Monopoly Tycoon
A quick bite at a particular outlet hauled in this very random thought to my head. If I could choose to an owner of a certain company, I would choose the F&N Coca-Cola Company.
The lady at the counter asked me which beverage I wanted to have. There were only 3 choices - Coke, Seasons Iced Lemon Tea, and Sprite. I was in no mood for the articifial-tasting Season's lemon tea, neither was I in for a fizzy sugar-water drink(sprite). Coke was my reluctant choice at the end. It was then that it occured to me that we consumers are indirectly "forced" into the choice of beverage that the food company chooses to provide. No matter how you look at it, Coke still maintains its top position in the beverage hierarchy and reigns as the best selling drink worldwide. I mean, seriously, who hasn't drank coke?
Diet Coke - America's solution to obesity problems. Presumably flabby Americans purchase Diet Coke by the cartons, assuming that Diet Coke is this miracle drink which manages to contain obesity. Thus they consume Diet Coke by the exorbitant amounts and still end up, fat. Furthermore the artificial ingredients and chemicals isn't exactly healthy for the human body. Coke itself is already corrosive, Diet Coke? Bad choice.
The one who benefits is the big boss of the F&N company who gets to collect the HUGE proceeds from the sales of his drink. Just imagine all his fat carat diamonds stubbed on his ear and the shiny blings drooping from his pressed Hugo Boss suit. Then he glances at the cumulative frequency curve analysed by his employee, snorts to himself and pipes away on his Havana cigar, sipping from his glass of Dom Perignon. "Yup, this is D life, while you suckers drink my cheap coke."
The lady at the counter asked me which beverage I wanted to have. There were only 3 choices - Coke, Seasons Iced Lemon Tea, and Sprite. I was in no mood for the articifial-tasting Season's lemon tea, neither was I in for a fizzy sugar-water drink(sprite). Coke was my reluctant choice at the end. It was then that it occured to me that we consumers are indirectly "forced" into the choice of beverage that the food company chooses to provide. No matter how you look at it, Coke still maintains its top position in the beverage hierarchy and reigns as the best selling drink worldwide. I mean, seriously, who hasn't drank coke?
Diet Coke - America's solution to obesity problems. Presumably flabby Americans purchase Diet Coke by the cartons, assuming that Diet Coke is this miracle drink which manages to contain obesity. Thus they consume Diet Coke by the exorbitant amounts and still end up, fat. Furthermore the artificial ingredients and chemicals isn't exactly healthy for the human body. Coke itself is already corrosive, Diet Coke? Bad choice.
The one who benefits is the big boss of the F&N company who gets to collect the HUGE proceeds from the sales of his drink. Just imagine all his fat carat diamonds stubbed on his ear and the shiny blings drooping from his pressed Hugo Boss suit. Then he glances at the cumulative frequency curve analysed by his employee, snorts to himself and pipes away on his Havana cigar, sipping from his glass of Dom Perignon. "Yup, this is D life, while you suckers drink my cheap coke."
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