Last night, right before turning out the lights, in a desperate attempt to thwart writer’s block, I sent the following text to my 17 year old son Nate.
“Random favor request…please send me the first word or phrase that pops into your head after receiving this text.”
In my mind I’d committed to use today’s blog (the one I’ve begun writing at 2:49pm on February 29, 2016) to somehow connect his response to the life of Specialty Box & Packaging.
Nate’s one word reply? “WANTED.”
Well, the first thing I thought about was a criminal, like the one I sing about in my go-to karaoke song (Please oh please, if you have one, reply to me with the karaoke song you always sing) “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi.
But what does that have to do with Specialty Box?
Strangely (and perhaps, disturbingly), an awful lot.
When people ask me to describe the company I almost always say…
“While Specialty Box majors in spectacularly printed packaging of all types, we’re really that guy in every prison movie who, despite his caged existence, can get his hands on anything.”
More than a few times it has led to the following type of reply:
“Oh! You’re Morgan Freeman from the Shawshank Redemption. Do you have any good sources for rock hammers (giggle, laugh, snicker)?”
Actually, not so long ago, we really did help a customer who needed small metal mallets in a big way.
I’m afraid I’m not at liberty to tell you what they are being used for ;).
Please let us know what you need.