Do you have a suspicion that manufacturers of all sort of products are spying on you? You could be right.
Every time you get on the net, almost immediately your inbox is flooded with the most inane information toting products you simply “could not live without.”
Maybe it’s time we fought back.
Petr Pyechuk was describing his experience with brainwashing and information overload the other
morning at the Debating Table at the Bakery in Rainy River. Petr had wandered in late explaining his old dog, Hunter, was having hearing trouble and was unable to follow his verbal commands during Petr’s walk down for his morning caffeine fix.
“Those floppy-eared old dogs are subject to yeast infections in their ears. I coulda spent a couple
hundred dollars and taken him to the vet, but I found a few articles on the internet saying all you
needed to do was wash their ears out good and then smear the inside of each ear with some vaginal
cream for curing yeast infections,” Petr informed us as he made the rounds with the coffee pot.
“So I stopped at the Pharmacy and couldn’t find any so I asked that new clerk where it was. She told me if I had my wife’s prescription they could bill it to our drug plan. Otherwise I would have to pay full price for an over-the-counter substitute,” he added finally pulling a chair up to the table as a member of the early shift departed.
“Not for the wife. I’ll need a couple of large tubes as the infected area is pretty hairy, I started to explain to that new gal,” Petr said.
“She blushed and started to choke up, so I tried to explain it was for my dog’s ears. The clerk just
snorted and demanded to know what I had been sticking in my dog’s ears. Threatened to call the
humane society on me,” he added as he sucked back his first cup of high test in one long draft.
“So did you get it all right? Did it work on Hunter’s sore ears?” I inquired, wanting to get my facts
straight.
“No, I left before she could throw me out. But it’s just as well because when I got home my email inbox had a whole bunch of coupons for 75 per cent off on my first order. Seems filling in that survey when I was researching the product tripped some advertising alarms,” wondered Petr as he held out his cup for a refill.
“I should be able to stock up on the cheap with enough vaginal cream to cure every yeast infection in Rainy River,” chortled Petr rubbing is hands in anticipation.
“Why I could make about ten bucks a tube. Maybe I should list it for sale on my Man Cave account?” he murmured as he mentally calculated the potential profits.
“And the email also stated they were sending me some sample pads. Different sizes and medicated
tampons as well,” enthused Petr his excitement building.
“But those pads, they must be airborne. Said they had wings. Wonder why,” Petr mused.
