Midday Getaways Tick Me Off

My office building has these displays, including in the elevators, where passersby are shown various news items, ads, and other things. I think I’ve mentioned these before. One thing they occasionally show are pictures of beautiful foreign places (usually beaches). They’re referred to as “Midday Getaways.” I don’t know what function they’re supposed to serve, but they tick me off.

I mean, they aren’t coupled with contact information for a resort, travel agent, or anything like that. If they’re trying to sell me on a vacation package, they’d probably want to do that. Still, even if that’s what these things are supposed to do, they don’t work. If I could take such a vacation I already would have booked it. If I can’t, they just tick me off that I can’t go to such a magical place and am instead stuck where I’m at.

It’s not like the idea of a magical vacation never occurred to me and they merely need to suggest it to get things rolling.

They could just be trying to break my mind away from the office for a moment, go for the psychological benefit of briefly imagining me in the magical place instead of the office. However, I think the crushing realization that I’m not actually in the magical place and won’t be going there anytime soon is a psychological detriment that far outweighs any benefit conveyed.

Really, I don’t know why these things are shown on the displays. I just know that they tick me off.