Just a tiny example of my mail box:
From a peach of a reader regarding yesterday’s post on Girlfriend night and my lack of belief in anything except a sure knowledge that I do not believe in Amway.
“…It is little wonder that you have no belief in anything. Look at the way you live your life! I don’t know why you want to bring Amway down. I think that it is sad that you have to bash it. I love Amway and I know that it is the best avenue for many people. It is too bad you can’t find a more positive path for your life. If you had a positive avenue, I don’t think you would be so damaged. “
Dear Amway Rep:
Thank for your letter regarding the positive influence of Amway on your life.
I am sure that you are very successful at selling Amway with your cheery disposition and “Can-Do” attitude.
I think you are right. Amway is the perfect answer. Where do I sign up? Do I stand in the line that will make my son come back? When do I receive the product that gives me a stable, secure childhood? OH, and don’t forget to send me the paperwork on how to go about registering for the latest information regarding how to undo the damage I’ve done to my dearest loved ones, ok?
I’m so excited!
Sincerely,
A profoundly changed woman thanks to you.
Good for you! Seriously people need to get a sense of humor… sheesh!
Fuck Amway and the cheery, cheesy people that try to push that glorified ponzi scheme on friends and relatives. They’re a thoroughly obnoxious lot.
I can’t believe you get crap emails like that.
linny
Why do people feel the need to live comments that are contrary to what the blogger has posted? I mean really! Do they think that by finding your blog and reading it that they should not have to be subjected to any opinions with which they may disagree? I have the perfect solution for them : STOP READING AND WALK AWAY! If they don’t want to hear your shit, why do they think you want to hear theirs’?!?!?!
Sorry, Charli.
I have to disagree. Isn’t the point of blogging to create a community of individuals tied together (sometimes inexplicably) by discussion? To express one’s self, then allow others to give their opinions? What fun would life be if everyone believed the same thing. Moreover, why have a public comments section if you want to control who can say what on your blog?
No, I think it’s great that we have entertaining yahoos like ‘Amway Addict from Alabama’ coming to our blogs and making asses of themselves. Anyone who knows LL knows she’s a good shit; therefore, anyone giving her grief – excepting the appropriate and much-needed razzings her friends give her – has got to be a big fat doodyhead (pardon my French).
On that note, what a bunch of passive-aggressive tripe. How many times can we use the word “positive” in one paragraph, whilst we make implications deleterious to our audience’s character?
Good thing everyone at Amway is so positive(ly cliquish as to make rude remarks about anyone who doesn’t subscribe to their little pyramid scheme).
Chuckle.
There was method to my madness in posting this.
It wasn’t to get people to defend (But thanks!) or even to illustrate that I think Amway sucks (Ok, maybe just a LITTLE bit of that was goin’ on).
Mainly, I just think it is interesting that I get the email that I do. It is always a surprise that more people email me consistantly than comment publicly.
As it goes, this is fairly civilized, actually.
I won’t bore you with the stuff I get on psychotherapy, immorality, Mormonism, anti-Mormonism, and my cat. I also got one snotty email about airsupply, but I sent Guido to break his knee caps, so we’re all good.
Also, a sweet soul poured out their entire life story in a really long, sad, rambling email and they feel wretched about “Burdening” me. I wanted to illustrate that I would rather have that kind of email hit my inbox then some of the stuff that hits it any day.
However, there are quite a few emails I get from people that I’ve just loved.
You’ve met some of them here already and I wonder if some are the anon comments I get from time to time. Who knows? The mystery is exciting. That’s why I let people comment anon. Well, that and my sister bitched that she didn’t want to register to talk to me. :)
Anyway. I love my comments, I love my emails, even when some are hard to swallow. For the most part I keep them to myself because I don’t want this to really be an inflammatory blog (And most of the letters I get are quite inflammatory) but the Amway thing was just too good to not share.
Cheers! Comment away. Email away. Talk to each other. It’s the beauty of blogs.
Man, I gots to get me some of that pyramid scheme!
What exactly is Amway? And why is that woman so worked up about it? Whoever she is, she needs to add a little humor to her Amway.
I love your response to that lady. She DOES need to get real, though. I’ve met some Amway people and they are almost as distubing as Jehovah Witnesses coming to the door over and over!
Or mormans.
ha!
p.s. what the hell is Amway?