pbfrontmanvdp Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 This is almost as insane as the guy stating he wanted to ban oreo cookies. I just heard this on the news (after watching Malcolm in the Middle that show is too funny) and ive been trying to look up info on this topic but just couldnt find it (plus im to tired to spend 30 mins trying to look for it since i have to get up at work at 4:30 in the morning). Anyway though i heard that some company, i think the Ginger Ale Company or something like that, is going to go on strike cause of its current medical insurance. If this last to long they say the company might go bankrupt (correct me if im wrong i didnt hear the whole thing) and soda's such as coke, ginger ale, dr. pepper, and sunkist will not be produced anymore. Even though the only one i like from those is sunkist i still think this is outrageous for a soda company to go on strike. Sure their going on strike for a good reason, but still i would hate to see sunkist not be made anymore. Im really tired and what im saying might not be totally true or make a lot of sense but it is pretty much what i heard from the Fox 5 news and tommorow ill look this up a little more and try to get all the facts straight. Comment on this i like how people commented on the oreo one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 [size=1]I really and truly cannot make sense of what you just said.[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hikaru Ichijyo Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 I couldn't make any sense of what he was talking about either but I'm pretty sure he's referring to the Pepsi Cola company which earlier today threatened to go on strike because of poor wages and medicial benefits. Either way this isn't a very uncomon thing for companies to do, wether it be a soda company or food company almost anything that has to do with a union can go on strike. Even a couple of months back the bands that play for the Broadway plays went on strike. Over all this isn't so ridiculous. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbfrontmanvdp Posted May 19, 2003 Author Share Posted May 19, 2003 Well like i said i only heard bits and peices of it so i wasnt exactly sure what the topic on the news was fully about. I did hear that if the strike did go on way that the soda's of the company going on strike would not be manufactured until they settle an agreement. It kinda sucks for those who like those types of soda's from the ones i listed above. Plus since theres a thread about how people are addicted to soda, and most perfer to drink coke cola, i thought it would kinda suck for them if their favorite soda wasnt being manufactured for a while if a strike happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezzyjean Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 There is a boycott of Pepsi in Atlanta right now, its b/c of their super bowl comercial w/ the Ozbournes, at first they were gonna have Ludacris in it, but then they decided that his music had bad content and that it would be bad for children watching the comercial. So then they put Ozzy Ozbourne in it, whose music had just as bad content. So the only difference was that Ludacris is black and Ozzy is white, so some peeps figure that pepsi was being racist, so they started a boycott. Sorry if that was off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Wait... They want better medical insurance, so how is that [i]bad[/i]? That's just how these things work, and unless I hear that they have great insurance and are just greedy, I bet they're in the right. I think you guys can survive without soda for a couple months (which is probably the max this would take if they actually go into a full on strike, which I doubt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbfrontmanvdp Posted May 19, 2003 Author Share Posted May 19, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Semjaza Azazel [/i] [B]Wait... They want better medical insurance, so how is that [i]bad[/i]? That's just how these things work, and unless I hear that they have great insurance and are just greedy, I bet they're in the right. I think you guys can survive without soda for a couple months (which is probably the max this would take if they actually go into a full on strike, which I doubt). [/B][/QUOTE] LoL i dont know man. By what some people were saying in the "addiction to soda" thread i dont know how long they could last without it for. I mean some people drink like cases a day it seems by what people were saying in that thread so i think some will be disappointed. Me though i seriously dont care i think soda isnt the most nutricious thing for you so a few months without it sounds like a good thing to happen for the addicts out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShinje Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 [size=1][color=darkblue] Well, if it is the [b]Pepsi Cola [/b] company, it won't affect Coke, since they are rivals. It would just affect Pepsi Cola, not cola in general. other Soda companys are going to have a field day if it is a full strike no? [/size][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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