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News Archive for American Society Of Shitcanned Media Elites

GUEST QUESTIONS 06.26.09 11:58 AM

Media Types Share Their Strangest Swag

Some of Assme's Swag-a-Thon haul
Photo: Amy Mitten

The American Society of Shitcanned Media Elites (Assme) offered a happy hour to journalists at Lower East Side bar Fontana's Wednesday night, when the tongue-in-cheek support group for recently laid-off journalists hosted a small fund-raiser for HIV and AIDS nonprofit Housing Works. All guests needed to gain entrance was a piece of unwanted promotional swag (or a $5 donation) that Housing Works could sell off in one of its local thrift stores. We chatted up a few attendees to learn more about what they brought and their memorable swag—good and bad—from events past.

What's one of the strangest pieces of swag you've gotten in the past?
“At my old job, I got this promotion from Subway. It was Jared’s fat pants."
—Erin Clements, Elle.com MORE >>

American Society of Shitcanned Media Elites, Housing Works