the previous post?
it was something i thought of..
just before i fell asleep
some time a few nights ago
so.
its down to the last few labs of the sem
mon being either last or second last..
tues being last molec bio lab this year
and wed being last wet lab for h bio this year
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you know.
going around the city once again
it seems to be that everything we want
is just a general upsize.
surplus. surplus. surplus.
always extra. more.
all for convenience maybe?
just so that it lasts longer before it finishes
n you have to go out n by the same thing all over again
(im mainly referring to food btw)
hmm.. somehow this is getting close to deja vu.
and if impulisively talk to mona later about this
then ya. pretty much confirms it.
ive a feeling ive talked this topic before
then went n discussed it with her on msn :S
anyways.
the thing that triggered my thought?
tic tacs.
at our place..
i was stopping by
then remembered..
sometime midway last yr i think it was
i was on the passionfruit mint tic tac craze
LOVED it. n i missed it. so decided to grab a pack.
n there it was.
packets in their lil section.
looking relatively the same size as ever.
just the way i remembered em
but then. taking a closer look
i realised the scribble on the top left corner?
TWENTY PERCENT MORE PRODUCT!
...
is that meant to make me wanna buy it now?
the fact that there's a bonus extra
ooo value for money!
yeah true. but why do we fall for it?
mm anyways. i took my lil packet n was happy.
BUT
walking through target lately.
i stopped by to take a look
at the lil stands near the cashier
you know those shelves with candy n magazines
where when the line gets long enough
you decided to browse just to relieve boredom?
and lo n behold.
to my utter amazement.
BIG TIC TACs
O.o
ok. so we are in such dire need of
tic-tac-pill popping
that we need them in larger sizes
and when it meant big.
it meant like 3 times the size of the normal ones
the packaging looked the same.
cept someone put it though a reverse-wonka-vision
and BANG a bigger one.
truthfully yeah.
im one of those people who go on
endless-mint-eat-a-thons
least until the packet finishes too.
BUT
i dont purposely go to buy LARGER packs of mints
just so that they run out slower
i mean seriously
looking at that i was like supershocked
is there really such a necessity for something
in such large quantities?
and even at that..
to carry such a monstrosity around?
it was like HUGE
like you might as well not carry a mobile
n replace the space with a giant pack of tic tacs
but truthfully
would any one bother with that?
i mean my fone is worth so much more than that
what amazed me more?
the space next them on the shelf
was occupied
by an empty box.
with the advertising for the exact same thing.
er. its actually SOLD OUT?
least. a carton's worth is sold out!?
and just at the same time
i turn around. and should i really surprised?
im surrounded by more n more of em.
giant packs of gum
more 'value for money'
but is it really?
what is the meaning of all this upsizing?
mm i'd go on
cept too sleepy now
nite nite
*hugs
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