Bitterness is at an all time high these days and I would be a really bad bitterperson if I didn’t at least put in a mediocre effort to take advantage of the situation. And what better way to exploit other businesses that have been way more successful than all my failed business ventures, than to just blatantly copy what they did and replace it with one thing.
So here is what I propose. I propose that Loot Crate (a monthly box of pop culture goodies), Birch Box (bunch of make up and stuff), Geek Box(Video game box), E.L.F. 10 Piece Mystery Box (I think it might be a mystery box) give me their email lists of suckers that actually pay real money currency for those things and then I start a business in which I send all kinds of crap I find around my house to people for like say, $50 bucks a month?
That sounds like a reasonable amount to me. And with our true focus on customer dissatisfaction, we will make sure that all the people that call in and complain about how their box was not to their satisfaction will get an earful from our customer disservice agents.
We promise that each box will be carefully crafted to look disorganized, disheveled and guarantee that you will get just the kind of bitterness that will match the kind or horrible day you had at work, so your unlucky streak of a bad day will continue.
We want to assure that your box gets ripped, lost in the mail, or items are lost each and every month. We feel that if you aren’t upset, angry, or calling the Bitter Business Bureau every month, then we aren’t doing our jobs. We want you to be upset. We want you to frown, we want you to feel like you just got punched in the gut, or chosen last for teams in gym class.
We want you to feel as if you are in junior high all over again. We want you to feel awkward, confused, or fearful. We want you to feel like you are on your first date, your high school prom, or getting in groups in class for the very first time.
And we want your feedback. We want you to call our 1-900 number with a massive phone tree that will never get you to an actual agent. We want you to like crawling up in a ball, or like you are in crippling debt, or you at your first session with your therapist. This box should be one that you will dread every month, knowing that you accidentally signed up for something you won’t legally be able to get out of and won’t have the time to try to figure out how to get out of.
We want you so bitter that you can’t concentrate on anything else. Work will seem easier in comparison. Relationships will seem less complicated. Math will seem like the easiest thing in the world compared to this box.
So, if you want to blown away by how bitter you can be, let Bitter Box, a box filled with bitterness, be your next purchase for Christmas, birthdays, anniversary or the most important person in your life, you.
I will be taking pre-orders for $50. Reserve your box today, and be ready for the most disappointment you have ever felt. Our Slogan? Like Loot Crate, but way more bitter.
Our vision? To make you more bitter about life than you have ever been.
Sign up. Sign up now.
ARRRGGGHHHHHH
Bitter Box Peddler Ben
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Loved this post. Did you see the snl spoof on it? What I don’t understand are those stupid cooking boxes. Have you seen those? The worst!
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I haven’t seen that one on Saturday Night Live. I wish I had. Who was the host of that one? Was it recent? I need to check that one out.
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I messed up, it was Funny or Die. Here it is on You https://youtu.be/dN51E0YrmpQ
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That video is super funny and totally right up my alley what I was thinking.
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I know of more than a few never-ending phone trees you can use as an example for setting up your own!
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I know. I had one where I used to work at. It was amazing how many things you had to go through just to get to the front desk. If you wanted customer service, you better get their direct number.
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I’ll take a crate of bitters.
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You got it. We’ll keep the bitter going for $50 a month.
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Sounds like a plan to me Lol!!!
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Let’s get you started!
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Omgosh! You have struck gold but I am afraid that word will get out and I w0n”t to be the only other one sending my cr…wonderful stuff out to those who like to open a box and find surprises for a mere fifty bucks month. I can surprise the heck out of them believe me, I can see their faces now. Joy…and bitterness.
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You can copy my thing, but only after I have bled the country dry of all its money. Then feel free to copy my copy of a copy of a business.
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By then I will be in the throes of dementia…you are clever, and very bitter.
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I will probably be just a bitter old man sitting on a porch shooing kids away and telling them to get off my lawn and others too.
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that’s the spirit, little buggars! shoo!
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They shall be shushed too, especially when my hearing aid isn’t working.
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lol!
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Just make sure to LOL when you are in a busy place like a train or office.
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I always try to stay out of those.
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That is true. Public places are kind of the worst.
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Rofl!! I would love to pay to see the random crap you come up to send every month.
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That is exactly what we are hoping for! Send your money right away and I will start finding stuff in the couch for you that will make you bitter!
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Dear Bitter Crate,
I just received my first bitter crate today and would like you to know how extremely bitter it made me to receive pieces of lint which may or may not have been found in the creases of Bitter Ben’s couch along with a paper clip, a bookmark, and some random change…but not even a quarter for the laundry! On the other hand, it did make the death of my dear Aunt Bea seem just a bit more tolerable.
-Marissa
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Dear Marissa, We suggest you call our 1-900 line so you can tell them exactly and extensively and in minute detail every little thing that is bothering you. You should probably get frustrated, but don’t stop getting on their case. Just keep calling back and they will be sure to give you the best customer dissatisfaction you have ever had.
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Okay…what’s the number???? I can’t seem to find it on your web site!
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It’s 1-900-BitterB. It may keep you on hold for a while, but don’t worry! It will charge you money for that too!
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Oh yes, I already got the recording telling me it was going to be $100 a minute…still on hold by the way!
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Awesome! Sounds like you are getting the customer service that you deserve!
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Ben- I want to be your 2nd in command like that oh so bitter wench that used to fire people with Pres. Trump on the Apprentice. I have call center experience which has really developed my bitter skills. I can show your apathetic agents how to alienate customers by placing the real whiners on eternal hold. I can also guide them on the fine art of passive/aggressive behavior by having them either disconnect our bitterly dissatisfied customers when they call in demanding to talk to you directly or by transferring them back into the queue when they work on our bitter nerves with their inability to stop talking. If this meets with your approval, I would love to discuss this most unpleasant yet strangely wonderful business adventure.
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I am looking for someone to do all the work for you. And I know you have all kinds of bitter experience. So I will just need your resume and for you to fly yourself in for an interview and I may just pay you almost nothing to do almost everything. It sounds like the perfect arrangement…for me.
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It sounds like so many of the bitter jobs that I have worked at in my bitter life. There are a lot of bitter companies out there.
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Well, my company aims to be the bitterest. So if you want to work for the best at bitterness, you will work for me.
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I will do my bitter best.
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I’m sure you will. Your past experience shows your bitterness. But are you ready to step up to a whole new level?
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I am ready to be even more bitter.
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Great. I will set you up with our Bitter Training Coaches. They will teach you lessons in person at your expense $500 a lesson. You can make the check payable to me. Feeling bitter yet?
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