Putting in the Extra Effort? (Humor)

I thought I would take some time to inject a little humor and ask some questions that make likeminded people wonder why things are as they are, especially regarding companies and corporations and their business practices. I'm not here to do a SWOT analysis, however. Those are not funny.

We had a severe thunderstorm where I live and it resulted in a brownout. Of course the Internet went out, as per usual. Jose and Boy Electro apparently stopped pedaling their bikes along with a 100 rodent slaves (we call 'em gerbils) and the massive generator system failed.

I went into the comfort room and pulled the curtain back to allow some light to enter into the cramped quarters and began cleaning the sink. I grabbed a name brand soap/disinfectant and read the label in the dwindling light with my smartphone flashlight. It read: "Kills 99.9% of Germs!"

As I sat the container down I began to wonder: "Why didn't they go the extra mile and kill them all? Why were they holding back? Did they have a deal with the Grim Reaper? If so, what was his cut?

Maybe that extra little thing to murder the rest of the creepy, microscopic germs that wiped out early civilizations in droves could be a little arsenic or something? Or maybe the claim from the manufacturer is false. I mean, here in the Philippines we have at least three baby formulas that claim to be the most nutritious that money can buy. Somebody is lying.

After running out of water when washing my hands, I gave into the mattress and laid in the prone position, then flipped over like a dolphin at Sea World and stared at the ceiling shadows. I began to think about other marketing campaigns of manufacturers.

"New and improved!" came to mind. I'd being seeing this gimmick since I was a kid. "Look, Mommy, more corn in the beef ramen soup!" Then after she cooked it the kernels had doubled. There were now two instead of one. And no beef, just a small piece of fat.

"Why didn't the corporate whiz kids experimenting with food go the extra mile and create something that was already the best? Why were they holding back?"

Or maybe they already had the best product and marketed an inferior one until it reached its decline in the ever truthful product life cycle. "Aha, that was when they launched the new and improved version!" I thought.

Wiseguys.

I'm Dying of thirst here!

In the #Philippines we dare not drink the tap water unless we want to consume parasites and become ill.

Major corporations have "saved' us from the possibility of becoming dreadfully sick or dying by pummeling the marketplace with "mineral water". This slight of hand is humorous since quality tap water is also mineral water, because mineral water occurs naturally. And yet people pay more for labelled mineral water.

What a scam! The FDA recommends an adult drink 12-15 cups a day, depending on one is a female or male. I don't know what the other genders should drink. Let's do the math.

15 cups is slightly more than 3.5 liters. An average bottle of water contains 12 ounces or roughly .35 liters. That's 10 bottles of water a day per person. We fork over 15 to 2o pesos (40 to 50 cents USD) for a single bottle. Extrapolated for two people, that comes to $10 a day!

Heck, the perverts pay less than that for short-time hotel rooms.

The weirdo part is that 5 liters of treated water from an authorized water station only costs 30 pesos (about 75 cents US.), and it's delivered!

I'm done with it all. I think I'll just do as my boyfriend does and drink beer.

Beer is the same price as a bottle of water and water never makes me pass out. And hey, by putting in a little extra effort by drinking beer we can maintain a balanced diet - a beer in each hand. Cheers!