2 FREE!
7 for the price of 5
What it should have said in equally prominent lettering, but
didn’t, was:
But please note:
The individual packs in this multi-pack are 11% lighter
than our regular packs.
They were. I checked. That’s what makes the claim ‘7 for the
price of 5’ a lie, since there’s no direct comparison. And that kind of
institutionalised commercial dishonesty is something we shouldn’t put up with.
By contrast…
Anyone who read last night’s post might recall my mentioning
that I was bitten twice by a Pit Bull Terrier. It’s true; I was, once on each
ear lobe. He was just showing affection, you see, and his bite was suitably
restrained. Humans say it with flowers; Pit Bulls say it with their teeth. That’s
a kind of honesty, and it’s why I generally prefer dogs to most people –
certainly that breed of person who runs a large commercial organisation and not
only regards the conning of the public in order to make more profit an
acceptable way to behave, but even considers himself important in the process
of so doing. For what it's worth – if anything – I prefer straight dealing, even
if it leaves me with ear lobes that are a little engorged but otherwise
uninjured.
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