Consumer Joe: Harassing Corporate America, One Letter at a Time

by Paul Davidson

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In the bestselling tradition ofThe Lazlow LettersandLetters from a Nut,screenwriter Paul Davidson has been firing off humble but humorous letters to Fortune 500 companies to find answers to such hot-button questions like why hasn’t Minute Maid begun to sell an all pulp, juice-free product yet, and whether it’s safe to microwave a bowl of Marshmallow Fluff on high for ten minutes. And the funny thing is . . . consumer-care departments everywhere have been writing back to him, addressing show more his queries with deadpan seriousness. Collecting dozens of selections from Davidson’s funniest correspondence,Consumer Joeuncovers why a box of fifty envelopes only contained forty-seven and how colorblind people are supposed to tell whether their Ziploc baggies (“yellow and blue makes green”) are properly sealed, while making numerous product-improvement suggestions along the way (such as adding Tuna Melt flavor to the Jamba Juice product line). Taking aim at the increasingly advertising-sponsored society,Consumer Joefeatures utterly absurd but irresistible missives to companies ranging from Barnes & Noble and Fed-Ex to Southwest Airlines and Taco Bell. Full of kvetches we all can relate to,Consumer Joeis poised to become the patron saint of every beleaguered shopper. show less

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Paul Davidson is with Phillips, the world's third-largest auction house, located in London. He is a regular contributor to Antique Collecting Magazine. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Nonfiction, Business, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
659.20207Applied science & technologyManagement & public relationsAdvertising and public relationsPublic Relations
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HF5415.5 .D382Social sciencesCommerceCommerceBusinessMarketing. Distribution of products
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