Does a card need an envelope to be effective? [Archive]

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:01 PM

Someone gave me a card today with no envelope. They just handed me the card. They said "Here we got this for you". It didn't even say "To..." I didn't fake an excited feeling. It seemed like an after thought. If it had a envelope, at least some suspense would have been built up. What are your thoughts? This is a serious discussion so no there is no poll.

epo

01-13-2009, 05:03 PM

What kind of card?

Dude!

01-13-2009, 05:04 PM

ingrate

SinA

01-13-2009, 05:04 PM

usually, i think. definitely b-day cards are better that way (especially if the gift is a check).
even the little cards on flower arrangements are better with envelopes.

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:05 PM

Congratulations card.

meanmrbill

01-13-2009, 05:07 PM

Unless the card is made for you by a child then its absolutely necessary for it to be in an envelope. It comes with the card when you buy it!! This person doesn't think much of you.

epo

01-13-2009, 05:09 PM

Congratulations card.

Meh.

Should you put it in an envelope? Certainly. Should you whine about not having an envelope? No way you ungrateful bastard.

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:12 PM

Meh.

Should you put it in an envelope? Certainly. Should you whine about not having an envelope? No way you ungrateful bastard.

I wasn't whining I just feel like it made the card less interesting.

epo

01-13-2009, 05:14 PM

I wasn't whining I just feel like it made the card less interesting.

What if it was a "Franken Berry" themed congrats card? That would rule.

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:18 PM

What if it was a "Franken Berry" themed congrats card? That would rule.

If someone pasted Franken Berry on a piece of paper and handed it to me and said Congrats. I'd be more excited than what I got.

Marc with a c

01-13-2009, 05:39 PM

it's called a postcard

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:43 PM

it's called a postcard

It was folded and it wasn't from spoon.

Marc with a c

01-13-2009, 05:45 PM

It was folded and it wasn't from spoon.

awful

santino

01-13-2009, 05:45 PM

you didn't specify who gave you the card or your relationship to that person. i know that may not be any of my business, but i think that it makes a difference in how you should feel about it.

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:47 PM

awful

Thats how I felt about your response, so there.

Marc with a c

01-13-2009, 05:48 PM

Thats how I felt about your response, so there.

asshole

lleeder

01-13-2009, 05:50 PM

asshole

That's what I was thinking too. We're really in tune tonight.

Don Stugots

01-13-2009, 05:52 PM

if this thread had a poll i would know how i felt on the matter.

Nothing Sound

01-13-2009, 05:53 PM

I can't imagine giving someone a card without an envelope.

Wait. I don't give cards, even with an envelope.

RoseBlood

01-13-2009, 05:53 PM

Why are you bickering with him lleeder? You know you could karate chop his ass.

Marc with a c

01-13-2009, 06:00 PM

That's what I was thinking too. We're really in tune tonight.

i feel like no matter what i say you are just going to say that you were going to say the same thing. it's maddening.

boosterp

01-13-2009, 06:00 PM

I can't imagine giving someone a card without an envelope.

Wait. I don't give cards, even with an envelope.

Oh, you too?

lleeder

01-13-2009, 06:01 PM

i feel like no matter what i say you are just going to say that you were going to say the same thing. it's maddening.

Thats something I felt like mentioning earlier.

razorboy

01-13-2009, 06:05 PM

Personally I'd be annoyed if anyone gave me a card in the first place. I'm not a fucking six year old.

King Hippos Bandaid

01-13-2009, 06:32 PM

epo

01-13-2009, 06:33 PM

If someone pasted Franken Berry on a piece of paper and handed it to me and said Congrats. I'd be more excited than what I got.

The only problem is that it might inspire you to make a poll.

epo

01-13-2009, 06:34 PM

I can't imagine giving someone a card without an envelope.

Wait. I don't give cards, even with an envelope.

Savage.

Slumbag

01-13-2009, 06:36 PM

Are cards even effective in the first place?
They are one of the many things I just don't understand. I hate getting cards, man. I never know what to do with them, and I don't want to throw them away because I feel like an asshole.

Nothing Sound

01-13-2009, 06:51 PM

....I don't want to throw them away because I feel like an asshole.

I get a few cards for my Birthday and Christmas. They're mostly from my Mother and Daughter's.
They're not out of the envelope more than 10 seconds before they're tossed in to the garbage.

jennysmurf

01-13-2009, 07:23 PM

A card needs to serve a purpose. Either it's attatched to a gift to let you know who it's from, or it's holding money or a gift card. If it's not doing either of these things, then it's your job to figure out a new purpose. Any ideas?

epo

01-13-2009, 07:25 PM

jennysmurf

01-13-2009, 07:26 PM

Funny hat?

Good, good...now we're thinking outside the box.

PapaBear

01-13-2009, 07:28 PM

Coaster

epo

01-13-2009, 07:29 PM

Paper football.

RoseBlood

01-13-2009, 07:38 PM

jenny, what do you make of this?
I can make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl..

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5585/airbluecy3.jpg

jennysmurf

01-13-2009, 07:39 PM

I can make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl..

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5585/airbluecy3.jpg

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.:thumbup:

BlackSpider

01-13-2009, 07:40 PM

I can make a hat, a brooch, a pterodactyl..

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5585/airbluecy3.jpg

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.:thumbup:

yup...

That guy was great...

jennysmurf

01-13-2009, 07:41 PM

yup...

That guy was great...

Was? Is he dead?:glurps:

ecobag2

01-13-2009, 07:51 PM

Congratulations card.

What occasion?

Well - that doesn't even matter. No - you need an envelope. The end.

A card is about something being ... je ne se qua... (i've never attempted that spelling in my life)

sealed and new. Fresh.

You got a stale card.

jennysmurf

01-13-2009, 07:54 PM

Fez4PrezN2008

01-13-2009, 07:59 PM

What occasion?

Well - that doesn't even matter. No - you need an envelope. The end.

A card is about something being ... je ne se qua... (i've never attempted that spelling in my life)

sealed and new. Fresh.

You got a stale card.
A card is a physical proxy for a feeling - guys don't dig em. The envelope represents a journey. No effort was put into your stale card that you don't dig anyway. Buy a guy a beer if you want to congratulate him.

ecobag2

01-13-2009, 11:42 PM

je ne sais quoi...bet you call them "freedom fries" too. :happy:

You kiddin? One of my top 3 experiences in life includes spending 3 autumn days in Avignon with an old, not gf, what's the other term? that was studying there. Baguettes, wine and good good times. I could not communicate with her host family at all but they were awesome people too.

A card is a physical proxy for a feeling - guys don't dig em. The envelope represents a journey. No effort was put into your stale card that you don't dig anyway. Buy a guy a beer if you want to congratulate him.
well put.