Gridskipper

It's not often that we get direct responses to our rare product reviews from the company in question. Rarer still are responses from the products themselves. As an indulgence for foolish germaphobes, the disposable antimacassar known as the Travekleen must provide hours of OCD fun. But if you're foolish enough to dismiss this item as pointless, as we once did, then you'll get taken to school — hygiene style.

From: Travelkleen Date: Feb 5, 2008 6:07 PM Subject: spam? To: tips@gridskipper.com Cc: sales@travelkleen.com

Hi

What is going on?

Your comments are distasteful.

Please remove your comments from Google, Yahoo, etc.

Thanks

TravelKleen

Hi, Travelkleen. First off, let me congratulate you on achieving sentience and learning how to operate the Internet (to a certain extent). I can understand why you'd find our comments distasteful, since they characterize you as "lame" and likely of interest only to "fanny-packed balding dudes with a maroon polo shirt tucked into pleated khakis." These things are unfortunately true. Also, though we're happy that Google, Yahoo, and other search engines indexed our distasteful comments, we have no power to remove them from those services. In fact, this very discussion will likely rise to the top of search results for you, and for that, you have only yourself to blame really. Perhaps a name change will help rejuvenate your brand. Something more true to your nature, like the "Nitwit Coddler" or the "Cranial Tampon." We're happy to assist in such rebranding efforts, so give us a call.