Saturday, September 27, 2008
11:51 PM /
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INTERESTING FACTS
#1: BANANA.
have you ever seen a banana that has to be DIGGED so that the person can eat it? real life examples can be seen in our very own school canteen's japanese stall's meal set.
note: spoon was not provided by the vendor. the consumer has to take one to satisfy her needs.
haha paiseh. i think i dug out the banana thingy till in a very disgusting state, but that's the only way i can eat my banana!
#2: ECLIPSE MINTS.
所谓 "人不可貌相". now i call it "物品不可貌相". as we all know, the market economy is currently facing a "barrier to entry" for all china diary products. consumers are now very aware of the products they consumed. they tend to look out for any milk ingredients for every single product (due to paranoid self). here's one real-life scenario. *identities are made confidential to protect the consumers' rights*
well, three different eclipse mints flavours (peppermint, spearmint and winter frost) were bought due to different consumers' tastes and expectations. and since the consumers bought the sweets at airport, hence they're deemed as luxury goods ($3.45 per box leh).
looks nice hor. like some NZ/AZ(i still rmbr that's chelsea's australia shortform version HAHA)/USA product or whatsoever. but hey wait till you turn to the other side...
MADE IN CHINA?! 0_0!
so after consumer A has realised the 'made in china' sign on her peppermint sweet cover, all consumers are being turned off. demand for eating the sweet has immediately fallen. three eclipse mints boxes were left untouched. consumers have to switch to other
soon after, consumer B realised that her winter frost's box did not mention anything about the sweet being 'made in china'. so she conveniently showed us:
made in USA?! hey wait a minute, now let's test our observing skills: spot the difference in the next picture!
ANS: the winter frost box has only a one-liner description that says 'made in USA'. the other two boxes have numerous lines of description, and started with 'made in CHINA'. same goods, different producers? did they outsource their firms to other countries, hence different producers?
well in conclusion, the moral of the story is: READ THE INGREDIENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU BUY THE PRODUCT.
HAHAHA. this is such a gay post. and i am quite lazy to blog abt what happened today, most probably one of the consumers in that scenario will be blogging abt it. so using your analytical skills, hopefully you will be able find the correct consumer's blog and get a better understanding of what happened today by combining all the sources together. okay i shall name this source A. HAHAHA siao. okay that's all. :D
