Hatrack River Forum: Grrr (a rant)

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Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

Paying a visit to the cold drinks section of my local convenience store brought me to a vast array of beverages. When deciding which one to choose to satiate my thirst, I thought "Maybe I'll get lucky and win a free 20 oz in one of those 1/8 wins a free coke contests."

So I bought a 20 oz coca cola classic. I eagerly hurried to the cashier so I could pay and then see if I won! After getting 94 cents of change back (since it cost $1.06), I quickly rotated the cap counter-clockwise, releasing the oh-so-familiar sound of escaping carbon dioxide. Then, I turned the cap upside down to see if I won! Alas, this I would not find out for several hours. Imprinted on the bottom of the cap was a series of about 20 numbers and letters. I thought to myself, "Huh?", and read the back of the label. Not only did I notice that one serving has about 20g of sugar, but you have to submit the code online to check if you win! [Wall Bash]

At this moment, I realized that things were better in the older days. Children respected their elders. People woke up to the sounds of roosters crowing. No one ever complained. Teachers were paid enough. The verbal section of the SAT's didn't have an essay. Coke bottles clearly stated wheter or not you won a free coke.

Anyways, I quickly rushed home to check online. And to my dismay, I was not one of the elite one-out-of-eight people who win a free 20 oz coke [Cry]

[ September 27, 2004, 08:19 PM: Message edited by: kaioshin00 ]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Man, that does stink. Whoever thought of that is a dodo. They should have an instant win aspect, it could be inside the lid, and a code on the part of the lid you peel off to get to hit the website.

:recalls the days of the elusive "smile": Not that I drink coke. We just would collect the caps from the construction site across the street.

Posted by Gryphonesse (Member # 6651) on :

go with Mountain Dew. Personally, I prefer Livewire. And you find out if you've won right away!

[Cool]

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

You know what else sucks? Cracker Jack prizes. I got a freakin' sticker for somthing I'd never heard of. Man, I remember the day when in a box of Cracker Jacks, you could get a little blue plastic jointed donkey that you had to assemble yourself. And these days were in 1986.

Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :

Umm don't mean to ruin your rant or anything but I think it does say you've won under the cap when you have won. When it says the numbers I think you have to check to see if you've won any other prize. [Smile]

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

[Wall Bash]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

Is that an admission of guilt? Or an indication that you did win but have thrown away the winning cap in your prior state of unawareness?

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

No! it is an indication of my ignorance of the rules of the free coke. I never knew that the numbers meant you win one of their other prizes. [Wall Bash]

Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :

The SAT has an essay portion now? About damn time.

Posted by Anthro (Member # 6087) on :

Yeah, they added more math, hacked out analogies, and popped in an essay. 2400 is a perfect score now, but the grading on the essay is real easy.

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

What Chaeron said, except there's a whoosh of escaping breath afterwards, signaling my relief that I took the test before that crap came along.

Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :

The numbers just mean you COULD have won something else. It's really just a ruse to get you to register and supply them with your address so they can sell your name and put you on a bunch of junk mail lists.

I'm not just cynical, really! You know they do that!

Posted by Chaeron (Member # 744) on :

Anthro: you mean my 1600 isn't king any more? *sniff*

Posted by Starla* (Member # 5835) on :

It's not just so they can sell your name, it's so they can get you on the site, and probably try to sell you more product. Aweful. I hate what's happened to this market in the last 7 or 8 years. All this mumbo jumbo blah.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

I have one from like 3 years ago that I never claimed. I wonder if it's still good. From back in the good old days, I mean. When small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri, and you could tell from your coke top whether or not you'd won!