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In the bestselling tradition of The Lazlow Letters and Letters from a Nut, screenwriter Paul Davidson has been firing off humble but humorous letters to Fortune 500 companies to find answers to such hot-button questions like why hasn’t Minute Maid begun to sell an all pulp, juice-free product yet, and whether it’s safe to microwave a bowl of Marshmallow Fluff on high for ten minutes. And the funny thing is . . . consumer-care departments everywhere have been writing back to him, addressing his queries with deadpan seriousness.Collecting dozens of selections from Davidson’s funniest correspondence, Consumer Joe uncovers why a box of fifty envelopes only contained forty-seven and how colorblind people are supposed to tell whether their Ziploc baggies (“yellow and blue makes green”) are properly sealed, while making numerous product-improvement suggestions along the way (such as adding Tuna Melt flavor to the Jamba Juice product line).
About the Author
Paul Davidson is an author and screenwriter who has spent years working in Hollywood, as well as the maddeningly hilarious world of tech behemoths. He lampooned Corporate America in his first book Consumer Joe (Random House) and imagined what the world would have been like if historical figures had been able to blog in The Lost Blogs (Hachette) . His writing has been featured in Wired and the Los Angeles Times and he also hosts the film commentary podcast The Side Track. His debut fiction novel, The Small Stuff will be released Spring 2022 from Hadleigh House Publishing. Paul lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two daughters, and their dog Samson.
