There are a few things I would like to cover first before I get into the details to the internationally renowned “Complaining Game”, perfect for wedding’s and children’s parties.
- Firstly, I couldn’t find a Mr. Complain in the Mr. Men series, so Mr Grumpy was the closest to it.
- Secondly, I like Mr. Men so I have decided to use them in my blogs to make it all look more aesthetically pleasing to the eye.
So to celebrate the fact it is Friday, and there are an entire 2 days ahead to wake up late and wear comfortable, yet socially unacceptable clothing in the comfort of your home, I thought I would blog about an amazing game. On a side note, I have tried wearing this socially unacceptable clothing to work before. In work terms it was very unsuccessful. In morale terms, it was great. I was sent home.
The Complaining Game
This game came to me about 5 years ago whilst eating a packet of Bubblegum flavoured Millions. I suddenly thought “hold on a second, there is no way I have just consumed at least a million sweets. Maybe 145-148. But no way in a million years have I devoured more than a million”. I was angry. I had been ripped of. How many other people in the world have been ripped of by this sickening act of mis-marketing. I saw it as my job to fix this problem, and the method was to write a complaint. They eventually got back to me with some rubbish like “if you were to buy a lion bar, you wouldn’t expect a large predatory cat, native to the plains of Africa to be within the wrapper”. This just fuelled my anger. Then I saw the 2 free packs of Millions and all my troubles were forgotten.
I then decided to complain to as many companies – mainly confectionary companies – with some outlandish complaint just to see what freebies I could get. So far my trophies have been Nutella, £2 cheque from Rowntree’s, Tea and some Kraft Dairy Milk chocolate.
So how to play:
- Think of something you like (tends to get the best results),
- Establish a totally outlandish problem,
- Write a strongly worded letter, highlighting this problem specifically stating you are “disappointed with such a trusted company”, you are “unsure whether you can purchase the said item any more”, and you will “tell all your friends”,
- Then just wait.
For the purposes of this blog, I will keep regular updates with a working example.
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