For no reason other than it's BASED ON A TRUE STORY here is an email I sent to the Capri Sun people:


Me: I have a complaint about your Capri Sun brand All Natural Juice
Beverage Product. I recently experienced a two juice explosion involving
your product. As I was riding the trolly to meet my apprentice for luncheon,
my juice pack experienced an unexpected breakage incident. They was profuse
spilling and adhesiveing. I would like to know why your product contains
such inferior explosion resistance. The juice explosion caused Capri Sun
brand All Natural Juice Beverage Product to spill all over my documents.
Your products should include a WARNING! that it may explode. Thank you.

*************

Thank you for visiting our Web Site. *We appreciate your interest in CAPRI
SUN.

We are very sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience with CAPRI SUN.
We understand how you must feel and appreciate your notifying us.

We have a strong commitment to deliver high quality food items as well as
develop the best possible packaging to suit specific requirements. *Of
course the primary function of our packaging is to protect the product. But,
we also try to select materials, colors and designs that our consumers will
find appealing, convenient and easy to use.

We're continually looking for new ways to improve existing packaging as well
as come up with new packaging ideas. *Our goal is to deliver better and more
economical ways of containing, protecting, transporting and storing our wide
variety of products. *We'd sure like to please all our consumers all of the
time, but as you can imagine, that can be hard to do. We can't guarantee
you'll always like our packaging, but we hope you'll keep in mind that we're
always trying to improve.

We hope this unfortunate incident will not prevent you from giving CAPRI SUN
another chance. *If you would provide your mailing address, we would be more
than happy to send reimbursement for your purchase. *

Please add our Site to your bookmarks, and visit us again soon!



Some details of the incident were altered, but that doesn't make me any less angry.

Eh, did these actually "explode" or did the packaging fall apart? Aren't these the bag style kid's drink? If so, I can't help but find it slightly amusing that you'd be carrying them with important documents.

Originally posted by Seer
Eh, did these actually "explode" or did the packaging fall apart? Aren't these the bag style kid's drink? If so, I can't help but find it slightly amusing that you'd be carrying them with important documents.

Well where else would I store them? I have a precious few valuable compartments in my document storage GENUINE IMITATION LEATHER bag, and I would not waste one just to store Capri Sun. And although it is a child's drink, it's delicious! Yum yum yum. And I can assure you, they exploded due to the pressure of me stepping on them.

How many of you keep cans of cola in the fridge? Ever hard your fridge go faulty and it be colder than it should be? You can open your fridge in the morning to find all your food covered in cola.

Wow. I like that company. I almost gagged that reply was so sweet :)

Originally posted by ebo
Wow. I like that company. I almost gagged that reply was so sweet :)

You'll love what PetCo said. I wrote to them about bad service @ a store. I was "so disgusted with the service that I dropped my purchases and exited the store."


I just received your e-mail yesterday. I apologize that it took so long. I was out of the office all last week.

First, I would like to apologize for the poor service that we gave you at our store. This is not acceptable.

I have spoken with the General Manager at the store and he is upset and concerned as well.

If at all possible, he would like you to call him so he can apologize in person and get additional information.

Thank you and again, please accept my sincere apologies

Rich Williams
District Manager


From the sound of this, I bet "Rich" was up all night worrying about this.




Or how about this gem? AOL.


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Yeah, sure. I'll bet you're real glad I brought this up.

And finally, I cannot believe I did not get a reply for this one:


***QUERY***
I recently purchased a Gateway 20000 Brand Computer and it included a FREE Canon printer! What a deal! I installed a scanner cartridge a year later. It was the one advertised on the box. Ever since then my printer has been talking to me. I have had my priest perform an exorcism, but he said he could not exercise Satan from my scanner cartridge. I think I should return it, but I would appreciate your opinion first. Thank you!


Sometimes I get in a bit of trouble, like the time I suggested to TruGreen that their product had caused my fictional son to die. I fixed it by telling them that, oh, it was the flowers that killed him. So I should contact them. Eek. They sent all sorts of spooky stuff to me.

Now that I think about it, why did I post this?

ROFL :laugh: :laugh:

Attachment! Continue reading this useless post through its power.


Yes, this is what I do in my free time. I live an exciting life.

Note: bin Laden references created BEFORE 9/11... Personally I prefer the second spam, Beginner's On-Line(s).

Originally posted by SplashHost.com
How many of you keep cans of cola in the fridge? Ever hard your fridge go faulty and it be colder than it should be? You can open your fridge in the morning to find all your food covered in cola.

I've had that happen at work on a few occasions. They always had that thing set too cold. I'd find a note on there the next day "Whoever left the coke in the fridge now owns the mess and needs to take care of it!" I've left a can of something in the console of a car once during a hot day, which got much hotter causing the can to burst, thereby coating every little button and crevice with sticky soda...

Originally posted by appletreats
And I can assure you, they exploded due to the pressure of me stepping on them.

Just a suggestion but maybe stepping on a plastic bag full of juice isn't a good idea. I'd say the percentage of them popping that way would be pretty high.

Sounds like 'operator error' :)

Greg Moore

Originally posted by akashik


Just a suggestion but maybe stepping on a plastic bag full of juice isn't a good idea. I'd say the percentage of them popping that way would be pretty high.

Sounds like 'operator error' :)

Greg Moore

I don't like your attitude. :mad:

Originally posted by appletreats
I don't like your attitude. :mad:

Maybe you should relax - it's a joke.

Greg Moore

hehehehe

I just have to add my story of the exploding coca cola bottle to this thread (No really, I must :) )

'bout a year ago while sitting on this very chair at this same desk I decided I was thirsty. Grabbed the nearby cola bottle and put it between my legs. While trying to type a msg with one hand I was trying to unscrew the cap from the bottle with my other hand.

Then while the cap was half loose it dropped slipped from between my legs and dropped about 75 cms to the floor. It remained standing upright.

The thing went "fizzle, brlp, fizzle" and about one quarter of a second later the cap exploded off like a cork and up came a straight line of cool cola. Straight up until it hit the ceiling 2 meters above my head.

Someone phycisist once discovered that what goes up must come down. I can confirm his findings.

Down came the cola. Cola on my pc, cola on me, cola on a very surprised cat that likes to sleep on the (warm) monitor, cola on my carpet, cola on my nice white wall.

I was truly amazed how much cola they can put in such a small bottle :rolleyes:

As far as I could tell in that very surprising moment the world was full of cola. My vision wasn't very clear though as the cola was also in my eyes which kinda hurt like hell.

Had to take a week off to repaint the ceiling and the walls and get a new carpet in the livingroom.

I've actually been pretty lucky with drinks :)

Once I had a mountain dew can, carried it upstairs to my computer although it slipped out of my hands (it was closed..) and fell onto a metal safe..bounced off of that then it exploded :(

Originally posted by akashik


Just a suggestion but maybe stepping on a plastic bag full of juice isn't a good idea. I'd say the percentage of them popping that way would be pretty high.

Sounds like 'operator error' :)

Greg Moore

:eek: :cartman: :eek:

perhaps we should point Capri Sun in this direction ? :stickout

:D :D :D



j/k

Originally posted by appletreats
(...)
Some details of the incident were altered, but that doesn't make me any less angry. [/B]

I'm not *saying* this supports the "user error" theory... just *implying* it.

This reminds me of a book called "The Lazlo Letters", by Don Novello. It was published years ago in the U.S. If you like AT's little adventures, you'll love this book.

Originally posted by mkaufman
I've actually been pretty lucky with drinks :)

Once I had a mountain dew can, carried it upstairs to my computer although it slipped out of my hands (it was closed..) and fell onto a metal safe..bounced off of that then it exploded :(

OMG! That must have been awful! Did you need therapy or something after that? I don't know if I could handle that.

Thank you all for sharing your exploding beverage stories. Now I know I am not alone. I know there are others who feel my pain.


alchiba: Ever read Letters From A Nut, allegedly written by "Ted L. Nancy"?


I didn't think so. Also do not confuse me. I thought your post said ATTs adventures. It was very perplexing - why would AT&T have "adventures"? Why was it posted here? :confused:

Originally posted by appletreats
Ever read Letters From A Nut, allegedly written by "Ted L. Nancy"?

Never was a fan of Seinfeld and those of that ilk.


I thought your post said ATTs adventures. It was very perplexing - why would AT&T have "adventures"?

Just one T. AT = appletreats, ergo you.

As for AT&T, I'm sure they've had their share of adventures, although nothing on the level of Enron. However, let's not go too far OT. :D

ya know... this kinda reminds me of the day (it was in Dec) I was refilling my printers cartridge with a refill kit. I thought the cartridge was empty and I only had a little bit of ink left in the refill kit, so I injected as fast as I could... :eek: ... I had ink all over my face, my clothes, and everything on my desk... I was :bawling: with :D

------> CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT <------


No more persons shall be traumatized by the horror of exploding drinks.

Originally posted by appletreats
No more persons shall be traumatized by the horror of exploding drinks.

Agreed. It's the bane of human existence.

Send me the paperwork. I'll sign.

Originally posted by alchiba


Agreed. It's the bane of human existence.

Send me the paperwork. I'll sign.


Sure, hold on a second. I just gotta go find and replace with some existing paperwork. Hey, anyone know where I can find some?