Choke on a Coke

Dear Coca-Cola,

Who do you think you are? My nan and pop are deceased, that's right, dead. From type two diabetes. She made abidance with your 3.7 litre a day recommendation from your hydration calculator - all of it Coke.  So when you produce a bottle with "share a coke with nan" on it, think about the distress it would cause to exhume my grandparents just to give them a high calorie caffeinated hit. I would need to pay the cemetery as well as the funeral parlor for a second burial. Further more, I hate my boss. Why would I want to buy him a coke? Also, you have made a very tatty attempt at addressing Australia's minority groups with names such as Wen and Aarav, when there is a thriving ethnic community in Australia. You might want to look at a list of common names, such as Cho, which means beautiful in Korean in case you didn't know.

Where do you get off? What gave you the idea that men in Australia would like to wrap their lips around "Scott" or "Patrick", and suck them dry? Or that Australia's women would like to do the same with "Erin" or "Jess"? Your wild assumptions about the nonchalant approach Australian's take towards their sexuality is affronting to this great society we've worked so hard to build. In one fell swoop you've made us an island of flaming queens fueled by Coke: the oil of the capitalist machine; and we don't appreciate it. The only way I envisage you being able to repair such a devastating attack on this great nation is to return to including cocaine in your formula. (Although your old formula with 9 milligrams per glass seems a little low for a beverage sold after everyone got so used to it in the 80s, so if you could ramp it up that would be swell.)

Regards
Viceroy Dagnels

RESPONSE:

Dear Viceroy,

Thank you for your recent email regarding the new "Share a COKE" promotion.

We regret to hear you've had an unsatisfactory experience with this year's summer campaign. We appreciate the time you've taken to write us and provide feedback, which we will definitely provide to the appropriate people and surely take into account in future programs.  This campaign was to encourage sharing your good times with old and new, friends and family, and has been crafted to provide consumers with multiple levels of connectivity.  We apologise if we offended or disappointed you. I can assure you that this certainly was not our intention.

We greatly appreciate the feedback you've provided and for being a fan of Coca-Cola.

Should you have any further enquiries relating to this promotion, please do not hesitate to email us at consumer_information@ccamatil.com or you may call us on 1800 025 123.


Kind regards,

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CONSUMER AFFAIRS TEAM

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