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New piece in @mcsweeneys.net today about a wine store and its reward program, which is easy and straightforward
Your Local Wine Store’s Super Simple Rewards Card Program“We want our system to be simple, fun, and fair to everyone. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly...www.mcsweeneys.net“You might be thinking, "This rewards system is getting a bit complicated, I'm having trouble keeping up." Agree to disagree!“
McSweeney'sWe want our system to be simple, fun, and fair. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly max out their stamp points, you get one and a quarter stamp points for wines over $20 and one and a half stamp points for wines over $50. buff.ly/5J9D758
A fun bit to do is, when you see a neon glow around the corner at a modern art museum, say “Fla-vin” to the tune of that choral Sega start up sound
MoMA Paintings and SculptureDan Flavin, pink out of a corner (to Jasper Johns), 1963 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136188
“You might be thinking, "This rewards system is getting a bit complicated, I'm having trouble keeping up." Agree to disagree!“
McSweeney'sWe want our system to be simple, fun, and fair. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly max out their stamp points, you get one and a quarter stamp points for wines over $20 and one and a half stamp points for wines over $50. buff.ly/5J9D758
New piece in @mcsweeneys.net today about a wine store and its reward program, which is easy and straightforward
Your Local Wine Store’s Super Simple Rewards Card Program“We want our system to be simple, fun, and fair to everyone. So, to make sure that customers aren’t gaming the rewards by buying our cheaper wines to quickly...www.mcsweeneys.netLook, I want to give a certain director the benefit of the doubt that the idea for his new movie was just parallel thinking, but I just want to say for the record that I published this five years ago.... (for @newyorker.com)
Diary of the Guy Who Drove the Trojan Horse Back from TroyI got no sleep last night. Some drunk soldiers hired an artist to draw them standing next to the Horse. I guess these sorts of depictions are called “horsies.”www.newyorker.com