I’ve seen plenty of “Work from home!” signs nailed to telephone poles and received my share of similar spam as well. Rob Cockerham actually went out of his way to research what exactly was behind all the signs that were littering the city of Sacramento. The short story is that they are the fruits of labor from people trying to “get rich quick” from the already saturated Herbalife market. His study details what is involved in investing yourself in the scheme, why it probably won’t do you any good, and what it is that you are actually trying to sell (some formulations contain ephedrine and the newer ones probably don’t help you lose weight). Rob would like the sign litter to stop and to get the word out on what is behind it. (Oh, and by the way, he would also like to know how this BART garbage can managed to travel to downtown Sacramento.) (via BrainLog)