Hardware store offers defense against zombies
Hardware store offers defense against zombies
Hardware store manager Mike Dowling wants to be clear: His shovels might slow an attacking zombie, but you'll to need something else to put the final nail in the creature's coffin.
"I wouldn't say it's for killing zombies," the veteran Omaha store manager said. "But it's helpful for cleaning up if you ever have to."
In a pop-culture world of zombie marches, video games and television shows, one regional hardware chain has taken the novel approach of actively marketing power tools and garden implements as protection against the undead.
And not to leave out the walking dead, Westlake Ace Hardware's online "Zombie Preparedness Center" has a "Me zombie" section touting bolts and fasteners for broken bones, glue and caulk for peeling skin, and deodorizers to freshen up decaying flesh. Lose a limb? Try duct tape!
Westlake executives say they initially were reluctant to associate products with horror film imagery, and the campaign shies away from serious blood-and-gore. One blurb in the pre-Halloween campaign advertises chain saws "for clearing away hedges blocking your view of oncoming zombies." Nail guns are for "zombie intimidation."
"I was a little worried that we might be a little too out there, that people might take offense," said Liz Benditt, Westlake's director of customer relationship development. "But if anything, (the effect) has been the opposite."
Benditt said the risk has paid off well so far for Lenexa, Kan.-based chain, which has 88 stores scattered through Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. She said web traffic has increased, and store managers said they've seen more potential customers coming into stores. It's not yet clear if that's led to increased sales.
The campaign is so popular that some stores that haven't yet received the zombie displays are clamoring to get them.
Alan Kulhanek, general manager for a Lincoln, Neb., store, said he's waiting for his zombie display, but several customers have already come in asking to see it.
"It's off the wall. It's odd," he said. "But it's fun. You never know how well something's going to work until you try it."
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- Posted on October 11, 2011
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zombies aren't real and wont be real for a long time depending on if an experiment descent go wrong. and this dude is pretty weird that he would think a zombie invasion would start!
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In a pop-culture world of zombie marches, video games and television shows, one regional hardware chain has taken the novel approach of actively marketing power tools and garden implements as protection against the undead.
I think this guy is pretty weird because I highly doubt that a zombie invation will happen. Although it might happen someday. Just not today.
I find this odd because who has proof that zombies are real and why would you buy hardware to fight against them when you have better weapons. I don't believe in zombies but if they do thats alright but it's still a little weird and why get ready now what's the difference.
ha ha i loved this story i agree there should be things just in case something does happen i am a beliver and hope a store will have this equipment its nice to no that Ur prepared for this like this
I think that this guy needs a little help. He thinks zombies are coming one day. If that happens the government will take care of that for us. They will issue troops all over the country. They will protect us.
they have their ideas, we have ours. if they believe that a zombie apocalypse is near, then so be it . they have the advantage of being ready.
This is ridiculous. They are just making people buy a lot of protection for their homes. There are people that buy all this stuff for no reason. This is just a waste of money. Why do people need insurance against zombies?
I own 2 Zombie Survival Guides and i can say, it can quiet passably happen. With the technology we have it can happen. Most people don't think it can but they are wrong, all you need is someone who is phyco enough to do it. I have watched and played a meny of Zombie movies and games and you have the regular wood base ball bat, the shovle, machete, all kinds of garden implements and tools at your despense, and people don't stop and think "Do these weapons really work like in the movies?" Well i have found a channle on YouTube called Zombie Go Boom that put these weapons to the test.
I found this article pretty amusing. I play lots of video games that have zombies in them. I even had to make a game as a project for a class at school and we included “zombie turtles” in it. It’s all in good fun. Everyone knows there is no such thing as zombies. Sometimes a little humor in life is just to make you feel good.