Bottled Condoms

TOI reports on a cola giant getting fined – as a condom was found in a sealed bottle it marketed.

The state consumer commission has ordered a prominent cola giant to pay Rs 20,000 as compensation and Rs 3,000 as cost of litigation to a  consumer, who found a condom inside a sealed bottle and fell sick after consuming the drink from another bottle he ordered.

The complainant, Sudesh Sharma, a resident of Ujhani village here, had purchased two cola bottles from a retail shop near Kashmere Gate back in 2003. Sharma was shocked to see a condom inside the sealed cola bottle. On consuming the second bottle, he found dirt and other contaminants inside it. He started suffering from severe dyspepsia and headache, followed by insomnia. His condition worsened over a period of time and he had to seek medical treatment.

Note the TOI report – it says a “a prominent cola giant”. The giant actually happens to be Pepsi – which for some reason the TOI hesitates to name. Naming Pepsi would result in reduced adspends, right?

Now let’s look at the Sharma story. He buys two bottles of cola (of a prominent giant) – discovers a condom in one of them. So shocked he is by his discovery- that he goes on to gulp the other bottle,  which incidentally is contaminated as well.

So believable, eh?