Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Generics
I think if the companies that make generics update their packaging, their sales would increase. Some of those boxes look SO OLD! The fonts are so ugly and out of style, that I check the box-- and sure enough, it's copyright 1988. Nowadays, in such an image-concious society, nobody's buying hideous looking packaging. It's not appealing. (Actually, the people who actually care what the label looks like aren't buying genreics of anything for any reason)That's beside the point.
It's also important to realize that you can get away with some generic products, but not others. My brother wasn't feeling well one day, so I offered to get him some medicine from the medicine cabinet. I'm a good sister, right? I'm an even better sister-I ran out to Rite Aid to buy him some REAL medicine. Everything in our medicine cabinet was GENERIC! For the extra 50 cents, just buy the real thing. It's worth-- I don't know-- YOUR HEALTH!? Besides, these medications are often on sale in big drugstore chains, and with a manufacturor's coupon, it can be cheaper than the generic!
Tissues: This is my policy: If you MUST buy cheap tissues, leave those in the bathroom, and put the Kleenex or Puffs in the kicthen or bedrooms, where softness is more likely to be appreciated. Enough said about that one.
Deodorant: STAY AWAY. You know what I mean.
Pens: Maybe I only realized this because I am obsessed with writing, but cheap pens NEVER WORK! Bic is pretty reliable, and Paper Mate is okay. Those are always on sale!
Wite-out: The generics always CLUMP like bad mascara. Yuck.
Speaking of which, Make-up: They melt, clump, change colors, and anything else BAD.
I can seriously write pages about this, but hello-NERD!- so let me tell you what is OK to buy generic: Cotton balls, rubbing alcohol, Q-tips, and looseleaf paper. I can probably think up more, but you get the point. Be careful what you skimp on.
It's also important to realize that you can get away with some generic products, but not others. My brother wasn't feeling well one day, so I offered to get him some medicine from the medicine cabinet. I'm a good sister, right? I'm an even better sister-I ran out to Rite Aid to buy him some REAL medicine. Everything in our medicine cabinet was GENERIC! For the extra 50 cents, just buy the real thing. It's worth-- I don't know-- YOUR HEALTH!? Besides, these medications are often on sale in big drugstore chains, and with a manufacturor's coupon, it can be cheaper than the generic!
Tissues: This is my policy: If you MUST buy cheap tissues, leave those in the bathroom, and put the Kleenex or Puffs in the kicthen or bedrooms, where softness is more likely to be appreciated. Enough said about that one.
Deodorant: STAY AWAY. You know what I mean.
Pens: Maybe I only realized this because I am obsessed with writing, but cheap pens NEVER WORK! Bic is pretty reliable, and Paper Mate is okay. Those are always on sale!
Wite-out: The generics always CLUMP like bad mascara. Yuck.
Speaking of which, Make-up: They melt, clump, change colors, and anything else BAD.
I can seriously write pages about this, but hello-NERD!- so let me tell you what is OK to buy generic: Cotton balls, rubbing alcohol, Q-tips, and looseleaf paper. I can probably think up more, but you get the point. Be careful what you skimp on.
