so THANKFUL for that bag. Then while landing in Paris almost 2 weeks ago there was a gain super bad turbulence (really normally this does not bother me) and I looked into the pocket in front of me because I was feeling queasy, and you know what...there was no bag! And I was freaking out (quietly, inside my head) because what was I going to do if I barfed??!! But in the end, we landed, and I was fine - but man I am thinking I might have to add a bag to my carry on items (hee-hee)! OK this is totally not the point of the post but I can’t resist. I have never ever needed a barf trip until one faithful trip I took from Geneva to Barcelona in which the turbulence was so bad that, yes I barfed and I was so THANKFUL for that bag. Then while landing in Paris almost 2 weeks ago there was a gain super bad turbulence (really normally this does not bother me) and I looked into the pocket in front of me because I was feeling queasy, and you know what…there was no bag! And I was freaking out (quietly, inside my head) because what was I going to do if I barfed??!! But in the end, we landed, and I was fine – but man I am thinking I might have to add a bag to my carry on items (hee-hee)!

]]> By: Lynne Morrell http://writingroads.com/blog/2009/11/barf-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-3528 Lynne Morrell Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:51:33 +0000 http://writingroads.com/blog/?p=2915#comment-3528 All I can say is that this is so funny...cuz I had a dream last night about barf bags...I kid you not! I was using them to color on (and I don't think that I was little kid ;0) and the weird guy next to me was using them as something to blow into. Next blog: all sorts of weird shit that you can use barf bags for ;) I love your writing...my goal is start commenting! Signed: secretly lurking over here;) All I can say is that this is so funny…cuz I had a dream last night about barf bags…I kid you not! I was using them to color on (and I don’t think that I was little kid ;0) and the weird guy next to me was using them as something to blow into.
Next blog: all sorts of weird shit that you can use barf bags for ;)

I love your writing…my goal is start commenting!
Signed: secretly lurking over here;)

]]> By: Alisa Bowman http://writingroads.com/blog/2009/11/barf-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-3523 Alisa Bowman Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:12:55 +0000 http://writingroads.com/blog/?p=2915#comment-3523 I was once next to someone who needed one. We'd been eating and drinking at a restaurant before the flight and had lost track of time. We pulled an OJ thru the airport and got to the plane just before they closed the doors. When we sat down, she said, "Not feeling too good." I can't remember if there was a barf bag there or not (I think they still have them, just not as visible in year's past), but she got up to barf in the bathroom, as we were sitting right next to it anyway. The flight attendant yelled at her for delaying the flight. I said, "Lady, would you really want the alternative? I'm guessing there isn't a passenger on this flight who wants to smell vomit the entire trip." And that's truly what I don't understand about airlines--they repeatedly treat their customers like the worst garbage, and, yet, we still use their services. If someone started the Zappos of airline companies and charged $50 more a ticket, I'm pretty sure we'd all switch right away. Any takers?? I was once next to someone who needed one. We’d been eating and drinking at a restaurant before the flight and had lost track of time. We pulled an OJ thru the airport and got to the plane just before they closed the doors. When we sat down, she said, “Not feeling too good.” I can’t remember if there was a barf bag there or not (I think they still have them, just not as visible in year’s past), but she got up to barf in the bathroom, as we were sitting right next to it anyway. The flight attendant yelled at her for delaying the flight. I said, “Lady, would you really want the alternative? I’m guessing there isn’t a passenger on this flight who wants to smell vomit the entire trip.” And that’s truly what I don’t understand about airlines–they repeatedly treat their customers like the worst garbage, and, yet, we still use their services. If someone started the Zappos of airline companies and charged $50 more a ticket, I’m pretty sure we’d all switch right away. Any takers??

]]> By: Edgy Mama http://writingroads.com/blog/2009/11/barf-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-3520 Edgy Mama Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:53:33 +0000 http://writingroads.com/blog/?p=2915#comment-3520 Yes! This is a corollary to one the first rules of journalism. Never say what something is not. As in, her SUV did not look like a large gray elephant, it looked like a..." Because no matter what you say the SUV looked like, the first image in the reader's head is that elephant. Henceforth, I will call this the barf bag rule. Yes! This is a corollary to one the first rules of journalism. Never say what something is not. As in, her SUV did not look like a large gray elephant, it looked like a…” Because no matter what you say the SUV looked like, the first image in the reader’s head is that elephant.

Henceforth, I will call this the barf bag rule.

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