I am not a morning person. I never have been, and I never will be. Coffee is the only motivation I have to get out of bed before 10am. Even still, I'm not usually pleasant to be around until about eleven or noon. It's an issue.
I was recently looking around a Barnes and Noble store with my friends when we discovered a rack of coffee mugs for sale at the Starbucks cafe inside the store. Each of these mugs had a famous, inspirational saying printed on it. One example is a famous quote from Thoreau, "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined".
This probably makes me sound like a terrible and pessimistic person, but that is NOT what I want to see at seven in the morning. Don't get me wrong- I think this is an excellent quote with a good message. However, when I read something this "sappy" before I've had my morning coffee, it makes me want to chuck the mug up against the wall.
Instead, I think coffee mugs with the sarcastic phrases are much more appropriate for my mornings. I would much rather read something like "Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation" or "No questions until I’ve had my second cup of coffee!" This is way more likely to make me smile than the previous quote. When I read inspirational expressions in the morning, I feel like crawling into bed. It's too much to demand of me in the morning!
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I find your point very amusing. I love your ideas of what to put on coffee mugs instead of inspirational sayings.
ReplyDeleteSarah, I'll bet you didn't even know that this post is an example of a rhetorical analysis :-)
ReplyDeleteI really like your argument. It's catchy and extremely easy to read. However I'm not sure if I completely agree because I feel that no one really reads their mug for motivation. I do agree that an inspirational quote does nothing for you, but something sarcastic is only going to be funny for the first few times. After that you get to the point in which the mug is only used to hold your coffee.
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