Convince Me

           Advertising is an interesting topic of discussion because we as individuals are constantly being bombarded with advertisements whether it be on the television or in flyers or by walking ads (like the sign twirlers whom I find so entertaining to watch especially when they are in costumes although I sympathize for them when they have to work in the heat).  Every single day, you will find some kind of advertisement. Shocking, huh? (Or maybe not, we see ads so often now, that it almost doesn’t even phase us; it’s pretty crazy.)

In my neighborhood, there are not very many ads. We have those large neighborhood mailboxes and, sometimes, people tape stuff onto them but most of the time they don’t. The ads mostly concern landscape work because the community is fairly new so the people who have un-landscaped lots know who to contact. They aren’t the best flyers ever; they are usually simple and get torn up pretty easily by the elements. Really, other than that though, there are no flyers (except for an occasional announcement about an upcoming neighborhood party). One time though, someone came knocking on my door trying to sell me some of her paintings along with paintings of other students which was really strange because that doesn’t really ever happen and she was very persistent in wanting me to buy something. I felt a little bad about not buying one of the paintings because she looked really desperate to sell one but the prices were way too high for me.

On my way home, however, it’s a different story. I see a lot of billboards about various things. There are ads about Scheels and Barnes & Nobles and the Atlantis and the Peppermill and Renown. The billboard close to my house has an ad that about Christianity, which I think is a really unique one because I usually think of big stores and companies who advertise themselves, but I guess they are trying to attract the Christian folks in the area. There are also large advertisements on new house sales because of the new homes being built in the Damonte region.

All in all, I have never really paid much attention to ads. I don’t really care for them so it makes it easy for me to just pass them by especially since they do not even grab my attention unless they’re flashing at me while I drive or coming to me at my door.