I find myself in awe of the level of stupidity that advertisers try to shovel down our throats each and every day. What triggered this slap to the face for the day is the Pizza Hut commercial for the ten dollar meal deal that is only ten bucks........at what point in time did ten dollars and ten bucks become two separate entities? I do my best to mute all commercials, but every once in a while, someone else has the remote and I have to listen to the crap. I can figure most things out, but this one is a total stumper to me. How can they embarrass themselves that much. Now mind you, I LIKE Pizza Hut pizza and patronize them when we're able to afford it, but they're pushing all the wrong buttons for me with this one.
The next one on my list is that horrific cereal commercial, I'm thinking it's Cinnamon Toast Squares. It has a square of cereal sitting on the edge of a bowl, extending it's tongue out into the bowl of milk. It 'catches' a square of cereal and eats it. If I were a small child, this would absolutely terrify me. If I came out into my kitchen and saw that box on my table, I'd run screaming as far and as fast away from that scary thing as I could.......
Do the people that make these things really believe that we're breaking our legs to run out and buy a ten dollar/buck meals and/or cannibalistic cereal squares? Is it possible that we have sunk so low or have just become so apathetic, that inane has become the soup of the day, so to speak? Does this bother anyone else?
We bought a bottle of garlic powder a few days ago, standard size bottle, maybe four or five inches tall, opened it up and it was barely filled to the halfway mark. I emailed the company, basically asking how they had the nerve to do that. This was their reply:
"We sell all our products by weight (as noted on the bottle). To keep our costs low and deliver them to the consumer, we use a standard jar size for ALL of our products. Therefore, those spices with low
bulk density (i.e. Basil leaves, Italian seasoning, Oregano) require more
room to make the fill weight. Those that are heavier will only fill the same
jar partially, giving the appearance of a "low fill". This is also to have a
uniform jar size and appearance on the store shelves"
So there, you dumb shit, we don't care about the environment, the senselessness of using a bottle that is less than half full, (or is it half empty?) As long as it looks good on the shelves, what the hell? Maybe my lack of sleep it finally catching up with me, maybe this is a lot of ado about nothing, but it is just one of those nights that the small shit bothers me.......
I have no answers, I'm feeling that 'what can one person do' feeling creeping into my brain, so maybe it's time for bed. If I manage four hours it's a good night. Somewhere along the line my body says four hours is enough. Sigh.......
