got junk?

As seen on a bike rack on LaSalle at Monroe. Charming, eh?

Tags: advertising, bike, junk, rack, sign

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Permalink Reply by Chi Lowe 12.5+ mi on November 17, 2012 at 5:31pm

Hi Mike,

The issue is not whether anyone here "struggles with common sense approaches to problems", the issue is that a company attached a sign to a piece of public infrastructure put there for cyclists, probably against ordinance, and did so with no apparent forethought. It only takes a click to see that the sign wasn't on the ground - and that it could have interfered with locking to the rack, particularly if another bike was already locked there.

That kind of thoughtless, bad behavior makes people feel minimized, and feeling minimized leads to feeling grouchy. While everyone is free to express their own opinions here, implying that people who react negatively to bad behavior are "bafoon[s]" [sic] isn't terribly thoughtful either.

Welcome to The Chainlink.

Mike Miller said:

I saw the photos of the sign attached at Starbucks, and it was on the ground? How could it really stop anyone from locking up a bike in the rack? Unless someone really struggles with common sense approaches to problems in life, or they are just a complete bafoon? Just saying, if thats the worst thing that happens in the day, someone needs to stay in bed, or find real issues in the world to complain about.

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Permalink Reply by h' 1.0 on November 18, 2012 at 3:20am

The implication being anyone concerned about something like this simply "has nothing better to do?"

With no exceptions, the people I know who have a well-developed enough sense of civic duty and stewardship for their surroundings to care about something like the placement of these signs are also people who have a lot to do, and accomplish a lot.

What I don't quite get is the people who have nothing better to do ridicule the folks that take the time to try to improve the world around them. What's the point? What does that accomplish? Serious waste of time IMO.

Mike Miller said:

I saw the photos of the sign attached at Starbucks, and it was on the ground? How could it really stop anyone from locking up a bike in the rack? Unless someone really struggles with common sense approaches to problems in life, or they are just a complete bafoon? Just saying, if thats the worst thing that happens in the day, someone needs to stay in bed, or find real issues in the world to complain about.

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Permalink Reply by doug odonahue on November 19, 2012 at 12:02pm

Additionally, this is illegal. It's considered graffiti.

Anne Alt said:

An amusing and prompt response - bravo!

Duppie said:

Credit where credit is due. Just got this reply from their marketing manager. Someone might check whether it actually got removed.

"Dear Cyclist,

At 1-800-GOT-JUNK? we employ magical Sign Fairies who are usually discerning about placement. Our new class of Sign Fairies that we are currently training is a bit over zealous with their sign placement. They actually escaped from their cage last week and it’s clear that one of them has visited your Starbucks bike rack in Chicago.

We acknowledge that this sign placement was inconvenient. Please accept this email as a sincere apology from our corporate head office and our local franchise. We dispatched a team to remove it this morning; it is gone now.

Sincerely,

1-800-GOT-JUNK?"

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Permalink Reply by David crZven 10.6 on November 19, 2012 at 12:08pm

The ironic part, at least in my neighborhood, if you do this for your garage sale, the cops will carefully collect all of the signs, come to your garage sale and give you a ticket for some amount times the number of signs. And if you do not have a fully complete Garbage Sale permit.... But private companies... they let them coast.

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Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on November 19, 2012 at 2:01pm

1-800-GOT-JUNK? we employ magical Sign Fairies...

Doesn't anyone take their business seriously anymore?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on November 22, 2012 at 7:20am

They should also get points for having a sense of humor.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on November 22, 2012 at 7:56am

+1

Mike Keating said:

They should also get points for having a sense of humor.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Keating on November 22, 2012 at 8:29am

Anne, Belated congrats on your well deserved award from Active Trans.

PS: My mother was a Beverly girl. St. Barnabas parish.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Miller on November 22, 2012 at 9:00pm

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.....I counted 78 signs of all kinds today, all different types of companies and people trying to make a living and feed their families in a bad economy. What is really important in our life?

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Permalink Reply by Duppie 13.5185km on November 23, 2012 at 9:48am

How many of those 78 signs you counted were attached to bike racks?

PS. Glad to see spent your time well on Thaksgiving day, counting signs and all. It is clear what is important in your life ;)

Mike Miller said:

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.....I counted 78 signs of all kinds today, all different types of companies and people trying to make a living and feed their families in a bad economy. What is really important in our life?