The Promotional Finger. Innovative or Creepy?

When looking for job opportunities, some join job search websites, others go door-to-door filling out applications and some find work through friends and family. Then, of course, there are the people that think out of the box and seek work in more abstract ways.

In this case, Xose Teiga thought very outside of the box and mailed prospective employers something very special- inside of a box. His finger. Now don’t worry, he didn’t pull a Picasso. They are in fact fake fingers.



If I were to receive this I’m not sure what I would do. I’m compelled to seal the container, throw it in the fridge, bring it to work, and toss it in the microwave for lunch tomorrow. It looks microwavable safe.

Or I could do what the enclosed paper suggests. “I send you something very personal. My finger. The one that thinks, the one that creates, the one that attracts, the one chooses, the one that differentiates, the one that begins, the one that causes. If you want to know the rest: http://www.xoseteiga.com”

There is no doubt that he’s created a very unique promotional product. I’m just thinking that he’s going to have to send them to other very “unique” people in order to find a job. Then again, if he were to mail out custom imprinted sports bottles he may risk seeming too ordinary and it’s clear that this creative concepts, graphic designer does not want to be mistaken for ordinary.

Motivators prides itself in many ordinary promotional products because they are our best sellers. But perhaps we should get inspired and really start advertising for promotional humans. Launching such a product would be a risk. Just like the promotional finger, we'd have to ask ourselves. Is this the work of an innovative genious? Or is it downright creepy? You decide.