Has Covid killed the business card?

[gordo]

And encouraged the adoption of QR codes? Click the link below:

Has Covid killed off business cards for good?

Sales of business cards have fallen sharply as a result of the pandemic.

www.bbc.com

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

Betteridge's law of headlines - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Reading a modern news outlet is poor for one's mental health. Complete trash.

 

[gordo]

I'm saddened that you would question the BBC for questioning the questionable demise of business cards!
Maybe printers should offer printing a relevant QR code on the back of any business cards they print. Best of both worlds?

 

[Puch]

"Obviously it saves lots of paper being wasted," - this is the most nefarious skew targeting the business for decades.

What about PET bottles which lifecycle is counted in minutes if not seconds, albeit their degradation time might be several hundred years? What about the forced replacement of consumer electronics (via planned obsolescence), which can't be economically disassembled, hence they're unrecyclable? What about the millions of tonnes of waste, which they're bury beside every major city?

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

"Obviously it saves lots of paper being wasted," - this is the most nefarious skew targeting the business for decades.

What about PET bottles which lifecycle is counted in minutes if not seconds, albeit their degradation time might be several hundred years? What about the forced replacement of consumer electronics (via planned obsolescence), which can't be economically disassembled, hence they're unrecyclable? What about the millions of tonnes of waste, which they're bury beside every major city?

What about the toilet paper? The average person uses 1 roll per day. If you have a family of 4, that's 28 rolls a week. Over 100 a month.

 

[Cornishpastythighs]

What about the toilet paper? The average person uses 1 roll per day. If you have a family of 4, that's 28 rolls a week. Over 100 a month.

I'm back to the 3 Shells myself

 

[gordo]

The industry responds to the BBC article:

Business cards bouncing back despite doubters - Printweek

Industry experts have responded to a BBC article questioning the future for business cards and whether their use will bounce back as pandemic restrictions ease, or be largely replaced by technologies such as NFC and QR codes.

www.printweek.com

 

[narseman]

What about the toilet paper? The average person uses 1 roll per day. If you have a family of 4, that's 28 rolls a week. Over 100 a month.

If you're going through a roll of TP every day.. You need the professional services of a gastroenterologist.

 

[gordo]

What about the toilet paper? The average person uses 1 roll per day. If you have a family of 4, that's 28 rolls a week. Over 100 a month.

In the US it's actually an average of 57 sheets a day.
Here's a chart of 30 days of TP consumption:

U.S.: amount of toilet paper used 2020 | Statista

This statistic shows the number of rolls of toilet paper used within one month in the United States in 2020.

www.statista.com

 

[benstarr]

In the US it's actually an average of 57 sheets a day.
Here's a chart of 30 days of TP consumption:

U.S.: amount of toilet paper used 2020 | Statista

This statistic shows the number of rolls of toilet paper used within one month in the United States in 2020.

www.statista.com

Thanks for looking that up. The numbers didn't look right to me

 

[keith1]

it's actually an average of 57 sheets a day.

1 sheet if you use a paid toilet in Budapest that has an attendant rationing out the paper.

 

[AP90]

2 undershirt sleeves if you are driving in the middle of no where and know you wont make it to the next town. At least that's what a friend told me.....

 

[prwhite]

In the US it's actually an average of 57 sheets a day.

Does this include sheets used for nose blowing?

 

[jdodoubleg]

This went south fast! LOL!

 

[gordo]

This went south fast! LOL!

Literally.

 

[chriscozi]

As in the south end of a north bound horse.

 

[CSF]

The majority of shops I go in these days, the pressroom manager doesn't even have a card to give me. The very people who should be showcasing their printing ability and creativity. Says a lot.

 

[Puch]

The majority of shops I go in these days, the pressroom manager doesn't even have a card to give me. The very people who should be showcasing their printing ability and creativity. Says a lot.

No, that's an old habit, shall I say, tradition. The shoemaker's shoes are always holey. This is to prove he's caring about the clients' jobs over anything else.

 

[Laurens]

At a drupa show I once got a business card from a printing company that was so badly printed and so crudely cut that I kept it for years. It made me laugh out loud every time I looked at it. If a card is meant to assure that you are remembered , that card certainly did the trick.

 

[kinni88]

Only for hypochondriacs.