Hallmark says these new cards are selling well, which is either a sign we've accepted the "new normal" or that we've become totally dependent on superficial, secondhand banalities in our interpersonal communications:
In the business of selling sentiments, there's a card for everything, from traditional occasions to unique needs: cards with sound, cards for holidays, cards for losing a tooth.
But losing a job?
Yes, now there's a card for that too.
Hallmark recently rolled out a new line of layoff greeting cards.
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One card reads "Don't think of it as losing your job. Think of it as a time out between stupid bosses."
Employees at Work One in Franklin, Indiana work with the unemployed every day. They say the layoff cards are a good idea.
"Getting a card like that and somebody caring is fabulous," said Michelle Crowthers-Lunczynski. "The crazy part to think about this is there's so many people laid off. At least someone's caring enough to you know, get a card and say, 'I'm thinking of you'."
"I think it's neat that there is a card there that can say what needs to be said in a situation like that, because sometimes it's just hard to find the words," added Work One employee Avril Fisher.
Yeah, "fabulous," that's the right word. Oh, and "neat." I lost my lousy job, and I don't know how I'm going to put food on the table or where my family will be sleeping tomorrow, but, hey, I got this terrific smartass card, so it's all gonna be OK!
Sorry to hear you have diabetes, ha-ha-ha! So your mother died, eh? Sooooorrrrry. A little of that goes a long way. When you first lose the bloom of youth, those "don't let the candles on your cake set the house on fire" cards are moderately amusing. The more years that pass, however, the less amusing they seem.
