How many panels do you need?
This post might disturb some of you. It might seem disgusting and you may think I shouldn't talk about this, but it is a commercial. I can't seem to get over some of the television ads these days. I just think some things should be advertised by word of mouth and not on T.V. Imagine sitting in a room with an in-law, or parent of a significant other, or on a first date, or a date with a new person, and one of those commercials comes on television - what do you say? Hence the point of my post...
Have you seen those toilet paper commercials that claim you only need to use 7 panels? It might not be seven but it is some randomly low number of panels. I keep wondering how it is they came up with this number. Do they hire people to use the restroom and then give them one panel, then if that isn't enough another panel, and so on? How do you conduct these experiments? How do you get that many people that need to go to the bathroom? And do they go on command? Plus, we are all made differently, how can you claim people only need 7 panels?
These were all the things running through my mind this weekend as I was watching T.V. with my dad. After the commercial, I blurted out, "Dad, how did they figure that out?" He just shook his head and said "Katie, I don't know." Now, imagine if I had blurted this out in any of the above mentioned scenarios? Embarrassing huh? What are these ads trying to do? Set me up for embarrassment? Are they supposed to get people talking?
I guess on some level the commercial is a good idea, I mean, who mentions in a casual conversation, "wow, let me tell you about this awesome toilet paper I just bought. Can you believe I only had to use seven panels?" Yeah, that would never happen. Plus, I have this theory that no matter what kind of toilet paper people buy they still most likely roll off the same amount every time. It is kind of like whether or not you put the roll on the handle to roll over or under. I know someone who will only put the roll on so that it rolls over, they can't put it so that it rolls under and down. I tend to do this myself, it makes sense to roll over - it will never touch the ground. Anyway, no matter how well I know you - I do not need to know how many panels you use, and more importantly - I hope you never count.
Have you seen those toilet paper commercials that claim you only need to use 7 panels? It might not be seven but it is some randomly low number of panels. I keep wondering how it is they came up with this number. Do they hire people to use the restroom and then give them one panel, then if that isn't enough another panel, and so on? How do you conduct these experiments? How do you get that many people that need to go to the bathroom? And do they go on command? Plus, we are all made differently, how can you claim people only need 7 panels?
These were all the things running through my mind this weekend as I was watching T.V. with my dad. After the commercial, I blurted out, "Dad, how did they figure that out?" He just shook his head and said "Katie, I don't know." Now, imagine if I had blurted this out in any of the above mentioned scenarios? Embarrassing huh? What are these ads trying to do? Set me up for embarrassment? Are they supposed to get people talking?
I guess on some level the commercial is a good idea, I mean, who mentions in a casual conversation, "wow, let me tell you about this awesome toilet paper I just bought. Can you believe I only had to use seven panels?" Yeah, that would never happen. Plus, I have this theory that no matter what kind of toilet paper people buy they still most likely roll off the same amount every time. It is kind of like whether or not you put the roll on the handle to roll over or under. I know someone who will only put the roll on so that it rolls over, they can't put it so that it rolls under and down. I tend to do this myself, it makes sense to roll over - it will never touch the ground. Anyway, no matter how well I know you - I do not need to know how many panels you use, and more importantly - I hope you never count.
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