For reasons lost in the mists of time, TWA (the long-since defunct Trans World Airlines, acquired by American Airlines in 2001) used to hand out miniature staplers with a box of staples, too.
#Airlines #tchotchke#Americana
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@stshank It was because people went to Travel Agents, maybe at work maybe just in a strip mall. Their office supplies could be branded.
@stshank aviation merch was all the rage in the 90s. I still have some branded paper clip dispensers and rulers.
@stshank When I worked at the BBC I found highlighter pens in the stationery cupboard that were branded BBC. It turns out that this was a rudimentary attempt to stop you from stealing them.
It didn’t work
@james That's so funny. When I think of pens with a brand name printed on them, I think of tchotchkes meant to be taken, not some attempt at theft deterrence.
@stshank The cheap USB drive swag of its day.
