Fitting rewards for participating in a historic election. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, whether it is a stroke of creative genius or yet another indicator of how low we can go.
Boy am I in the wrong country to vote. In this election, in the US, show off you “I voted” sticker and you get free Starbucks coffee, AND a special Krispy Kreme Doughnut, AND – after polling between 5-8pm, a free scoop of Ben & Jerrys ice cream (so, it’s not like, bribery to vote, ya know?). I bet the original Daughters of the American Revolution are turning over in their graves.
All I got was the lousy sticker. Oops, and free Express Mail. OK Mario, provide ‘awa saada next election and I’ll call it a draw.
Best of all, for those knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers, you didn’t have to have an Obama sticker on your car to GET all those perks! I thought FER SURE that was going to be the catch. (Hat-tip, but no link, to the Weekly Standard for at least something worth reading this hour!)
November 4, 2008 at 7:09 pm |
After waiting in line for over 1.5 hrs, in the dark, in 40 degrees, I was dying for a hot cup of tea. I debated about trying to negotiate with Starbucks for a tea, but by then I was late to work. Yet, I am still proud that I can vote, and I’d do it all over again.
November 4, 2008 at 9:34 pm |
Ice cream, donut, and coffee…sounds like one voting spree could get me enough carbs for the week.
Speaking of carbs, hope you and yours enjoyed some tonight.
November 4, 2008 at 9:43 pm |
Em, here’s a steaming cup of virtual Earl Gray for your labors of political honor~
Umm F, with benes like that, there will be a lot of fat ladies singing in future elections!!
YYuuummm like a good Mommy Hobbitt, I just had second supper, those carbs were so good!!! Yes, I NEED your sesame chicken recipe, and it was the perfect balance of chicken with sauce and chicken w/o for our family, too. Spikekid asked if he could take the leftovers to school for lunch, I told him he’d have to debate his dad for the privilege! THANK YOU!!!!
November 4, 2008 at 11:29 pm |
Kinzi, in Jordan it’s much better, you get a free mansaf daily for 3 months before the election and 500 JDs right afterwards, but you just have to make “the right” choice in the voting booth
November 5, 2008 at 9:36 am |
LOL, Hareega, now daily mansaf is one way to win, and kill off your constintuency in one election! Right choice, indeed. :O
November 5, 2008 at 5:06 pm |
Now I’m feeling particularly cheated… At least I exercised my civic duty (and didn’t even get the free express mail, paid to send it regular mail in the US). Maybe next time…
November 5, 2008 at 8:01 pm |
MommaBean, particularly indeed! NEXT time, we’ll go to the Embassy together and hit Galler on the way home.