Erin and I were in the grocery store yesterday, and happened to need some cooking spray. The large size can of Pam was on sale, so I thought we’d compare prices with the regular size cans of store brand spray. I asked Erin how much was in the other can, and she told me. I asked her to check again, since it was more than was in the large Pam can (by 30% or so.) She checked again, and sure enough, she was right the first time. The house brand cooking spray, which contains the same basic ingredients as the Pam cooking spray, has more than twice the amount of cooking spray than the Pam in the same sized can. This, despite being 25% less money.

The more money thing I understand, and it doesn’t bother me. If the brand name wasn’t more money usually, then something is wrong. The thing that bothers me is that the amount of spray in the cans is so out of whack. It’s like you can almost see where the people who make the product have no respect for their customers at all, hoping to sneak that one by them. I’ve got a message for the people who made that decision: “Hey - wake up - you just lost a sale, and any potential future sales, based on this slimy tactic. The toothpaste people smartened up and made the nozzle smaller again, so maybe you should smarten up too.”

Simpson’s quote of the day: “Well it’s just a prototype, with proper funding I’m confident this little baby could destroy an area the size of New York City.” - Professor Frink