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July 14, 2006
Has Common Sense Died???
Now there's a woman suing Coke, over their rewards promotion, because she's afraid someone might actually try to drink enough coke to win the top prize. By her estimates it would take 151 12 oz. cans of Coke each day between now and the end of the promotion to earn that many points, an amount she insists would kill a person. I'm a Coke fan, I drink Coke almost every day. I drink between 3 and 5 cans a day when I work, and one or two a day on the weekend, and I buy a 20 oz bottle at the laundrymat when I'm waiting on my clothes. If I'm at a restaurant which serves Pepsi products, I won't drink Pepsi as a substitute, I'll order sweet tea or something else. But I'm not stupid enough to drink 151 cans of coke a day, or even think I might be able to.
Here's a quote from Miss Harvey's website:
"If your child, or a friend's child, or any child for that matter was set on winning "sing like an Idol" and tried to drink the 97 cokes a day that it would take to accure enough points and they DIED, would you blame Coke?"
I personally would not blame Coke, I would blame the parents. I would wonder where the child came up with the money to purchase 97 cokes per day. I buy my Coke by stocking up when it's on sale, I pay roughly .25 cents per can this way. The child who was smart enough to figure they need to drink 97 Cokes per day to win the prize, and to stock up on Coke at it's cheapest price would spend nearly $25.00 per day. I don't know of any kids who's weekly allowance is $175.00, but if there are any, I hope their parents carefully monitor their soft drink consumption, this child would need to down a can of Coke every 10 to 15 minutes to get his/her daily quota.
Miss Harvey also insists that people cannot team up and pool their points, but again, she's wrong. I drink a lot of Coke on a regular basis, but I have no plans to redeem any of the points, and there are probably a lot of other people like me, who buy Coke for the product and throw away the points. I would happily save them for someone I knew who was passionate about winning a prize, in the same way I gladly give my aluminum cans to the guy at work who recycles them. I know of guys at work who give their cigarette wrappers to a guy who redeems the points (so he doesn't have to smoke all those cancer causing cigarettes himself). Miss Harvey calls for public outcry to stop Coke, as "a million mad moms", do we really have to be angry? Can't we be reasonable instead and see this for what it is, a harmless promotion? Perhaps "a million reasonable people" need to call for an end to her frivilous lawsuit.
Posted by Anna at July 14, 2006 12:33 PM
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Actually, I keep Coke in my laundry room and use it more as a handy cleaning product than for refreshment (go ahead, cringe).
We've learned that it is the quickest stove cleaner (and doesn't give off noxious fumes) -- it disolves the grease very quickly.
It is also rumored to keep dark clothing from fading, so I empty the contents of a can into the washer when washing my jeans.
It is also said to dissolve the rust off tire bolts... haven't tried that one yet.
My friends use a small amount to polish the dashboard of their car...
All this to say, who says we're drinking 97 Cokes a day? Maybe we just find it a handy cleaner!
A slosh for the washer, a slosh for me... What other chemical can you do that with?
Although, I wonder, just what is it doing to MY insides?
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at July 14, 2006 11:46 PM