several years ago someone at work said
“who is this pol pot guy ?”
Well, the problem is that no two people are going to use shampoo and conditioner at the same proportions. So no matter how you size the bottles, most people aren’t going to run out of both at the same time. In fact, I bet most people don’t use the same amounts consistently, so one time you’d use up the shampoo first, and the next time you’d run out of conditioner first.
And for all this, the company would have to make different bottles (ok they might used different colors now, but it’s the same form) with different layouts, etc.
Of course, what the woman really meant was that they should resize the bottles just for her. That’s good customer service, right? :rolleyes:
I understand what you mean, Zyada, but then, if they don’t sell hot dogs and buns in similar-sized packages, surely different shampoo and conditioner bottles aren’t that far out of the question.
A cow-orker, after her son was arrested for selling drugs: “What’s wrong with drugs? Everyone does drugs.” Well, for starters, they are illegal.
The head of the Klan once said “The only reason you’re white today is because your ancestors practiced segregation.” And “If a person receives a blood transfusion from someone of another race, it will affect their unborn children.” Hmmmmmm…
BTW, detergents cause more child poisonings than any other product. They can make you very, very sick, but I don’t think a small amout would kill.
what makes you think i haven’t long since reached that point? why else are we here?
i got this jaw-dropper from a long-ago ex-boyfriend, who INSISTED that you couldn’t see the moon during the daytime. his reasoning was that it was only visible due to the fact that it was reflecting light, and the earth was getting all the daylight.
this, despite the fact that i told him i had seen it with my very own eyes, well into the daylight hours.
:wally
lachesis
I also know someone who insists that the only people involved in September 11th were the 19 hijackers and since they all died, America has no business doing anything about the events.
When I was in the Army I had to attend a “class” for black history month. I could deal with most of the information but I had to voice my concerns when we were told that A. Lincoln owned slaves. When I posted a photocopy of Lincoln’s statement (“As I do not own slaves…”) the next day a few of the sergeants suggested that I remove the offensive quote.
I also remember an elementary teacher telling us that our solar system was the only one with planets and that there were no other planets anywhere.
Overheard in Target (an american K-Martesque-type store) last night
Boyfriend: “We really need a new garbage can! I mean really, how much pleasure do you get from using our current garbage can?!?”
Girlfriend: "Um, I don’t get any pleasure out of using -any- garbagecan.
I had to leave the aisle. It was just too good.
Not that I’m a Klan member or anything (my girlfriend would kill me ;)), and maybe it’s my limited English skills, but: what’s actually dumb about that statement? I’d say I’m white because my white ancestors consistently had sex with white people only.
Is it dumb because segregation means “the separation of races” rather than “not having sex with other races”?
A few years back, there was a series in the paper about people who worked outdoors. One interviewee was a roofer. He was talking about how hot it was putting up shingles, because, as he explained, “You’re closer to the sun.”
Yeah, I’m sure those 20 or 30 feet make all the difference in the world…
Am I being wooshed here? Tell me you’re joking!
My Heritage class:
My teacher was talking about how the framers of the Constitution made amendments and set up amendments for the future because they couldn’t know what would happen. Fine, right?
This girl in the front raises her hand and says she doesn’t understand. So my teacher makes an analogy about how George Washington, when he made the First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech, couldn’t know about rap music and Eminem. This girl looks shocked. "But how could George Washington not know what rap is?"
We were all laughing so hard I thought I was going to puke.
Zyada, he ain’t joking, and I ain’t neither.
I don’t know what “conditioner” is, but the hot dog/bun dilemma has been with us since the dawn of time. Evidently, meat packers like to measure things in pounds, and bakers like to measure things in dozens. That’s just the way it works, so don’t start rocking the boat.
Now we get to the shampoo-conditioner arguement. Some people use more, some people use less. No one can predict what sort of perversions you may indulge in while showering, so it may be a bit difficult to forecast how much usless greasy crap you’re going to use in one session. So, they figure “here’s 24oz. When you run out buy more.” Duh.
This is much less annoying than the recursive “I ran out of hotdogs/ I ran out of buns” fiasco. The hot dog/bun thing makes less sense, unless you buy the “bun-length” dogs, which go eight to a package.
What is conditioner supposed to do for you, anyway? I just buy whatever shampoo is the cheapest, and if I run out I just use regular soap.
What’s the problem?
De-tangle the hair that got knotted up while you were lathering.
Nope, I’m serious. Why shampoo and conditioner are sold in same-size bottles is actually an interesting question. Well, is it to me, at least.
Hair care is an intensely competitive industry, in which there’s not a whole lot difference between the actual products and the consumers are extremely fickle. Most market share gains come from brand positioning that can best spark impulse purchases. I’m sure that many companies have studied how much shampoo and conditioner people use to if there might be an advantage in packaging their product according to real-world usage.
So, after all this studying that’s presumably been going on, shampoo and conditioner bottles are still the same size, so that obviously means that people, on average, use equal amounts, right? Maybe not. Even if there were a consistent gap between shampoo and conditioner usage, many consumers may not be aware of it and would, if asked, say they use equal amounts. Presented with differently-sized bottles, they may feel the producer was trying to short-change them, that they now had to be more conscious of how much they were using, or that it was a trick to get them to keep using the same brand by having the bottles keep running out at different times. Even though the new sizes had been specially tailored to suit actual usage, consumers may reject them in favor of equal-sized bottles. Just a WAG.
Sorry for the hijack, but I find brand psychology fascinating.
Exgineer, did you read my original post? It had nothing to do with hot dogs, and that bit about hot dogs is an old joke.
You must have very oily hair - shampoo usually strips too much oil out of your hair, and conditioner is intended to replace that. Sort of like fabric softener does for clothes. If I didn’t use conditioner, my hair would fall out.
And in my case, I use about two tablespoonfuls of shampoo to lather my hair, then another two for the “repeat”. With conditioner, however, I have to spread it evenly across the surface of my hair and work it in so all the hair will be detangled. I can’t afford to miss a spot. In fact, there’s usually a “blind spot”, so to speak, that gets clumped during the shampooing process and needs extra attention during the detangling. I don’t know how much conditioner it takes to accomplish this, but I know I use more conditioner than shampoo.
At the risk of speaking for others, I think “many consumers” are aware of this. Shampoo works through agitation; conditioner is applied topically.
Sublight - it could also be simple economics. One bottle size for both shampoo and conditioner means one set of equipment to produce the bottles, one set of equipment to fill and label the bottles, one layout, and even one box size for a carton of product, with the ability to mix&match products within the carton. Shelf space can be calculated for the whole line, not just the mix&match. And the display looks neater.
Two sizes means you would need two separate sets of equipment for both manufacturing the bottles and filling them. And shipping and display would be more complicated as well. And for what? So that people would run out of conditioner and shampoo at the same time, where, IMO, usage rates are going to be too inconsistent to matter. And who is really going to be interested in this - they are selling to women, who are usually more interested in results than in convenience. And those who would be interested are buying shampoo/conditioner combos!
Your limited English skills?! Are you kidding me?
Coldfire, you speak (or at least write) better English than I do, and English (or American, at any rate) is my native language!
Zyada: Fair enough. I was just pointing out that there are reasons why shampoo and conditioner tend not to come out even.
Then again, neither do stationery and envelopes. Or pancake mix and syrup. Or a hole and its refill dirt. Whaddaya gonna do.