Memory of the Month: A place for everything, and …
By Greg Marsh on July 28, 2011 at 3:04 PM
Posted in: Odds & Ends
In honor of GEICO’s 75th anniversary, we’re sharing an image from GEICO’s past each month this year and inviting you to exercise your caption-writing skills.
These days, GEICO keeps most of its records electronically, but back in the 1970s, the business was much more paper-intensive. Records were stored in boxes – lots and lots of boxes – in huge warehouses like this one. It took a team of employees to keep track of it all, although this photo suggests that it was one person’s job. What do you suppose the chap with the clipboard was thinking amidst this vast array of boxes?
“This is gonna take me forever.”
“ EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.”
OK he’s a cute new mascot, but did we need to order this many geckos?
“There better be paychecks in one of these boxes!”
wow im so going to be getting off late
where did my box cutter go?
I cant wait until we go back on this Jackson 5 tour!!!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BLACK BELT JONES! A.K.A. JIM KELLY!!
2000 boxes of Afro Sheen? check.
“In the event that I go missing, please have Al Green sing at my memorial.”
Maaaan, where do they expect me to put this stuff?!
Which box has the live geckos for the promotion?
Numbers are starting to bur….hand is cramping….sure do wish there were an easier way to keep track of all this…..
How come I can’t find the Geico “Robot Daycare” commercial anywhere?? It’s hilarious,
That “robot daycare” ad is even mentioned in this NYT news article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/business/media/geico-uses-many-campaigns-to-stand-out-in-a-crowd.html
“Among the extreme measures are teaching a 5-year-old to dunk a basketball so that he may eventually land a college scholarship, economizing on sushi by foraging in your fish tank, <b>replacing the human workers at a day care center with robots</b> and avoiding the expense of downloading music by teaching pets to play songs.”
HOLY CRACKAMOLY!!!
Who’s the man that can count a wharehouse full of boxes like no one can?
SHAFT!
IT JUST DOESN’T PAY TO TAKE A VACATION
“Robot Daycare” is not on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Qc_nmSUGQ
Cold Case #25221—Gotcha!
Now where did I put that Ark of the Covenant that we took from Indiana Jones?
“How in the world do they ever find anything in here?”
*mutters* Fine time for everyone else to go on break; making me account for all these records by myself. What ’til they get back…
It’s 5:00 somewhere
According to my records, that policy is in the brown box.
44 Down: six letter word for ‘underhanded’ 23 Across: 4 letter word for ‘Persia’……….
I need some suggested word tracks for paperless options.
Dang, some ompa loompas would be great right now!
” dear mom, i got the job!” i think it will be a lot of work, but the 401 rocks”
Stayin Alive! Stayin Alive! Oh Oh Oh!
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!
Where’s the number for H.R. That new guy Jimmy disappeared. I knew he didn’t want to help move all these boxes. What kind of name is Jimmy Hoffa any way?
well, at least I have job security…
Where the heck did I put that darn Ark?
The “Double Check” Mindset: Provide Value. Save Money.
“#1- Get it done by noon today;
#2- cancel exercise club membership”
Let’s see….765,209, 765,210, 765,211…765,???… Oh crud!
If only we had disco lights in here….
The man who works the warehouse where Indiana Jones hid the lost ark
Tightest shirt in the warehouse… Check
Longest Sideburns… Check
9000 boxes full of brand spankin’ new Atari’s… Check