Inappropriate product names

[artemisdart]

At my job, we have "buyers" who decide what to buy for our store. They often create things in the system with a placeholder name -- not really putting much effort into the name, because they know that my team will most likely rename it in the end. (And they're right.)

But still, is there any excuse for naming something "Lend a Hand Pants"?

So many comments spring to mind...
 ... "you don't need to lend me a hand, honey, these are Velcro"
 ... "is that your hand, or...."
 ... "those pants have landed in the wrong hands"
 ... "if only I had someone to lend me a hand with these pants..."

:-P

Turns out the design features owls interspersed with handprints and textblocks reading "Lend a Hand" and "Care for the Land." Sort of like "Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute."

( ... "give a hoot if you want to lend me a hand with my pants" ... )

We also sell Christmas cards called "Santa's Nuthatch." Because the card shows Santa, and, erm, a "nuthatch" on his shoulder. (It's a bird, people! A bird!)

Comments

[aawhitewood.livejournal.com]

I have never heard of the Nuthatch, but now that I have, I will never be able to think of it in any other context than this one related to Santa and definitely in a less-than-appropriate fashion.

[scifisy.livejournal.com]

So...Many...Bad......

Must....Resist!!!!!


failing....failing....must...sign...off...........