Share a Coke with WHO

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So, I like Coca-Cola as much as the next person (#College=Caffeine), but I'm really annoyed with their new marketing campaign, Share a Coke.

I first heard about this campaign from my roommate who texted me a picture a Coke bottle that was all "Share a Coke with Angela". My roommate was all "who is Angela and why does she want to share my Coke" and I was like "dude, Angela is the queen of Coca-Cola, didn't you know?" and she was like "really?" and I was like "no". WHO IS ANGELA? I still don't get it. If you're buying a single serving size bottle of Coke, obviously you don't want to share.

Angela is just going to have to buy her own Coke. I don't have time to go around to every Angela in the world handing out soft drinks, even if she is the Queen of Coke. 

Since then, I have learned that this 'let's put random names on Coke bottles' thing is actually an elaborate ruse to get people to buy more soda. It isn't working on me. I hate it. Every time I go to buy a Coke, I look at all the bottles and I'm like "I don't want to share a Coke with any of these people"!

It doesn't help that I am never going to find my name on ANY bottle of Coke. Like, today I was at the convience store and I saw a bottle that said "Share a Coke with Linds". In Linds a name? Is it short for Lindsay? Is this Lindsay Lohan's Coke? And, if so, why is it here? Who is Linds and why do they get a Coke and I don't. Seriously, I share a name with MILLIONS of people and I'm never going to find my name on a bottle of soda? No offense to anyone out there, but Linds is NOT A NAME!

And don't even get me started on all the people on Facebook who are all like "I found my name on a Coke bottle, I guess I'm a celebrity" and I'm like, "but actually, your name is Steve - there a hundred billion people with the same name; you don't see Daniel Radcliffe freaking out because I bought a Coke with the name Daniel on it the other day". Then, all of the sudden you can't buy a Coke with the name Steve on it.
Share a Coke: True Blood Edition

Even if you can find a real, every day name on your Coke bottle, it's always something you have a bad association with (like Steve). Like, the other day, I saw a bottle that said "Share a Coke with Rob", and I was like "oh no, it's the Red Wedding all over again". I couldn't handle it. 

So now, every time I want to drink a Coke, I have to go through the entire drink cooler to find a normal, acceptable name to drink. Believe me, I'm not gonna share a Coke with Linds. Today, I was lucky and I was able to find THREE, count them three, normal names that I don't have negative associations with. I give you: Share a Coke - the True Blood edition. Yes, I could share a Coke with Eric Northman, but as for everyone else, no, I won't be sharing a Coke with you.

Just sayin'

Comments

  1. KiraJuly 21, 2014 at 9:58 AM

    I still have no idea who Angela is. #notsharingmycoke

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  2. Matt MaldreJuly 24, 2014 at 10:09 AM

    I got a Coca-Cola that said "Share a Coke with Linds" I thought Linds was a disease.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 15, 2014 at 3:51 PM

    s is right next to a on the keyboard.. I wonder if they meant Linda and it was a huge typo.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2014 at 5:53 PM

    haha I think they could not decide whether to go with Lindsey or Lindsay, as both spellings are equally common. So they decided to go with Linds as to not offend either.

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