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iris lilies
3-9-22, 4:01pm
Today on Nextdoor a neighbor gushed about the written message she received in her Chic-FIL-a sandwich bag. It was a printed message in handwritten style saying something like “You are great! We like you!”

I sign in to a service I pay for and upon each signin I get messages like the one today, and the one yesterday:

“You make an impact!” And “Your smile lights up the room!”

I find these messages so irritating that I’ve almost written to the service to say please invent a way that I can turn them off. I consider them insincere corporate gibberish. But until today I had never met a human who admitted they liked the messages and found them cheering.

So that is what this poll is about — do you like these messages or no? I plan to make it anonymous so that those of you who like the messages can admit it. Just admit it. Fess up.
ApatheticNoMore
3-9-22, 4:07pm
I sometimes feel something vaguely positive about them when it's a small business I have patronized. Strictly large corporations though, it's mostly very annoying.
iris lilies
3-9-22, 4:21pm
I sometimes feel something vaguely positive about them when it's a small business I have patronized. Strictly large corporations though, it's mostly very annoying.
I am shocked that you of all people can find anything positive at any time in these messages.

Now if Jane comes on here and answers “yes” Imma gonna check to see which planet beamed me up today.
rosarugosa
3-9-22, 4:25pm
Nope, insincere corporate BS.
sweetana3
3-9-22, 4:25pm
I get really irritated when messages from an obvious business start out with my first name. I also do not like them when it is such an obvious marketing ploy probably developed by the team or consultants to try and earn their fee. A note from a local business is fine but not if it is computer generated. Also fine to add it to the end of an email so I dont have to see it if I dont care about the email.

Seems I am in a negative mood today.
Teacher Terry
3-9-22, 4:59pm
No it’s phony!
JaneV2.0
3-9-22, 5:04pm
I am shocked that you of all people can find anything positive at any time in these messages.

Now if Jane comes on here and answers “yes” Imma gonna check to see which planet beamed me up today.

Haha! Mine was a resounding "No!" If some bot told me my smile lights up a room, I would probably literally die laughing. Isn't that what they always say about murder victims? :D
ToomuchStuff
3-9-22, 5:12pm
Explicit location language, NO........


However companies want you to feel like:

https://youtu.be/6ldAQ6Rh5ZI
razz
3-9-22, 7:10pm
Explicit location language, NO........


However companies want you to feel like:

https://youtu.be/6ldAQ6Rh5ZI

Yuck!!!!!!!!
KayLR
3-9-22, 8:14pm
You need an additional choice, "neither like nor dislike." Personally they don't bother me nor do they make my day. I know what they are so...whatever. I try not to let that kind of stuff ruin my moment or day.
LDAHL
3-10-22, 7:24am
I am shocked that you of all people can find anything positive at any time in these messages.

Now if Jane comes on here and answers “yes” Imma gonna check to see which planet beamed me up today.

I feel your pain. A wonderful person like you shouldn’t be subjected to this crass insincerity. Please consider contributing to my GenuineAuthentic GoFundMe account. Together, we can make the world a better place.
Rogar
3-10-22, 11:10am
They are annoying to say the least. My work place used to post a few around, but since I'm out of the workplace I've not seen one in a long time until now. Have a nice day.
iris lilies
3-10-22, 11:16am
They are annoying to say the least. My work place used to post a few around, but since I'm out of the workplace I've not seen one in a long time until now. Have a nice day.
Enjoy your unique specialness, Roger!
iris lilies
3-10-22, 11:21am
I feel your pain. A wonderful person like you shouldn’t be subjected to this crass insincerity. Please consider contributing to my GenuineAuthentic GoFundMe account. Together, we can make the world a better place.
We believe in you!
(this was my inspirational message for the day on my paid-for service.)
Rogar
3-10-22, 11:24am
Enjoy your unique specialness, Roger!

I will, because, we are the champions of the world.
iris lilies
3-10-22, 11:24am
I get really irritated when messages from an obvious business start out with my first name. I also do not like them when it is such an obvious marketing ploy probably developed by the team or consultants to try and earn their fee. A note from a local business is fine but not if it is computer generated. Also fine to add it to the end of an email so I dont have to see it if I dont care about the email.

Seems I am in a negative mood today.

we went out to eat once in the beginnings of the pandemic at a notable fine St. Louis restaurant. Couple weeks later we got a hand written note from the owner thanking us for a visit and urging us to come back. That is damn memorable. I haven’t forgotten that. Yet I don’t know that I’ve been back to that restaurant. We don’t go out to eat that often and that’s not a place I would go by myself.
iris lilies
3-10-22, 11:26am
This thread, while about an irritating subject, is now making me laugh. So maybe these corporate messages aren’t entirely useless after all.
Rogar
3-10-22, 1:24pm
One of my former bosses posted a version of this in his office during a time of threated lay offs. He was a real jerk. A different sort of motivation.

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JaneV2.0
3-10-22, 2:53pm
One of my former bosses posted a version of this in his office during a time of threated lay offs. He was a real jerk. A different sort of motivation.

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Gag. Never stop running--it might drive you mad, it might kill you, but as long as I get my bonus, it's all good.
Corporate culture--the ultimate oxymoron.
Rogar
3-10-22, 4:07pm
Gag. Never stop running--it might drive you mad, it might kill you, but as long as I get my bonus, it's all good.
Corporate culture--the ultimate oxymoron.

Thinking back, it or his matching attitude were among motivations to retire early. So maybe those posters aren't so bad after all.
LDAHL
3-10-22, 4:39pm
We believe in you!
(this was my inspirational message for the day on my paid-for service.)

I believe in anyone who pays me.
LDAHL
3-10-22, 4:42pm
One of my former bosses posted a version of this in his office during a time of threated lay offs. He was a real jerk. A different sort of motivation.

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I once had a CO who posted a sigh saying the beatings will continue until morale improves. I’m fairly sure he wasn’t serious.