Comments on: Stove Top Stuffing Promotion is Full of Hot Air http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/ An absurd look at the world of food Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:10:15 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Caroline http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-9209 Caroline Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:44:35 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-9209 I LOVE stove Top Stuffing, I could live off it : D I LOVE stove Top Stuffing, I could live off it : D

]]> By: moon http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-9102 moon Sat, 13 Dec 2008 15:15:00 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-9102 hm....maybe it will provide the city of Chicago with an idea to provide "warmth stops" wherever they have a little space to put one. Building more shelters would be a better idea, of course, but part of the problem with homeless on the street is because some of them are mentally ill and trust no one to help them, some of them are hard to take in from the cold, and then of course many are out on the street because there simply isn't room or funding for them in shelters. At the very least, attracting them by offering a warm spot may make it easier for the city to get a better idea how many there actually are so as to provide outreach for whatever programs may be available. Homeless people aside, in a city as notorious for cold and windy weather as Chicago is, I can see warmth stops in some neighborhoods being taken advantage of by such as tourists, people who walk and bike to work, and smokers booted out of their offices at break time...It certainly wouldn't be out of the ordinary to see such spots funded by advertising.... hm….maybe it will provide the city of Chicago with an idea to provide “warmth stops” wherever they have a little space to put one. Building more shelters would be a better idea, of course, but part of the problem with homeless on the street is because some of them are mentally ill and trust no one to help them, some of them are hard to take in from the cold, and then of course many are out on the street because there simply isn’t room or funding for them in shelters. At the very least, attracting them by offering a warm spot may make it easier for the city to get a better idea how many there actually are so as to provide outreach for whatever programs may be available. Homeless people aside, in a city as notorious for cold and windy weather as Chicago is, I can see warmth stops in some neighborhoods being taken advantage of by such as tourists, people who walk and bike to work, and smokers booted out of their offices at break time…It certainly wouldn’t be out of the ordinary to see such spots funded by advertising….

]]> By: moon http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-9100 moon Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:31:46 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-9100 Given a choice between seeing homeless people cozying up to a warm ad or frozen to death in an unheated shelter, I will pick the heated one. I would rather see them in somewhere better than that either way, somewhere with a real roof and food. Poverty makes one very innovative in their choices, though, and if I were homeless with nowhere better to go, I know which one I would pick. Even so, I find this an interesting idea, as Stove Top makes their living on ideas like "warmth" and "family" and "holidays", trying as hard as they do to get people to think of stuffing as an everyday food, stuffing is still pretty entrenched in my own mind as a complement to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here they are promoting individual sides to make it easier to enjoy a hot lunch in the office instead of some sandwich, and the heater reinforces the idea for me that warm food is a good thing to enjoy in the winter. Given a choice between seeing homeless people cozying up to a warm ad or frozen to death in an unheated shelter, I will pick the heated one. I would rather see them in somewhere better than that either way, somewhere with a real roof and food. Poverty makes one very innovative in their choices, though, and if I were homeless with nowhere better to go, I know which one I would pick. Even so, I find this an interesting idea, as Stove Top makes their living on ideas like “warmth” and “family” and “holidays”, trying as hard as they do to get people to think of stuffing as an everyday food, stuffing is still pretty entrenched in my own mind as a complement to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Here they are promoting individual sides to make it easier to enjoy a hot lunch in the office instead of some sandwich, and the heater reinforces the idea for me that warm food is a good thing to enjoy in the winter.

]]> By: Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-9002 Eick Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:45:14 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-9002 Actually yes, it would be terrible if these heaters caused tons of homeless people to loiter around heavily trafficked bus stops. It would be a tragedy if people have to rely on heaters at a bus stop provided by a marketing agency rather than have a warm and safe, church or government run shelter to go to. It's hardly an issue of not wanting to see the injustice of our society. The question is, why would it be a good thing for the homeless to flock to a bus stop with a Stove Top heater installed? There are so many people that suffer in our country, and having them crowd around a 3 week promotion for a consumer product to stay warm is hardly the answer to a massive social problem like homelessness. Actually yes, it would be terrible if these heaters caused tons of homeless people to loiter around heavily trafficked bus stops. It would be a tragedy if people have to rely on heaters at a bus stop provided by a marketing agency rather than have a warm and safe, church or government run shelter to go to.

It’s hardly an issue of not wanting to see the injustice of our society. The question is, why would it be a good thing for the homeless to flock to a bus stop with a Stove Top heater installed? There are so many people that suffer in our country, and having them crowd around a 3 week promotion for a consumer product to stay warm is hardly the answer to a massive social problem like homelessness.

]]> By: Andres http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8994 Andres Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:24:06 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8994 Yes, wouldn't it be terrible if people who have to sleep in the 10F temperature right now loitered around "your" bus-stop. If anything these are the people that need these heaters the most. It's sad to hear an attitude that is so afraid of seeing the injustice of our society that he or she would rather hide the people ravaged by it. Yes, wouldn’t it be terrible if people who have to sleep in the 10F temperature right now loitered around “your” bus-stop.

If anything these are the people that need these heaters the most. It’s sad to hear an attitude that is so afraid of seeing the injustice of our society that he or she would rather hide the people ravaged by it.

]]> By: Cary http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8897 Cary Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:52:41 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8897 Finally! Stuffing in a cup. Just what the WTF-doctor ordered. Finally! Stuffing in a cup. Just what the WTF-doctor ordered.

]]> By: Editz http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8868 Editz Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:06:25 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8868 Too bad they can't make the heaters put out the smell of Stove Top as well. Too bad they can’t make the heaters put out the smell of Stove Top as well.

]]> By: Maxie http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8865 Maxie Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:00:32 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8865 I can't believe Lemmonex doesn't like stovetop! I freakin love that stuff. I'd hang out with 100 homeless people if I could get free stovetop at the bus stop every morning. I can’t believe Lemmonex doesn’t like stovetop! I freakin love that stuff. I’d hang out with 100 homeless people if I could get free stovetop at the bus stop every morning.

]]> By: gambypants http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8859 gambypants Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:07:46 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8859 i can only imagine during the summer starbucks using "cool'" ads to promote their fraps and physically provide cold air. http://www.charlietueats.com i can only imagine during the summer starbucks using “cool’” ads to promote their fraps and physically provide cold air.

http://www.charlietueats.com

]]> By: Karen http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8854 Karen Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:45:56 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8854 I hope we get those quick cups in Canada. Mmmmmm. Not as good as homemade but not bad in a pinch. I hope we get those quick cups in Canada. Mmmmmm. Not as good as homemade but not bad in a pinch.

]]> By: Lemmonex http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/12/02/stove-top-stuffing-promotion-is-full-of-hot-air/comment-page-1/#comment-8852 Lemmonex Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:58:07 +0000 http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1541#comment-8852 Even a heater wouldn't get me to eat Stovetop. That stuff is foul. Even a heater wouldn’t get me to eat Stovetop. That stuff is foul.

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