Dove Shove

As my friend Jessica at work was eating a Dove chocolate yesterday, she was reading the message printed inside the foil to a co-worker….her mouth full of chocolate I questioned what she said….”Shoving makes everything better??”  I had that split second response to something I thought I heard….thinking that phrase didn’t quite make sense.  She laughed.  “No, SHOPPING makes everything better.” Ohhhh – that makes sense….that seems like more of a common heard phrase…particularly from a woman’s lips (obviously the Dove chocolate people know who their audience is.)  It’s a bit of a commentary on our consumer based society that “shopping” makes everything better…but I digress.

Shoving makes everything better.

We giggled about it but I said I liked that phrase better.  Perhaps shoving does make everything better?  Perhaps pushing a little bit, every once in awhile, may help ease the pressure.  I’ve seen kids shove each other, concert goers push and shove, and fans of all sports jostling and shoving.  Shoving is a bit of our human exchange.  In Japan, they have professional white-gloved shovers who jam the subway riders in every day during rush hour….how’s that for service?  People pushers….shoving everyone to work.

I think I need me a shove Dove.