# An unfortunate advertisement from AmEx

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623 "2012-01-25T18:42:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/21 "2012-01-27T17:56:15Z")

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> [@Enderw24](#):
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> What, did the printer trip and have them fall into a mailbox?

No. Mailsort malfunction.

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/22 "2012-01-27T17:56:48Z")

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Hey, whatever floats your boat.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/23 "2012-01-27T19:59:51Z")

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These ad execs should be sandbarred for life from the advertising industry.

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**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/24 "2012-01-29T02:41:30Z")

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What a disappointment. They sank a lot of time into that promotion.

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**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/25 "2012-01-29T03:06:27Z")

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Not a very well grounded ad.

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**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/26 "2012-01-29T03:18:13Z")

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Someone’s bound to go coastal on them for this!

Maybe the add execs were all high on reefer?

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/27 "2012-01-29T03:43:58Z")

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What a Titanic mistake!

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**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-unfortunate-advertisement-from-amex/610623/28 "2012-01-29T21:02:12Z")

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Future employment prospects are quite rocky.

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