At re:invent this past year (my first industry conference/show), I thought it was comical how much garbage was being given away. I felt kind of guilty to be honest. I'm not one for having many physical goods though, so that's just me.
I guess the problem for me was that most things had no use, like you mentioned. The bags get used for groceries and I'd be lying if I said the Red Hat hat didn't give me a little glee, but a match box car? I'm not going to use this and it feels like a waste on me.
Shirts are fine, although I mostly wear plain colored shirts and jeans I bought in bulk years ago.
My favorite "swag" was probably the mini open bar one booth had. Honestly put me in a position where I wanted to talk about the product with an associate.
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At re:invent this past year (my first industry conference/show), I thought it was comical how much garbage was being given away. I felt kind of guilty to be honest. I'm not one for having many physical goods though, so that's just me.
I guess the problem for me was that most things had no use, like you mentioned. The bags get used for groceries and I'd be lying if I said the Red Hat hat didn't give me a little glee, but a match box car? I'm not going to use this and it feels like a waste on me.
Shirts are fine, although I mostly wear plain colored shirts and jeans I bought in bulk years ago.
My favorite "swag" was probably the mini open bar one booth had. Honestly put me in a position where I wanted to talk about the product with an associate.