less is more

this post contains subject matter pertaining to, in part, a particular female product. if you don't wish to read this any further we will see you tomorrow. if you are intrigued, by all means, read on. the other day i had to buy tampons. i noticed on the back of the box they now have embossed images to show how a tampon works. this is wrong on so many levels. first of all, i have had my period for about twenty-four years. i know how a freaking tampon works. secondly, i noticed there are four less tampons per box. thirdly, the cost for those four less tampons is, you guessed it, more money. in my previous life, i was in the printing business. why is this important? i know that embossing is expensive and i don't want to pay for it. all i want is forty tampons per box not thirty-six, no fancy embellishments and the box to be clearly marked deodorant or non-deodorant in large letters because no one wants to get back in their car after going to the grocery store from running errands and have the inside of the car smelling like urinal cakes for god's sake. don't even get me started on the new slogan for kotex. have a happy period. obviously, the person that came up with that never had one. and chewing gum. it's like origami these days. if you need a packaging engineer to design your gum package to sell it, face it, your gum just isn't that good in the first place. only fish are attracted to shiny things. so let's bring back the foil wrapper with the rip-away top, shall we?