Friday, October 2, 2009

Columbian® Self-Seal® Open-End Catalog Envelopes (Zachary Graber)

This time I took a look for the most uninteresting product possible, and this is what I came up with:



Look at it in all it's lackluster glory!

The Columbian Self-Seal Open-End Catalog Envelope is self-sealing, without any moisture--the company is remarkably proud of this characteristic--and made of Kraft paper. The other characteristics given are either redundant (e.g. adhesive sticks immediately) or entirely uninformative and subjective (Neat and Hygienic). One can buy a box of 250 9" by 12" bundles of unadulterated joy for $25.19 from Office Depot. It lacks direct gender bias--any inequalities dealing with offices, corporations, postal work, etc. being indirect. In fact, it lacks even a single customer rating or review on the Office Depot website--I can't imagine why. In the end this is a manila envelope: nothing less, nothing more. Props to whomever can write a five-page paper on this paper-thin topic.

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