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One day, back when I was a wee lad, I was looking for ways to take faster showers. There was one shower, there were four people, and speed was essential to maintaining a happy household. The plan I came up with was to mix the shampoo and the conditioner in my hands prior to rubbing it in my hair. Brilliant, I thought. After doing this for a week or so, I was so proud of myself, I had to brag to my mom.
"Mom, I've been mixing the conditioner and shampoo together so that I can shower faster!"
"You shouldn't do that, you're making both the shampoo and conditioner less effective." And that was the end of that.
A few years later, Procter & Gamble introduced Pert Plus. Essentially, they took my idea, bottled it, and made skillions of dollars. It could have -- no, should have been me. Some might think that this experience would make me more driven to follow through on my ideas. Those people are so clearly wrong. This experience just makes me want to sue.
My poor college roommate had to endure my ranting about this for two-plus years. I'm having trouble letting it go. I'm not even sure what got me thinking about it today, probably the $315 million I didn't win in the MegaMillions drawing last night. Damn California. Who let them in the union anyway?
Anyway, I'm still working on gathering documentation for my lawsuit against P&G. But until the courts say otherwise, if you've ever purchased 2-in-1 shampoo plus conditioner, of any brand, you owe me $1. That's a dollar per bottle, mind you.
Comments
cadiz12 said:
get in line, pal. my aunt has been pissed at p&g for the very same reason, probably since the early seventies.
I said:
I figured I wasn't the only one, but she was doing it in the early 70's? How am I supposed to compete with that?
Katie said:
All I'm going to say, I also did that, though not since the seventies. Maybe for your case you could also throw in some allegations of animal testing.
Glo said:
Hair snob alert. That stuff is bad, bad, bad for your hair. Awful, in fact. It will dry out your scalp and strip the color right off it. My hairdresser would kill me if I ruined her creations in such a way.
That 315 million. I woke up all ready to feel robbed, then I saw where it was sold. Yeah. They need the money. Big time. Here's hoping someone builds a safe community center with the cash.
RaJ said:
Too bad you're up against Proctor & Gamble. Those companies with ties to satanism never lose in court.
Jon said:
Actually, I feel like the real lesson here is to wait for somebody else to have a brilliant idea, then steal it. I’ve fallen victim to this many times myself. The automobile, the wristwatch, the computer, the digital camera, the stapler, the printing press… all my ideas. It’s pretty disgusting what a dishonest, thieving world we live in.