Coca-Cola doesn’t like me.
Granted, our relationship ended years ago, after I gave up
sugared drinks. I could never warm to Diet Coke. Still, it hurts when an ex
snubs you.
The soft drink company has come up with its greatest
marketing idea since New Coke, and the backlash is drowning out the echoes from
the thud of that disaster. Coca-Cola has created the brilliant plan to
offer limited editions of its iconic bottle personalized with consumers’ names
in its signature font. Yes, you can buy a Coke bottle with your name on it, in
red Coca-Cola lettering! Or not.
The hitch, you see, is your name must be one of the 250
“most popular names” selected by the soda giant. Complaints have poured in on
Facebook from carbonated consumers miffed they were left off the list. It’s
like a high school popularity contest with bubbles and caramel coloring. Totally
silly; people will get upset over anything, I thought, as I scrolled down the
list. Kayleigh, Kelly, Kevin… wait, back up. Maybe they misspelled Keith, I
pondered.
Unpopular, forgotten… How could you treat me this way, Coke?
After all we shared, for so many years. High school. The movie theater. Pizza
and Coke dates. And now, I didn’t even make your list! Who did, I wondered.
Whose names could possibly be more popular than mine? I scanned the list and a
few names popped out at me: Abdul, Amandeep, Ashleigh, Chantelle, Danielle, Inga,
Jade, Jemima, Kataryana, Kofi, Kyle, Lindsey, Marc, Nicholas, Nicole, Pooja, Tomas,
Zoe. Really, Coke? Amandeep is more popular than Keith? Oops. Never mind. You
bitch!
Ringggg. “Hello, Pepsi? Remember me?”
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