Campbell's Soup Label Collector Rules

10 Things I Have Learned Being the Campbells Soup Label Mom for Our School:

1- Cutting is an obscure term.
If you ask people to cut something, their idea of cutting is apparently all over the board. The term cutting ranges anywhere from tearing it with your teeth, to just ignoring this request.

2- Counting.
1+1 does not always equal 2.

3- Separating is not a politically correct term.
We don't like to separate based on race or religion and by damn we aren't separating based on the fact that the labels say 1 or 5 points. Asking people to do so is absurd! Well, you can ask, but no one will actually do this for you.

4- You can make a family activity out of cutting labels and sorting them. (thanks guys!)

5- Just because you print out instructions that say only the barcode needs to be turned in, does not even remotely mean that you will get the barcode. In fact, doing so will make it harder! You will get all but the barcode in most cases.

6- Sometimes it is best to NOT know what people are eating in their homes.
Oyster soup in a can is something people consume on a regular basis. Who knew?

7- Finding a label that looks like it is 20 years old might seem novel at first, but then becomes routine. Again, I point you to number 6!!

8- People will cheat to gain their school 1/64th of a penny!
Keep your eye out for people trying to just cut out the little Campells guy and play it off for a barcode.

9- Copying a label on a bad printer does not work!
My eyes have gotten a little worse over the years, but seeing a streaky lined "red" label that has an orange hue to it, is something that even I can spot as fraud!

10- The amount of time you think you are going to spend on this project is going to be WAY under what it is going to take you to send these things in and get credit!