I did my regular weekend grocery shopping today. And since I was feeling a bit more generous than usual I decided to splurge and buy me some diet pepsi. normally I reach for the cheapest diet cola possible, as I'm a cheap person who isn't really picky when it comes to soda. however, prior to grocery shopping today I wrote my Gma a letter and reminisced of how I used to sit on this awkward stool/step ladder thing in her kitchen, and drink diet pepsi from the same glass every time I visited. (for the record, the glass depicted a street scene, including houses with open windows and people walking by on the street. I always used to sit there and imagine who lived inside the houses. I have very clear memories of it.) So I decided to reenact that same sort of feeling in myself and get some diet pepsi. you know how taste can sometimes bring you back? yea.
well let me tell you, the diet pepsi my Gma used to give me tasted nothing like the swill I got today. I bought a 12 pack. which set me back $5.49 plus the can deposit. which is 5 cents a can. AND pst/gst/whateverthefuckst. so roughly $6.30 was spent on trying to reclaim a memory. only it was dirty diaper water inside of a can. instead of tasty goodness.
I thought maybe it was just one can that was off, so I tried another. nope. dirty diaper water x2.
I opened and tested 2 other cans before giving up. Clearly I wasted $6.30.
but it's not in my nature to waste things!
here's an example of just how not wasteful I am - Once, when I was 15 and hanging out with some friends at Denny's, which was what all the cool kids did back then, because you could smoke inside and sit there for like 8 hours just drinking coffee. sometimes we did order things though. that day being one of those sometimes. I decided to get the buffalo chicken strips. Tasty fake chicken battered and fried and drenched in perfect buffalo sauce right? WRONG.
they tasted like vomit. literally, like vomit. I took one bite and proceeded to spit it out and let everyone at the table know just exactly HOW vomit tasting they were. But instead of sending them back like a normal human being, I merely let them sit there for another half hour or so before taking another bite, and consequently spitting that bite out as well. when questioned as to WHY ON EARTH I would even consider taking another bite when I had previously stated how gross they were, I simply answered "I thought they might have tasted better now....they didn't" colon. frowny bracket. which looks like this in case you can't visualize ---- :(
SOOOO since I can't waste anything I've decided to keep them in my fridge and pawn them off on unsuspecting guests. or mix them with COPIOUS amounts of rum. annnnnd since no one ever comes over to visit me except my dad, looks like I'll have to go buy some rum tomorrow.
oh..I also decided to write a complaint to pepsi. which goes as follows -
"I purchased a 12 pack of diet Pepsi today, and upon returning home I expected to find my thirst quenched with a delicious treat. I instead encountered what could only be described as disgusting tonic water. I've tasted from 4 cans out of this 12 pack (the product code, manufacturing code, ups etc were all take from the 4th can) and ALL of them have had the same bland bitter taste. I love diet Pepsi, and all Pepsi products, which is why I continuously shell out the extra 3 bucks for a 12 pack when buying my pop. I expect consistency and quality when it comes to what I purchase. ESPECIALLY when I pay more for Pepsi than for the no name pop. which is why I am so disappointed in that I felt the need to lodge a formal complaint. I understand that sometimes a bad batch may occur, but I never expected that you as a company would allow a bad batch to reach paying customers. I'm extremely disappointed in Pepsi. Why should I bother spending the extra money? "
I'm still waiting to hear back from them. I'll keep you posted on how Pants Vs. Pepsi 2011 progresses.
thought of the day - I <3 Pancake Mix
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