Silly Symbolism
April 11th, 2007 by Josh
I needed an afternoon pick-me-up, so I just bought a can of Pepsi out of the vending machine at work.
When I used to work on a different floor here, the vending machine was laid out differently. On my old floor, cans of Pepsi were found in slot B9. I told myself that must be a sign that drinking Pepsi was actually good for me, despite all evidence to the contrary. (Get it? B9. . . benign? I debated on whether or not I should explain this, but decided I probably should.) Of course I didn’t really believe that. But now that I’m up a few floors higher, Pepsi is in B1 and B2. And it doesn’t seem as good for me any more. I have no empirical evidence to support this, but I suspect I may be buying less Pepsi now. It’s strange how symbolism can work on our minds sometimes, even when it’s completely irrational and we know it!
However, I just discovered something good! Pepsi is “VERY LOW SODIUM”! I know this because it tells me so right above the Nutrition Facts. Never mind the 41g of sugar or the 150 calories. A can of Pepsi contains only 1% of my daily sodium intake! And if that isn’t benign, I don’t know what is.
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April 16th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
What’s in B9 in this machine?
July 2nd, 2007 at 10:42 am
Currently Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi (can). When you think about it, that’s much more appropriate I guess.
This machine is more dynamic than the other though. . . it might be something different in that slot next week. If any regular Pepsi’s show up there, I’m so grabbing one.