RED makes me as mad as a Wet Hen!

See, leave a website for a year or so and its just like I never left.
Sniff, sniff...its true...you can go home again!

wow ... just WOW

It begins with a simple letter to Target asking a question about the
Salvation Army, a letter which generated 122 responses, mostly
negative. Had I known what I know now, I would have just written a
letter and dropped it in the mail.

This site provides a good service and an easy way to contact
companies, but it has probably migrated into a statistic gathering
device instead of the "voice it was intended to be.

I admit I got wrapped up in the game as well; I couldn't wait to
"hammer" a letter writer or comment on a post. My level of
one-upmanship grew to an embarrassing level.

I started writing letters with good content, but crafted them in such
a way that they were sure to cause controversy, and it worked for a
while. Not only was it fun, but it was a bit therapeutic.

Suddenly, I am banished and no one wants to post to my letters, this
only gives me cause to post to other letters, and I post some
doozies.

I have been referred to as a slack jaw, a yokel, a bumpkin, an idiot,
an a-hole, etc.... Most of this was directed at the name I created,
but a lot was probably personal attacks. I am amazed at the level of
hatred generated by simple letters.

I have one suggestion. When a OP is creating a letter, he/she should
be queried about their interaction with the manager. I can't start to
count the number of responses that begin with "did you speak to a
manager?"

I find that I am spending way to much time on this site; I am not
leaving, but I am no longer going to fill this site with my writings,
it just isn't worth it any longer.

I do wish you all well and urge you to examine your personal post over
the past month or so and ask yourself "am I being helpful or
spiteful?"

For the record, I posted on 57% complaints, 35% compliments, and 8%
questions; 23 letters with only 2 responses. One from Dominoes and one
from Target; I recommend you patronize these stores.

For all of you that think I am an uneducated hick; I have a college
degree, as does my wife, I have made life/death decisions throughout
my career, in 2005 & 2006 I made 36 platelet donations to a blood
donation center, look up platelet donation on google to see what a
huge commitment this was. I honestly feel as though my platelets saved
lives. I don't let my kids kill anything they aren't prepared to eat,
I believe every living creature has a right to live until it is ready
to enter the food chain. Yes, I catch bugs in my house, but I always
take them outside and let them go.

I have one more letter to write, then I am going to make cameo
appearances, not the daily barrage I am known for.

Clete

I believe that red, green, and yellow are known for being good colors
to advertise with. (If you are an ad person and you know better please
correct) They are more noticed and more eye catching than other
colors tested.

you must be off your meds. you sound like all the sig 24 nutjobs I've
dealt with all night.

I think this is by far one of the most ludicrous posting on PFB....

Clete has returned for an encore!

I had a lot of support in my BLOG and even though some AC think I
needed to go, the Yeahs outnumbered the Neahs, so by popular
demand....

Clete has re-entered the building....

Rejoice!

Clete

but here goes nothing.

As you pointed out, all the things that "Red" stands for are bold
statements that evoke equally strong reactions in consumers.

Target is a discount store, but it's nothing like the WalMarts or
KMarts of the world. The merchandise is eclectic and trendy. The
sales model is not the typical "cookie cutter" plan and the
advertising and marketing is hip and stylized.

It's the discount store for those who don't want to admit to shopping
in a discount store.

And also, when Target Corp owned Mervyn's and Marshall Fields, the
colors were Red (Target) Blue (Mervyn's) and Green (Marshall Fields)
to differentiate the stores from each other.

Thus, they have to "target" their guests differently than what we as
average consumers have seen in the past. They have to be bold and red
is bold.

& FYI, painting a NASCAR vehicle purple will certainly NOT make that
driver feel more like a man, trust me.

"I do commend Target for their Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign on
Reed Sorenson's car yesterday, but honestly, a man should never have
to drive a PINK car. He is struggling enough, and a PINK car didn't
make matters any better. His only saving grace was a blown engine got
him out of the car early."

You have to be kidding! A REAL man would most certainly drive a pink
car if it meant helping the women in his life live a healthy, long,
life.

A real man would cover himself head to toe in pink if it meant keeping
a woman from suffering the devestating affects of breast cancer.

Any man willing to support a cause such as breast cancer, and willing
to go to such lengths as wearing pink or driving a pink car...is a
REAL man in my book. And you know what, his sponsers would be FIRST on
my list to support.

Would you say that you really wet hen mad or is it more that you're
pig-bitin' mad?

Don't waste your time posting to this BLOG, "CLETE HAS LEFT THE
BUILDING"

You want to know what make NASCAR so popular? The drivers give a lot
back to the communities and most of them are very respectful citizens.
They bill themselves as a family sport.

Take a look here, you might see the sport in a different light:

http://www.victoryjunction.org/

Clete

Today I learned that purple dye used to come from the mucus gland of a
snail!

That's so AWESOME! Hope I can use that someday when I play trivial
pursuit!

Loved this letter, in all honesty. What a hoot!

So you disparage a man for driving a pink car, and your suggestion is
that manliest of manly shades, purple? And here this whole time I
thought you were a guy.

Here's a list of things that are purple:

Pansies
Plums
One-eyed one-horned flying purple people eaters
Eggplants
The Grimace
The Minnesota Vikings

Coincidentally enough, all of those things I listed are also a list of
things that suck. So explain to me, why is it you want Target to
switch to a color associated with sucking?

I was wondering how long it was going to take to sluff off the "dead
weight".

You "three stooges" didn't do anything except complain and moan and
groan! You brought absolutely nothing to my post and your departure
can only improve the site.

Trust me on this one, YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED!!

Thanks!

Clete

I hate keeping this waste of bandwidth anywhere near the top 25, but I
have an idea.

Remember the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror when all the advertising
icons came to life and the only way to make them stop ruining the
world was to turn away and not pay attention to them?

I hearby pledge to never open this, or anything written by Cletus the
Slack Jawed Yokel for the rest of my time on PFB.

We can make this all go away if we just stop looking at it.

I'm done. Please do the same.

Four letters in the top-25 and the #1 spot on the "profiles" section;
I must be appreciated by someone.

Thanks to all my fans!!

Clete

That's it, now I'm sure. This guy's just jerking our chains.

Clete, are you saying that I should get rid of my Kasey Kahne soccer
mom/camping chair because it's red??

Huh, is that what you're saying buddy? What would Kasey say about
that?

Clete. I realize that you have some seriously mental problems that
are probably far beyond any sort of medication. But, please, do us
all a favor,and consult your mommy and daddy before you write anymore
letters on this website. It's bad enough that your a Nascar fan, but
then you go and make yourself look even more stupid by posting these
letters. You sir, are a perfect example of the Inbred, overweight,
white trash, redneck Nascar fan. For all the other Nascar fans out
there, I feel sorry this guy has to be your spokesman!

i coudln't care less what color target uses, but my favorite reply was
the idiot who somehow used your post to tell everyone about his silly
little hobby of shooting bow and arrow. hahahahaha, only the internet
can give voice to someone like this. be a man....go buy a gun (of
course you won't find it at Target, you'll have to go to walmart).
and please don't use my reply to tell us about any more of your little
hobbies (civil war reenactment, fantasy sports, poodle breeding), or
anything else.

I just created my first personal BLOG, I am going to use it for
polling purposes.

At the end of the week, I am going to count the positives and count
the negatives, then I shall decide if I continue to post or not, so
head on over and let your voice be heard.

FYI - I create a lot of traffic on this site, and all the clicking
generates money for the owner, this helps keep the site free. Be
careful what you wish for.

WTF?? obviously he is a tyrannical idiot!! you shouldnt shop target
anyway, they are foreign owned. and your wife should up your dosage of
rat poison when she does cook your retarded butt dinner!! LOL!!!

I'm with Tracy.

He is obviously intent on making a joke out of this site. Just ignore
his idiocy, and maybe he'll crawl back under the algae and mold
infested rock that is his home.

You write nonsense ramblings about NASCAR and colors and Target stores
because you like attention. Most people that want attention find more
constructive ways of getting it.
A letter should have a beginning which gets to the point of why you
are writing, a middle should support what you are writing and the end
should let the people know you are done. The point should be
meaningful.
You ramblings basically have a bunch of middle and nothing else. You
go in 80 directions all of which lead you nowhere. You may think you
are clever or poignant and making a difference, but unless you
intended to come across as crazy and not in control of rambling
thoughts you missed your mark.
If you can't take criticism on a poorly written pointless letter and
only see yourself as the next James Michener, you will be on a path to
a nervous breakdown when you fail to understand why publishers refuse
to publish your 'wonderful' children's book you claim to be writing.
The best part is if you read this you will no doubt respond on how
great your book will be and what a great editorial it is that sits
above that you so graciously typed...get a clue.

Should read my post, I never claimed to be writing letters, just
observations and recommendations.

send me an e-mail, I will send you a PDF of the first few pages of the
children's book. I make use of a lot of photography, my cat and some
very well placed educational moments. Basically, a story about my cats
move from Maryland to Texas and the environment he encounters.

and before anyone ask, there are no NASCAR references in the book!

Remember when you were a kid, riding in the car with mom and dad, and
suddenly driving by a bad car accident?

Remember how mom and dad (hopefully) told you not to gawk?

I'd like to suggest we do the same with Clete's letters. I know it's
hard, because - lets face it: it's tough not to stare at the
proverbial train/car wreck.

Unfortunately, Clete seems to be self-involved to the point of
delusion, and feels that his letters reach the top 25 because everyone
is so enthralled by his wit and insights.

Let's beg to differ by no longer feeding his ego.

According to ewebdesigns.ca, red is "exciting and stimulates the
brain." Some other positive things associated with red are power,
energy, and warmth, all things that I'd think Target would like to
communicate in a logo.

Purple, on the other hand, is "sedative and soothing," according to
the same site. These are not attributes that Target probably wants to
foster in their customers. Your letter isn't terribly convincing,
since you yourself point out that purple is also associated with,
"cruelty, arrogance, and mourning." Not exactly "get out there and
shop," qualities, are they?

On a side note, purple is also associated with madness, which may
explain this letter quite well. Seriously, Clete, aren't there some
NASCAR forums you could be posting on?

You should write a letter to McDonalds about this too. Red implies
speed and Yellow implies panic.

Blue is actually one of the most comforting soothing colours, which is
why insurance companies and hospitals will utilize blue in much of
their brochures and booklets.

One, you make NASCAR fans look like jerks. (We all aren't all that
way!)
Two, Lets see, their name it TARGET. And what colour are most
TARGETS? Let me think... DUH! RED! YOU DORK! I do archery, I know
this very well! (I am a Recurve and Long Bow shooter {NOT hunter!}
and not a wussy Compound "archer")

Give it up! You are going to make Target (and every other company
that gets letters for here) not respond to ANY letter from here! Way
to spoil it for the rest of us!

Commending Target, if that's what you were really doing, is fine.
However, can we just lay off of the extra crap (wife doesn't want you
mad of you have to cook) and all this irrelevant, silly references to
NASCAR. Ok, we get it, NASCAR rules your life. It does not need to
rule this site.

Ok, black isn't a color, but that's what I saw as I passed out from
yet another inane and useless NASCAR posting from Cletus.

It's a car race. Not even the good kind of car race either. Please
stop forcing your myopic view of motoring on both the corportate world
and the fine people at PFB.

Please just stop.

Get a damn life and stop writing bogus letters to Target.

Hmmm.
This leaves me wondering what color 'stupid' would be?

I agree with the first poster. You know, I know, and everyone else
knows that Target isn't going to consider your "suggestion" for even
one moment. Target has something every retailer envies: clear brand
identification. The target symbol and that specific color of red are
synonymous with Target Corporation.

As someone who works for Target's #1 preferred mechanical and
electrical engineering firm, I assure you: Target's prototypes will
not be changing any time soon. And that red color is here to stay for
eternity.

Please stop writing these ridiculous letters to Target. They really
take away from valid consumer letters.