I used some of this stuff last night at about midnight, and I still can’t taste anything. My tongue feels numb, and there’s a vague tingle, but I couldn’t taste my coffee this morning, or the black cherry jam on my toast.
A brief Google reveals that this is a common complaint with this vile stuff, as well as brown stains on the teeth. Most of the time, taste apparently comes back in about 12 hours. 12 FUCKING HOURS. 12. HOURS. WITH NO SENSE OF TASTE.
We bought the mega-deal at Sam’s, and it’s a shame, but I’m pouring the rest of it out this afternoon when I get home.
Stay far, far away from this crap. You are warned.
That rinse is the weirdest tasting stuff I’ve ever known. It tastes like someone mixed pastis with Maalox. I can see how that would kill your taste buds for a while.
Seriously. It’s like having a cold, with severely clogged sinuses, except I feel fine. Oh, with the added benefit of feeling like there’s a half-dead 9-volt battery pressed all over my tongue. Gross.
Yeah, that stuff is nasty. Turned my teeth brown, which I blamed on the new espresso machine at work. Took the hygenist about an hour with an ultrasonic pick (which was very unpleasant) to get back to my normal off-yellow color.
Can you take it back to the store, accompanied with some print-outs that support your claims? Even if you don’t get your money back (which seems unlikely), you can at least encourage them to never buy any from their suppliers ever again.
Okay, I’m crossing that stuff off my list. I was thinking about using a fancy oral rinse for my chronic fight with gingivitis, but I’m starting to worry about the idea now. When I tried tartar control toothpaste, it made the skin inside my mouth slough off - I’m not sure any mouth rinse is for me.
It’s a toothpaste that turns your teeth brown?! And with the taste bud killing properties maybe there’s a market for my Monkeybrand[sup]TM[/sup] pure gasoline toothpaste. Nothing kills germs better.
I’m not sure that would actually get anything done. Most likely, the GM would just kind of look at me like I’m a lunatic. Seems like an empty gesture, mostly.
I used that stuff for a long time with no problem. Now I use a generic equivalent, just because I like the taste of it a little better, but it’s got the exact same active ingredients. My dentist recommended it, and I think it does a great job of freshening my breath for a long time.
People who let shit slide that may end up inconveniencing other people 'cause they’re lazy (which is fine) but don’t have the balls to admit it (which is not).
If the last person who had this problem had gone to the store and pointed out the evidence that the product blows, it might not have been on the shelves to fuck up *your *mouth.
I don’t know what Sam’s return policy is like, but if you’ve only used a small portion of one bottle, you should be able to take the whole thing back and get your money back. You could at Costco, at least.
I had to stop using this stuff for the same reason. It didn’t stain my teeth, but it did ruin my sense of taste. It did keep my mouth feeling much cleaner for longer than Scope does, though, and it doesn’t burn like Listerine.
Oh, blow it out your ass, jerkoff. I have neither the time nor desire to trek 30 minutes back across town with a sheaf of printouts from random websites to bitch to an uncaring Sam’s GM about one of their products. Since you’re such a huge consumer advocate, and apparently much more diligent than me, you now know about it. You have a moral obligation to go to your local Sam’s and raise a huge fucking stink. Please do report back.
Awesome. The ol’ ignore list gets another workout! This thing’s really coming in handy to filter out the blowhards.
Pro-Health is so controversial that the Crest people might actually refund your money. I thought I read something about that on the net.
Perhaps I dreamt it. It’s possible… Seriously.
I found myself researching it after it left behind dark brown… sludge?.. between my teeth. Looked like I’d been chewin’ tabaccy with pa since the age of four. Seriously.
You said you didn’t want to get a refund or the product pulled because you were afraid the manager would think you were crazy–not because you didn’t have the time. So which is it?
Also, from my own personal experience working in retail, this is exactly the kind of thing a good manager *does *care about. So don’t fucking push this off on the manager being bad at their job. Man up and admit that it’s about *you *being lazy.
Fuck no; I don’t give a shit and I’m too lazy to bus out to the place. See how that works? Nice and easy. You’re the one who’s crying on the webbernets.
I… I’m touched. And a little bit honored. Enjoy hiding, coward.