Convention/Special Event/SWAG

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

A pen (and a notepad) can be nice for use at the conference and that alone makes them worth putting in, but I'll agree that the pens you usually get are cheap and not worth keeping after the conference. But I'm going to be the voice of dissent on "nice" pens -- I think they're a complete waste of money. I've never understood why anyone would want them, and that includes the umpteen Cross pen sets I got when I graduated from high school. They never left the boxes.

I'd rather have a not-so nice pen than a nice one. I use pens all the time and would rather leave a ballpoint pen at the bank than anything else.

The boy belongs to a professional union, and for every event, they pass out these really handy notepads with small pens. He has a zillion of them and they fit in pockets, glove compartments, kitchen drawers, etc. Something like that would be ideal, I would think.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

The boy belongs to a professional union, and for every event, they pass out these really handy notepads with small pens. He has a zillion of them and they fit in pockets, glove compartments, kitchen drawers, etc. Something like that would be ideal, I would think.

I got one of those when I went to the preview weekend of my grad school and I love to grab it and bring it along when I'm going to something where I won't need a legal pad-sized notebook but still might want to write something down.