While parents warn their children about the tricks that can be found in candy on Halloween, most don't worry about the dangers of going to their local grocer. But, some kiddos received medicine bottles full of sweets on their family's Saturday outing to Sam's Club. Recently, a man, his wife and two children walked through the doors of the warehouse store where both daughters were each handed real prescription bottles filled to the rim with Dots and Tootsie Rolls. While no harm was done, the store's freebie put the idea that candy lives in medicine bottles in youngsters' heads. What do you think about this marketing stunt?
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Jimmy Choo
Alexander Wang
Current&Elliot
Well that is just a very stupid idea. Imagine your kids coming home and thinking that advil is a sweet candy. Lovely.
1WTH? As a kid I was rushed to the hospital, stomach pumped, heart monitor, false code blues since I squirmed from my sensors, tied down, etc. I was a false alarm though, my folks and doctors thought I had ingested some Rx pills. When they still tell the story they talk about how scared they were. Big FAIL Sam's Club.
2Not only would the whole "candy medicine" thing bother me, but the candy being the really chewy stuff that pulls out fillings and caps would downright piss me off. I hate it when people hand that stuff to my kids and now I have to throw it away. If I know about it ahead of time, like with Halloween, we have "the talk" in advance so they know which candies they're not allowed to eat.
3I don't know how anyone could this was a good marketing ploy. So odd, but interesting post!
4this is so random
5i cant imagine how and why this was ever chosen as a marketing tool
Oy. Somebody without kids came up with that one. :-\
6Oh, that is seriously stupid.
7wow!! not a good idea!!!!!!!!!
8I think, "JUST DON'T DO STUPID THINGS."
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